diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/edu/harvard/hms/dbmi/avillach/hpds/processing/ColumnSorter.java b/processing/src/main/java/edu/harvard/hms/dbmi/avillach/hpds/processing/ColumnSorter.java
index fa3f5f5a..c278790d 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/edu/harvard/hms/dbmi/avillach/hpds/processing/ColumnSorter.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/edu/harvard/hms/dbmi/avillach/hpds/processing/ColumnSorter.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public class ColumnSorter {
     private final Map<String, Integer> infoColumnsOrder;
 
     @Autowired
-    public ColumnSorter(@Value("#{${variant.info_column_order:}}") List<String> infoColumnOrder) {
+    public ColumnSorter(@Value("#{'${variant.info_column_order:}'.split(',')}") List<String> infoColumnOrder) {
         HashMap<String, Integer> order = new HashMap<>();
         for (int i = 0; i < infoColumnOrder.size(); i++) {
             order.put(infoColumnOrder.get(i), i);