diff --git a/protected/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/haplotypecaller/graphs/Path.java b/protected/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/haplotypecaller/graphs/Path.java
index 9d2d680c9..f232a4ce0 100644
--- a/protected/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/haplotypecaller/graphs/Path.java
+++ b/protected/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/haplotypecaller/graphs/Path.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class Path<T extends BaseVertex> {
 
     // used in the bubble state machine to apply Smith-Waterman to the bubble sequence
     // these values were chosen via optimization against the NA12878 knowledge base
-    public static final Parameters NEW_SW_PARAMETERS = new Parameters(20.0, -20.0, -26.0, -0.1);
+    public static final Parameters NEW_SW_PARAMETERS = new Parameters(10, -20.0, -26.0, -0.1);
 
     private static final byte[] STARTING_SW_ANCHOR_BYTES = "XXXXXXXXX".getBytes();
 
diff --git a/protected/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/haplotypecaller/graphs/KBestPathsUnitTest.java b/protected/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/haplotypecaller/graphs/KBestPathsUnitTest.java
index 90fdf1fa4..302866b55 100644
--- a/protected/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/haplotypecaller/graphs/KBestPathsUnitTest.java
+++ b/protected/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/haplotypecaller/graphs/KBestPathsUnitTest.java
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ public class KBestPathsUnitTest extends BaseTest {
                 Arrays.asList("", "C", "1I"),
                 Arrays.asList("AAA", "CGT", "3D3I"),
                 Arrays.asList("TAT", "CAC", "3M"),
+                Arrays.asList("GCTG", "GTCG", "4M"),
                 Arrays.asList("AAAAA", "", "5D"),
                 Arrays.asList("", "AAAAA", "5I"),
                 Arrays.asList("AAAAACC", "CCGGGGGG", "5D2M6I")
@@ -460,7 +461,7 @@ public class KBestPathsUnitTest extends BaseTest {
         return tests.toArray(new Object[][]{});
     }
 
-    @Test(dataProvider = "SystematicRefAltSWTestData", enabled = true)
+    @Test(dataProvider = "SystematicRefAltSWTestData", enabled = !DEBUG)
     public void testRefAltSW(final String prefix, final String end, final String refMid, final String altMid, final String midCigar) {
         // Construct the assembly graph
         SeqGraph graph = new SeqGraph();