diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/beagle/BeagleOutputToVCFWalker.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/beagle/BeagleOutputToVCFWalker.java
index 880dba5d0..7f6dabeec 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/beagle/BeagleOutputToVCFWalker.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/beagle/BeagleOutputToVCFWalker.java
@@ -175,21 +175,16 @@ public class BeagleOutputToVCFWalker  extends RodWalker<Integer, Integer> {
         }
 
         BeagleFeature beagleR2Feature = tracker.getFirstValue(beagleR2);
-        // ignore places where we don't have a variant
-        if ( beagleR2Feature == null )
-            return 0;
-
-
         BeagleFeature beagleProbsFeature = tracker.getFirstValue(beagleProbs);
-
-        // ignore places where we don't have a variant
-        if ( beagleProbsFeature == null )
-            return 0;
-
         BeagleFeature beaglePhasedFeature = tracker.getFirstValue(beaglePhased);
+
         // ignore places where we don't have a variant
-        if ( beaglePhasedFeature == null )
-            return 0;
+        if ( beagleR2Feature == null || beagleProbsFeature == null ||  beaglePhasedFeature == null)
+        {
+           vcfWriter.add(vc_input);
+           return 1;
+        }
+
 
         // get reference base for current position
         byte refByte = ref.getBase();
diff --git a/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/beagle/BeagleIntegrationTest.java b/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/beagle/BeagleIntegrationTest.java
index 5f759fdbf..1a01ef8e8 100755
--- a/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/beagle/BeagleIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/beagle/BeagleIntegrationTest.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class BeagleIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
                         "--beagleR2:BEAGLE " + beagleValidationDataLocation + "inttestbgl.r2 " +
                         "--beagleProbs:BEAGLE " + beagleValidationDataLocation + "inttestbgl.gprobs " +
                         "--beaglePhased:BEAGLE " + beagleValidationDataLocation + "inttestbgl.phased " +
-                        "-o %s -NO_HEADER", 1, Arrays.asList("3531451e84208264104040993889aaf4"));
+                        "-o %s -NO_HEADER", 1, Arrays.asList("b445d280fd8fee1eeb4aacb3f5a54847"));
         executeTest("test BeagleOutputToVCF", spec);
     }
    
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class BeagleIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
                 "--beagleR2:beagle /humgen/gsa-hpprojects/GATK/data/Validation_Data/EUR_beagle_in_test.r2 "+
                 "--beagleProbs:beagle /humgen/gsa-hpprojects/GATK/data/Validation_Data/EUR_beagle_in_test.gprobs.bgl "+
                 "--beaglePhased:beagle /humgen/gsa-hpprojects/GATK/data/Validation_Data/EUR_beagle_in_test.phased.bgl "+
-                "-L 20:1-70000 -o %s -NO_HEADER ",1,Arrays.asList("8dd6ec53994fb46c5c22af8535d22965"));
+                "-L 20:1-70000 -o %s -NO_HEADER ",1,Arrays.asList("51a57ea565176edd96d907906914b0ee"));
 
         executeTest("testBeagleChangesSitesToRef",spec);
     }