diff --git a/lib/galaxy/datatypes/converters/bed_to_gff_converter.xml b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/converters/bed_to_gff_converter.xml
index 26a4eeb2f2d..3d27e7408cf 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/datatypes/converters/bed_to_gff_converter.xml
+++ b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/converters/bed_to_gff_converter.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-<tool id="CONVERTER_bed_to_gff_0" name="Convert BED to GFF" version="2.0.0">
+<tool id="CONVERTER_bed_to_gff_0" name="Convert BED to GFF" version="2.0.1" profile="16.04">
     <!-- <description>__NOT_USED_CURRENTLY_FOR_CONVERTERS__</description> -->
     <!-- Used on the metadata edit page. -->
+    <requirements>
+        <requirement type="package" version="3.7">python</requirement>
+    </requirements>
     <command>python '$__tool_directory__/bed_to_gff_converter.py' '$input1' '$output1'</command>
     <inputs>
         <param format="bed" name="input1" type="data" label="Choose BED file"/>
diff --git a/tools/filters/bed_to_gff_converter.py b/tools/filters/bed_to_gff_converter.py
index 768891fdcf8..fb7e0bd258f 100644
--- a/tools/filters/bed_to_gff_converter.py
+++ b/tools/filters/bed_to_gff_converter.py
@@ -12,60 +12,59 @@ def __main__():
     output_name = sys.argv[2]
     skipped_lines = 0
     first_skipped_line = 0
-    out = open(output_name, 'w')
     i = 0
-    for i, line in enumerate(open(input_name)):
-        complete_bed = False
-        line = line.rstrip('\r\n')
-        if line and not line.startswith('#') and not line.startswith('track') and not line.startswith('browser'):
-            try:
-                elems = line.split('\t')
-                if len(elems) == 12:
-                    complete_bed = True
-                chrom = elems[0]
-                if complete_bed:
-                    feature = "mRNA"
-                else:
+    with open(output_name, 'w') as out, open(input_name) as fh_in:
+        for i, line in enumerate(fh_in):
+            complete_bed = False
+            line = line.rstrip('\r\n')
+            if line and not line.startswith('#') and not line.startswith('track') and not line.startswith('browser'):
+                try:
+                    elems = line.split('\t')
+                    if len(elems) == 12:
+                        complete_bed = True
+                    chrom = elems[0]
+                    if complete_bed:
+                        feature = "mRNA"
+                    else:
+                        try:
+                            feature = elems[3]
+                        except Exception:
+                            feature = 'feature%d' % (i + 1)
+                    start = int(elems[1]) + 1
+                    end = int(elems[2])
                     try:
-                        feature = elems[3]
+                        score = elems[4]
                     except Exception:
-                        feature = 'feature%d' % (i + 1)
-                start = int(elems[1]) + 1
-                end = int(elems[2])
-                try:
-                    score = elems[4]
+                        score = '0'
+                    try:
+                        strand = elems[5]
+                    except Exception:
+                        strand = '+'
+                    try:
+                        group = elems[3]
+                    except Exception:
+                        group = 'group%d' % (i + 1)
+                    if complete_bed:
+                        out.write('%s\tbed2gff\t%s\t%d\t%d\t%s\t%s\t.\t%s %s;\n' % (chrom, feature, start, end, score, strand, feature, group))
+                    else:
+                        out.write('%s\tbed2gff\t%s\t%d\t%d\t%s\t%s\t.\t%s;\n' % (chrom, feature, start, end, score, strand, group))
+                    if complete_bed:
+                        # We have all the info necessary to annotate exons for genes and mRNAs
+                        block_count = int(elems[9])
+                        block_sizes = elems[10].split(',')
+                        block_starts = elems[11].split(',')
+                        for j in range(block_count):
+                            exon_start = int(start) + int(block_starts[j])
+                            exon_end = exon_start + int(block_sizes[j]) - 1
+                            out.write('%s\tbed2gff\texon\t%d\t%d\t%s\t%s\t.\texon %s;\n' % (chrom, exon_start, exon_end, score, strand, group))
                 except Exception:
-                    score = '0'
-                try:
-                    strand = elems[5]
-                except Exception:
-                    strand = '+'
-                try:
-                    group = elems[3]
-                except Exception:
-                    group = 'group%d' % (i + 1)
-                if complete_bed:
-                    out.write('%s\tbed2gff\t%s\t%d\t%d\t%s\t%s\t.\t%s %s;\n' % (chrom, feature, start, end, score, strand, feature, group))
-                else:
-                    out.write('%s\tbed2gff\t%s\t%d\t%d\t%s\t%s\t.\t%s;\n' % (chrom, feature, start, end, score, strand, group))
-                if complete_bed:
-                    # We have all the info necessary to annotate exons for genes and mRNAs
-                    block_count = int(elems[9])
-                    block_sizes = elems[10].split(',')
-                    block_starts = elems[11].split(',')
-                    for j in range(block_count):
-                        exon_start = int(start) + int(block_starts[j])
-                        exon_end = exon_start + int(block_sizes[j]) - 1
-                        out.write('%s\tbed2gff\texon\t%d\t%d\t%s\t%s\t.\texon %s;\n' % (chrom, exon_start, exon_end, score, strand, group))
-            except Exception:
+                    skipped_lines += 1
+                    if not first_skipped_line:
+                        first_skipped_line = i + 1
+            else:
                 skipped_lines += 1
                 if not first_skipped_line:
                     first_skipped_line = i + 1
-        else:
-            skipped_lines += 1
-            if not first_skipped_line:
-                first_skipped_line = i + 1
-    out.close()
     info_msg = "%i lines converted to GFF version 2.  " % (i + 1 - skipped_lines)
     if skipped_lines > 0:
         info_msg += "Skipped %d blank/comment/invalid lines starting with line #%d." % (skipped_lines, first_skipped_line)