diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/SelectVariants.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/SelectVariants.java
index bddfed66e..2eb35c2be 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/SelectVariants.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/SelectVariants.java
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ public class SelectVariants extends RodWalker<Integer, Integer> {
                         firstLine = true;
                         continue;
                     }
-                    final String[] vals = line.split("\t");
+                    final String[] vals = line.split(" ");
 
                     double bkp = Double.valueOf(vals[0]);
                     double afb = Double.valueOf(vals[1]);