diff --git a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/LineGroup.java b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/LineGroup.java
index f52914d5d37e93529ac915d1a6e9b5426639bd8f..d66d685d871b3a432b142d3d33a1add721a78691 100644
--- a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/LineGroup.java
+++ b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/LineGroup.java
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ abstract class LineGroup
     genbank_hash.put ("SEGMENT","SEGMENT");
     genbank_hash.put ("PRIMARY","PRIMARY");
     genbank_hash.put ("DBLINK","DBLINK");
+    genbank_hash.put ("CONTIG","CONTIG");
   }
 
   /**