# Unable to load VCF file

**URL:** <https://discuss.hail.is/t/unable-to-load-vcf-file/2445>\
**Category:** Hail Query & hailctl\
**Created:** [January 24, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/unable-to-load-vcf-file/2445 "2022-01-24T17:33:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![genome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9f8e36/32.png) [@genome](https://discuss.hail.is/u/genome)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/unable-to-load-vcf-file/2445/1 "2022-01-24T17:33:17Z")

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Hi all, I am trying to load a VCF file into a MatrixTable and I am getting the error:

```auto
Hail version: 0.2.81-edeb70bc789c
Error summary: VCFParseError: invalid character 'c' in integer literal

```

Is there a way around this issue by removing the “c”? Thank you.

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**Author:** ![johnc1231](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/johnc1231/32/286_2.png) [@johnc1231](https://discuss.hail.is/u/johnc1231)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/unable-to-load-vcf-file/2445/2 "2022-01-24T18:45:36Z")

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Is this a really big VCF file? The easiest solution would hopefully be to just fix the file to not have a `c` where it doesn’t belong.

Is there more info in the stack trace? It would be nice if it gave you a hint as to where the error is in the file.

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**Author:** ![genome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9f8e36/32.png) [@genome](https://discuss.hail.is/u/genome)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/unable-to-load-vcf-file/2445/3 "2022-01-27T18:02:34Z")

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That makes sense! I have fixed the VCF file and all is good