diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Pipeline/Flatfile/DumpTypeFactory.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Pipeline/Flatfile/DumpTypeFactory.pm
index 4345f5c96ede4dc2cb7174922074fbb952bf0cb0..c15eeaf2c1103cf62b0e1f334689b3a1833457e8 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Pipeline/Flatfile/DumpTypeFactory.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Pipeline/Flatfile/DumpTypeFactory.pm
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ use Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::Scalar qw/wrap_array/;
 sub param_defaults {
   my ($self) = @_;
   return {
+    %{$self->SUPER::param_defaults()},
     column_names => ['type','species'],
     default_types => [qw/embl genbank/],
   };