diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/gatk/walkers/varianteval/VariantEvalWalker.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/gatk/walkers/varianteval/VariantEvalWalker.java
index 762854a05..8fc813085 100755
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/gatk/walkers/varianteval/VariantEvalWalker.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/gatk/walkers/varianteval/VariantEvalWalker.java
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ public class VariantEvalWalker extends RefWalker<Integer, Integer> {
                 eval = null;  
 
             if (eval != null)
-                if (eval.getNegLog10PError() < minConfidenceScore) eval = null;
+                if (eval.getNegLog10PError() * 10.0 < minConfidenceScore) eval = null;
 
             if ( eval != null && (eval instanceof RodVCF) && ((RodVCF)eval).mCurrentRecord.isFiltered() ) {
                 //System.out.printf("Rejecting filtered record %s%n", eval);
diff --git a/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/gatk/walkers/varianteval/VariantEvalWalkerIntegrationTest.java b/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/gatk/walkers/varianteval/VariantEvalWalkerIntegrationTest.java
index 5d5d1e58c..a703e3245 100644
--- a/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/gatk/walkers/varianteval/VariantEvalWalkerIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/gatk/walkers/varianteval/VariantEvalWalkerIntegrationTest.java
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ public class VariantEvalWalkerIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
                         " -L 1:10,000,000-11,000,000" +
                         " --outerr %s" +
                         " --supressDateInformation" +
-                        " -minConfidenceScore 6",
+                        " -minConfidenceScore 60",
                 1, // just one output file
                 md5);
-        List<File> result = executeTest("testEvalVariantRODConfSix", spec).getFirst();
+        List<File> result = executeTest("testEvalVariantRODConfSixty", spec).getFirst();
     }
 
      @Test