diff --git a/misc-scripts/alt_alleles/alt_alleles.pl b/misc-scripts/alt_alleles/alt_alleles.pl
index 486d830012028094b18dfb2664f3bbf29fe87f20..833171607923e0539e46788c04ee6f1c834fcf41 100644
--- a/misc-scripts/alt_alleles/alt_alleles.pl
+++ b/misc-scripts/alt_alleles/alt_alleles.pl
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ foreach my $key (keys %alt_to_stable){
 # Then store the alt_allele and gene_id in the alt_allele table.
 #
 
-$sql = "insert into alt_allele (alt_allele_id, gene_id, reference) values(?, ?, ?)";
+$sql = "insert into alt_allele (alt_allele_id, gene_id, is_ref) values(?, ?, ?)";
 my $insert_sth = $core_dba->dbc->prepare($sql);
 
 my $count=0;