diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/dataSources/simpleDataSources/SAMDataSource.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/dataSources/simpleDataSources/SAMDataSource.java
index 68bfdabf5..1a0643780 100755
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/dataSources/simpleDataSources/SAMDataSource.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/dataSources/simpleDataSources/SAMDataSource.java
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ public class SAMDataSource implements SimpleDataSource {
 
         // we do different things for locus and read modes
         if (locusMode) {
-            iter.queryOverlapping(location.getContig(), (int) location.getStart(), (int) location.getStop());
+            iter.queryOverlapping(location.getContig(), (int) location.getStart(), (int) location.getStop()+1);
         } else {
-            iter.queryContained(location.getContig(), (int) location.getStart(), (int) location.getStop());
+            iter.queryContained(location.getContig(), (int) location.getStart(), (int) location.getStop()+1);
         }
 
         // return the iterator