diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/gatk/walkers/varianteval/ValidationDataAnalysis.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/gatk/walkers/varianteval/ValidationDataAnalysis.java
index 4ec966bf5..dfacb6a20 100755
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/gatk/walkers/varianteval/ValidationDataAnalysis.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/gatk/walkers/varianteval/ValidationDataAnalysis.java
@@ -40,17 +40,21 @@ public class ValidationDataAnalysis extends BasicVariantAnalysis implements Geno
                 calls_at_validated_sites++;
             }
         }
-        out.println(context.getLocation());
+        //out.println(context.getLocation());
 
-        return "";
+        return null;
     }
 
     public List<String> done() {
         List<String> s = new ArrayList<String>();
-        s.add(String.format("validated sites               %d", validated_sites));
-        s.add(String.format("calls at validated sites      %d", calls_at_sites_validated_true));
-        s.add(String.format("calls at sites validated true %d", calls_at_validated_sites));
-        s.add(String.format("%% validated true             %f", (float) calls_at_validated_sites / calls_at_sites_validated_true));
+        if (calls_at_validated_sites > 0) { // only output info if there were any validation sites encountered
+            s.add(String.format("validated sites               %d", validated_sites));
+            s.add(String.format("calls at validated sites      %d", calls_at_validated_sites));
+            s.add(String.format("calls at sites validated true %d", calls_at_sites_validated_true));
+            s.add(String.format("%% validated true             %f", (float) calls_at_validated_sites / calls_at_sites_validated_true));
+        }else{
+            s.add("No validation data encountered");
+        }
         return s;
     }
 }
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 f4dbaabad..e064b05f2 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
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public class VariantEvalWalkerIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
     @Test
     public void testEvalVariantROD() {
         List<String> md5 = new ArrayList<String>();
-        md5.add("7d1f8ddbf2d2f721a0c6dc39c97b584c");
+        md5.add("86582b57ec27dd9c4a6e0252eb010376");
 
         /**
          * the above MD5 was calculated from running the following command:
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class VariantEvalWalkerIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
     @Test
     public void testEvalVariantRODConfSix() {
         List<String> md5 = new ArrayList<String>();
-        md5.add("27969a841874fc00d007b01ee008eb58");
+        md5.add("875dea21073bb5b24a771105bdeb2225");
 
         /**
          * the above MD5 was calculated from running the following command:
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class VariantEvalWalkerIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
      @Test
     public void testEvalVariantRODOutputViolations() {
         List<String> md5 = new ArrayList<String>();
-        md5.add("63940f8d977b15bb1bcc9223ebeacf43");
+        md5.add("ad2ca71dfa7e45f369380178c4f8e69f");
 
         /**
          * the above MD5 was calculated from running the following command:
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public class VariantEvalWalkerIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
     @Test
     public void testEvalGenotypeROD() {
         List<String> md5 = new ArrayList<String>();
-        md5.add("c616348c1041157acd2715285c5b38b8");
+        md5.add("46c381dad05310267cdfd409228d3692");
         /**
          * the above MD5 was calculated after running the following command:
          *
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public class VariantEvalWalkerIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
     @Test
     public void testEvalMarksGenotypingExample() {
         List<String> md5 = new ArrayList<String>();
-        md5.add("004cdf0c3ca46744daf42645785acc28");
+        md5.add("cb914e7b65e6561685cccf0cd2cc5dfb");
         /**
          * Run with the following commands:
          *