diff --git a/geoms_qa.pro b/geoms_qa.pro
index 56e41495ee3be2a11e85fc918799dd136bd17c62..5c7c40ae29875ba9b4c15163b4c080b6ed811b45 100644
--- a/geoms_qa.pro
+++ b/geoms_qa.pro
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
 ; 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
+; 2024-12-18, v2.19 Ian Boyd  update due to fix to idlcr8hdf
 ;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 PRO geoms_qa
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ PRO geoms_qa
 	args = command_line_args()
 	iNrArgs = size(args, /N_ELEMENTS)
 
-	qaver='version 2.18, 2024-12-10'
+	qaver='version 2.19, 2024-12-18'
 
 	if ( iNrArgs lt 2 ) then begin
 		print