diff --git a/public/biopet-extensions/src/main/resources/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/extensions/breakdancer/breakdancer2vcf.py b/public/biopet-extensions/src/main/resources/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/extensions/breakdancer/breakdancer2vcf.py
index 0430667ca130e0a70df6452bccc6efb18dbe207c..dac0175e9024f4e74909c0f8fa7bb24a3a291030 100644
--- a/public/biopet-extensions/src/main/resources/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/extensions/breakdancer/breakdancer2vcf.py
+++ b/public/biopet-extensions/src/main/resources/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/extensions/breakdancer/breakdancer2vcf.py
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ _tsv_fields = ('Chr1', 'Pos1', 'Orientation1',
 
 
 
-_vcf_fields = ('CHROM', 'POS', 'ID', 'REF', 'ALT', 'QUAL', 'FILTER', 'INFO', 'FORMAT', 'default')
+_vcf_fields = ('CHROM', 'POS', 'ID', 'REF', 'ALT', 'QUAL', 'FILTER', 'INFO', 'FORMAT')
 
 TS_NOW = datetime.datetime.now()
 
-VCF_HEADER = """##fileformat=VCFv4.1
+VCF_HEADER = """##fileformat=VCFv4.2
 ##fileDate={filedate}
 ##source=breakdancer-max
 ##INFO=<ID=NS,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="Number of Samples With Data">