diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/report/GATKReport.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/report/GATKReport.java
index 8fbfa96e9..f2291e5ec 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/report/GATKReport.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/report/GATKReport.java
@@ -177,11 +177,8 @@ public class GATKReport {
      */
     public void print(PrintStream out) {
         out.println(GATKREPORT_HEADER_PREFIX + getVersion().toString() + SEPARATOR + getTables().size());
-        for (GATKReportTable table : tables.values()) {
-            if (table.getNumRows() > 0) {
-                table.write(out);
-            }
-        }
+        for (GATKReportTable table : tables.values())
+            table.write(out);
     }
 
     public Collection<GATKReportTable> getTables() {
diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/bqsr/RecalibrationReport.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/bqsr/RecalibrationReport.java
index ce00240b8..897e1645d 100644
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/bqsr/RecalibrationReport.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/bqsr/RecalibrationReport.java
@@ -94,8 +94,11 @@ public class RecalibrationReport {
                 BitSet key = entry.getKey();
                 RecalDatum otherDatum = entry.getValue();
                 RecalDatum thisDatum = thisTable.get(key);
-                thisDatum.increment(otherDatum);                                                                          // add the two datum objects into 'this'
-                thisDatum.resetCalculatedQualities();                                                                      // reset the empirical quality to make sure the user doesn't forget to recalculate it
+                if (thisDatum == null)
+                    thisDatum = otherDatum;                                                                             // sometimes the datum in other won't be present in 'this'. So just assign it!
+                else
+                    thisDatum.increment(otherDatum);                                                                    // add the two datum objects into 'this'
+                thisDatum.resetCalculatedQualities();                                                                   // reset the empirical quality to make sure the user doesn't forget to recalculate it
             }            
         }
     }