diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/fulcrumgenomics/vcf/DownsampleVcf.scala b/src/main/scala/com/fulcrumgenomics/vcf/DownsampleVcf.scala
index b02c0b24e..c47e6b5c6 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/fulcrumgenomics/vcf/DownsampleVcf.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/fulcrumgenomics/vcf/DownsampleVcf.scala
@@ -104,17 +104,17 @@ object DownsampleVcf extends LazyLogging {
     gt.copy(attrs=Map("PL" -> pls, "AD" -> newAds, "DP" -> newAds.sum), calls=calls)
   }
 
-  /**Converts a sequence of log-likelihoods to phred-scale by 1) multiplying each by -10, 2)
-   * subtracting from each the min value so the smallest value is 0, and 3) rounding to the
-   * nearest integer.
-   */
-  def logToPhredLikelihoods(logLikelihoods: IndexedSeq[Double]): IndexedSeq[Int] = {
-      val rawPL = logLikelihoods.map(gl => gl * -10)
-      val minPL = rawPL.min
-      rawPL.map(pl => (pl - minPL).round.toInt)
-  }
-
   object Likelihoods {
+    /**Converts a sequence of log-likelihoods to phred-scale by 1) multiplying each by -10, 2)
+     * subtracting from each the min value so the smallest value is 0, and 3) rounding to the
+     * nearest integer.
+     */
+    def logToPhredLikelihoods(logLikelihoods: IndexedSeq[Double]): IndexedSeq[Int] = {
+        val rawPL = logLikelihoods.map(gl => gl * -10)
+        val minPL = rawPL.min
+        rawPL.map(pl => (pl - minPL).round.toInt)
+    }
+
     /** Computes the likelihoods for each possible biallelic genotype.
      * @param alleleDepthA the reference allele depth
      * @param alleleDepthB the alternate allele depth
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ object DownsampleVcf extends LazyLogging {
     def generalized(alleleDepths: IndexedSeq[Int], epsilon: Double = 0.01): Likelihoods = {
       val numAlleles = alleleDepths.length
       // probabilities associated with each possible genotype for a pair of alleles
-      val probs: Array[Double] = Array(
+      val logProbs: Array[Double] = Array(
         math.log10(epsilon),
         math.log10((1 - epsilon) / 2),
         math.log10(1 - epsilon)
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ object DownsampleVcf extends LazyLogging {
         (0 until numAlleles).flatMap(b =>
           (0 to b).map(a =>
             (0 until numAlleles).map(allele =>
-              probs(Array(a, b).count(_ == allele)) * alleleDepths(allele)
+              logProbs(Array(a, b).count(_ == allele)) * alleleDepths(allele)
             ).sum
           )
         )
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ object DownsampleVcf extends LazyLogging {
       * @return a list of phred-scaled likelihooodS for AA, AB, BB.
       */
     def pls: IndexedSeq[Int] = {
-      logToPhredLikelihoods(genotypeLikelihoods)
+      Likelihoods.logToPhredLikelihoods(genotypeLikelihoods)
     }
 
     def mostLikelyGenotype: Option[(Int, Int)] = {
diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/fulcrumgenomics/vcf/DownsampleVcfTest.scala b/src/test/scala/com/fulcrumgenomics/vcf/DownsampleVcfTest.scala
index 1ea36acf1..283843dc0 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/com/fulcrumgenomics/vcf/DownsampleVcfTest.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/fulcrumgenomics/vcf/DownsampleVcfTest.scala
@@ -215,7 +215,22 @@ class DownsampleVcfTest extends UnitSpec {
       val likelihood = Likelihoods(input, e)
       val logOutput = output.map(p => math.log10(p))
       likelihood.pls.length shouldBe logOutput.length
-      likelihood.pls should contain theSameElementsInOrderAs DownsampleVcf.logToPhredLikelihoods(logOutput)
+      likelihood.pls should contain theSameElementsInOrderAs DownsampleVcf.Likelihoods.logToPhredLikelihoods(logOutput)
+    }
+  }
+
+  it should "return the same results for biallelic and generalized algorithm" in {
+    val e = 0.01
+    val cases: IndexedSeq[(IndexedSeq[Int], IndexedSeq[Double])] = IndexedSeq(
+      (IndexedSeq(1, 0), IndexedSeq(1 - e, 0.5, e)),
+      (IndexedSeq(0, 1), IndexedSeq(e, 0.5, 1 - e)),
+      (IndexedSeq(1, 1), IndexedSeq((1 - e) * e, 0.25, (1 - e) * e)),
+      (IndexedSeq(2, 0), IndexedSeq(math.pow((1 - e), 2), 0.25, math.pow(e, 2))),
+    )
+    cases.foreach { case (input, output) =>
+      val biallelic = DownsampleVcf.Likelihoods.biallelic(input(0), input(1), e)
+      val generalized = DownsampleVcf.Likelihoods.generalized(input, e)
+      biallelic.pls should contain theSameElementsInOrderAs generalized.pls
     }
   }
 
@@ -239,17 +254,17 @@ class DownsampleVcfTest extends UnitSpec {
 
   it should "return a likelihood of 0 for AA if the AD A >> AD B" in {
     val likelihood = Likelihoods(IndexedSeq(15, 2))
-    likelihood.pls(0) == 0
+    assert(likelihood.pls(0) == 0)
   }
 
   it should "return a likelihood of 0 for AB if AD.A and AD.B are similar but not equal" in {
     val likelihood = Likelihoods(IndexedSeq(15, 17))
-    likelihood.pls(1) == 0
+    assert(likelihood.pls(1) == 0)
   }
 
   it should "return a likelihood of 0 for BB if AD.B >> AD.A but neither are 0" in {
     val likelihood = Likelihoods(IndexedSeq(3, 30))
-    likelihood.pls(2) == 0
+    assert(likelihood.pls(2) == 0)
   }
 
   it should "return correct values when there are very few reads" in {