diff --git a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/QualifierTextArea.java b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/QualifierTextArea.java
index cce16e147b0b8080e289387bd1c232d0561c3899..24316660a5b01fb630ee57d6c99de00aa273ca22 100644
--- a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/QualifierTextArea.java
+++ b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/QualifierTextArea.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class QualifierTextArea extends JTextPane
   private static Style DEFAULT_STYLE = 
     StyleContext.getDefaultStyleContext().getStyle(StyleContext.DEFAULT_STYLE);
   private static StringVector dbsLinks;
-  public static Vector DATABASES = new Vector();
+  public static Vector<String> DATABASES = new Vector<String>();
   
   private boolean useHyperlinks = true;