diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyperEngine.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyperEngine.java
index 0156890ac..a60cc64f7 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyperEngine.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyperEngine.java
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ public class UnifiedGenotyperEngine {
             VariantContext vcInput = UnifiedGenotyperEngine.getVCFromAllelesRod(tracker, ref, rawContext.getLocation(), false, logger, UAC.alleles);
             if ( vcInput == null )
                 return null;
-            vc = new VariantContextBuilder(vcInput).source("UG_call").noID().referenceBaseForIndel(ref.getBase()).attributes(new HashMap<String, Object>()).filters(new HashSet<String>()).make();
+            vc = new VariantContextBuilder("UG_call", ref.getLocus().getContig(), ref.getLocus().getStart(), ref.getLocus().getStart(), vcInput.getAlleles()).make();
         } else {
             // deal with bad/non-standard reference bases
             if ( !Allele.acceptableAlleleBases(new byte[]{ref.getBase()}) )
diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/pileup/PileupElement.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/pileup/PileupElement.java
index 022cadbbe..9dbfc52f3 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/pileup/PileupElement.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/pileup/PileupElement.java
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ public class PileupElement implements Comparable<PileupElement> {
             eventLength = -1;
     }
 
+    public PileupElement(final GATKSAMRecord read, final int offset, final boolean isDeletion, final boolean isBeforeDeletion, final boolean isBeforeInsertion, final boolean isNextToSoftClip) {
+        this(read,offset, isDeletion, isBeforeDeletion, isBeforeInsertion, isNextToSoftClip, null, -1);
+    }
     public boolean isDeletion() {
         return isDeletion;
     }
diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/pileup/ReadBackedExtendedEventPileupImpl.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/pileup/ReadBackedExtendedEventPileupImpl.java
index 357195daa..e547534dd 100644
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/pileup/ReadBackedExtendedEventPileupImpl.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/pileup/ReadBackedExtendedEventPileupImpl.java
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ public class ReadBackedExtendedEventPileupImpl extends AbstractReadBackedPileup<
     protected ExtendedEventPileupElement createNewPileupElement(GATKSAMRecord read, int offset, boolean isDeletion, boolean isBeforeDeletion, boolean isBeforeInsertion, boolean isNextToSoftClip) {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not enough information provided to create a new pileup element");
     }
+    @Override
+    protected ExtendedEventPileupElement createNewPileupElement(GATKSAMRecord read, int offset, boolean isDeletion, boolean isBeforeDeletion, boolean isBeforeInsertion,
+                                                                boolean isNextToSoftClip,String nextEventBases, int nextEventLength) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not enough information provided to create a new pileup element");
+    }
 
 
     /**