diff --git a/src/main/java/org/broad/igv/track/TrackLoader.java b/src/main/java/org/broad/igv/track/TrackLoader.java
index 6d33c01a1..ad4344006 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/broad/igv/track/TrackLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/broad/igv/track/TrackLoader.java
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public List<Track> load(ResourceLocator locator, Genome genome) throws DataLoadE
             if ("bed".equals(format)) {
                 try {
                     String tmp = FileFormatUtils.determineFormat(locator.getPath());
-                    if(tmp != null) {
+                    if(tmp != null && !tmp.equals("sampleinfo")) {
                         format = tmp;
                         locator.setFormat(format);
                     }