diff --git a/exomiser-cli/src/main/java/org/monarchinitiative/exomiser/cli/commands/annotate/AnnotationWriter.java b/exomiser-cli/src/main/java/org/monarchinitiative/exomiser/cli/commands/annotate/AnnotationWriter.java
index 1ab77f5bd..5c49c35f4 100644
--- a/exomiser-cli/src/main/java/org/monarchinitiative/exomiser/cli/commands/annotate/AnnotationWriter.java
+++ b/exomiser-cli/src/main/java/org/monarchinitiative/exomiser/cli/commands/annotate/AnnotationWriter.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 public class AnnotationWriter {
 
     public static final CSVFormat EXOMISER_VARIANTS_TSV_FORMAT = CSVFormat.newFormat('\t')
-            .withSkipHeaderRecord()
             .withRecordSeparator("\n")
             .withIgnoreSurroundingSpaces(true)
             .withHeader("ID", "GENE_SYMBOL", "HGNC_GENE_ID", "ENTREZ_GENE_ID",  "EXOMISER_VARIANT_SCORE",