diff --git a/plugins/vep/Artefact.pm b/plugins/vep/Artefact.pm
index 07298d141..8342fc30e 100644
--- a/plugins/vep/Artefact.pm
+++ b/plugins/vep/Artefact.pm
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ sub parse_file_header {
         if ($tokens[$i] eq "chromosome") {
             $col_idx->{idx_chr} = $i;
         }
-        if ($tokens[$i] eq "pos") {
+        if ($tokens[$i] eq "start") {
             $col_idx->{idx_pos} = $i;
         }
         if ($tokens[$i] eq "ref") {