diff --git a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/util/DatabaseDocument.java b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/util/DatabaseDocument.java
index a3ca377931e5b37ac9e37ad28dd4b371e21b771f..73339dcdfacf4d8fdf28ecb075d371d2dd0c2c82 100644
--- a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/util/DatabaseDocument.java
+++ b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/util/DatabaseDocument.java
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ public class DatabaseDocument extends Document
         logger4j.debug("RETRIEVE SOURCE FEATURE FROM: "+getLocation());
         Feature srcFeature = getChadoSequence(dao, sequenceBuffer);
         
-        entryBuffer.append("#sequence-region " + srcFeature.getUniqueName() +
+        entryBuffer.append("##sequence-region " + srcFeature.getUniqueName() +
             " 1 " + srcFeature.getResidues().length + "\n");
         gff_buffer = getGff(dao, srcFeature);