diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/variantcontext/writer/VCFWriter.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/variantcontext/writer/VCFWriter.java
index 16795061c..2679c51b1 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/variantcontext/writer/VCFWriter.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/variantcontext/writer/VCFWriter.java
@@ -452,8 +452,8 @@ class VCFWriter extends IndexingVariantContextWriter {
      * @return
      */
     public static final String formatVCFDouble(final double d) {
-        String format = "%.2f";
-        if ( d < 0.1 ) {
+        String format;
+        if ( d < 1 ) {
             if ( d < 0.01 ) {
                 if ( Math.abs(d) >= 1e-20 )
                     format = "%.3e";
@@ -464,6 +464,8 @@ class VCFWriter extends IndexingVariantContextWriter {
             } else {
                 format = "%.3f";
             }
+        } else {
+            format = "%.2f";
         }
 
         return String.format(format, d);
diff --git a/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/CombineVariantsIntegrationTest.java b/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/CombineVariantsIntegrationTest.java
index 2d8112def..f206e47dc 100755
--- a/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/CombineVariantsIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/CombineVariantsIntegrationTest.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class CombineVariantsIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
                         " -priority NA19240_BGI,NA19240_ILLUMINA,NA19240_WUGSC,denovoInfo" +
                         " -genotypeMergeOptions UNIQUIFY -L 1"),
                 1,
-                Arrays.asList("90fa9f9b73fd10291e8067ecf7757b8d"));
+                Arrays.asList("59cbe0d9a2aa562b59bd546e20b9abad"));
         executeTest("threeWayWithRefs", spec);
     }