diff --git a/geoms_qa.pro b/geoms_qa.pro
index 5727830f6a6c71768db7d073cabf37af6f014b14..56e41495ee3be2a11e85fc918799dd136bd17c62 100644
--- a/geoms_qa.pro
+++ b/geoms_qa.pro
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 ; 2024-10-29, v2.16 Ian Boyd  update due to fixes to geoms_tctools and idlcr8hdf
 ; 2024-11-26, v2.17 Ian Boyd  Add run-time error handling capability in geoms_qa.pro and geoms_harmon.pro
 ;                             plus fixes in idlcr8hdf and idlcr8ascii
+; 2024-12-10, v2.18 Ian Boyd  update due to fix to idlcr8ascii
 ;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 PRO geoms_qa
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ PRO geoms_qa
 	args = command_line_args()
 	iNrArgs = size(args, /N_ELEMENTS)
 
-	qaver='version 2.17, 2024-11-26'
+	qaver='version 2.18, 2024-12-10'
 
 	if ( iNrArgs lt 2 ) then begin
 		print