diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/ReferenceOrderedData.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/ReferenceOrderedData.java
index 13e9a0156..29308fe67 100644
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/ReferenceOrderedData.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/ReferenceOrderedData.java
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ public class ReferenceOrderedData<ROD extends ReferenceOrderedDatum> implements
         addModule("PooledEM", PooledEMSNPROD.class);
         addModule("1KGSNPs", KGenomesSNPROD.class);
         addModule("Intervals", IntervalRod.class);
+        addModule("Variants", rodVariants.class);
     }