diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/features/table/TableCodec.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/features/table/TableCodec.java
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/features/table/TableFeature.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/features/table/TableFeature.java
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 6ff0384a0..4b4ebe450
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/features/table/TableFeature.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/features/table/TableFeature.java
@@ -55,10 +55,14 @@ public class TableFeature implements Feature {
     }
 
     public List<String> getAllValues() {
-        return getValuesTo(values.size()-1);
+        return getValuesTo(values.size());
     }
 
     public List<String> getValuesTo(int columnPosition) {
         return values.subList(0,columnPosition);
     }
+
+    public List<String> getHeader() {
+        return keys;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/variantcontext/Allele.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/variantcontext/Allele.java
index a9ba46159..901de6fae 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/variantcontext/Allele.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/variantcontext/Allele.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class Allele implements Comparable<Allele> {
         this.bases = bases;
 
         if ( ! acceptableAlleleBases(bases) )
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unexpected base in allele bases " + new String(bases));
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unexpected base in allele bases \'" + new String(bases)+"\'");
     }
 
     private Allele(String bases, boolean isRef) {