diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/varianteval/VariantEvalWalker.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/varianteval/VariantEvalWalker.java
index f8af762e1..e285862d1 100755
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/varianteval/VariantEvalWalker.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/varianteval/VariantEvalWalker.java
@@ -762,7 +762,14 @@ public class VariantEvalWalker extends RodWalker<Integer, Integer> implements Tr
                                 }
 
                                 for ( Object o : t.getColumnKeys() ) {
-                                    String c = (String) o;
+                                    String c;
+
+                                    if (o instanceof String) {
+                                        c = (String) o;
+                                    } else {
+                                        c = o.toString();
+                                    }
+
                                     table.addColumn(c, 0.0);
                                 }
                             } else {
@@ -779,7 +786,12 @@ public class VariantEvalWalker extends RodWalker<Integer, Integer> implements Tr
                                 }
 
                                 for (int col = 0; col < t.getColumnKeys().length; col++) {
-                                    String c = (String) t.getColumnKeys()[col];
+                                    String c;
+                                    if (t.getColumnKeys()[col] instanceof String) {
+                                        c = (String) t.getColumnKeys()[col];
+                                    } else {
+                                        c = t.getColumnKeys()[col].toString();
+                                    }
 
                                     String newStateKey = stateKey.toString() + r;
                                     table.set(newStateKey, c, t.getCell(row, col));
diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/varianteval/evaluators/IndelLengthHistogram.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/varianteval/evaluators/IndelLengthHistogram.java
index 840b94a15..285695526 100755
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/varianteval/evaluators/IndelLengthHistogram.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/varianteval/evaluators/IndelLengthHistogram.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.report.utils.TableType;
  */
 @Analysis(name = "Indel length histograms", description = "Shows the distrbution of insertion/deletion event lengths (negative for deletion, positive for insertion)")
 public class IndelLengthHistogram extends VariantEvaluator {
-    private static final int SIZE_LIMIT = 50;
+    private static final int SIZE_LIMIT = 100;
     @DataPoint(description="Histogram of indel lengths")
     IndelHistogram indelHistogram = new IndelHistogram(SIZE_LIMIT);
 
@@ -83,21 +83,19 @@ public class IndelLengthHistogram extends VariantEvaluator {
         }
     }
 
-    public boolean enabled() { return false; }
+    public boolean enabled() { return true; }
 
     public String getName() { return "IndelLengthHistogram"; }
 
     public int getComparisonOrder() { return 1; } // need only the evals
 
     public String update1(VariantContext vc1, RefMetaDataTracker tracker, ReferenceContext ref, AlignmentContext context) {
-        //System.out.println("Update1 called");        
         if ( ! vc1.isBiallelic() && vc1.isIndel() ) {
             //veWalker.getLogger().warn("[IndelLengthHistogram] Non-biallelic indel at "+ref.getLocus()+" ignored.");
             return vc1.toString(); // biallelic sites are output
         }
 
         if ( vc1.isIndel() ) {
-            //System.out.println("Is indel");
             if ( vc1.isInsertion() ) {
                 indelHistogram.update(vc1.getAlternateAllele(0).length());
             } else if ( vc1.isDeletion() ) {