diff --git a/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py b/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
index 9407a65589cb8d98b1f4092d89b5cd4c26e8078c..6efd4149faa00ef53b381fa57e8c68d8d82f9a5d 100644
--- a/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
+++ b/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ def run_daynight(filename, filename_l1b, day_night='ANY'):
     f_l1b.close()
 
 
-def run_qc(filename, filename_l1b, day_night='ANY', pass_thresh_frac=0.20):
+def run_qc(filename, filename_l1b, day_night='ANY', pass_thresh_frac=0.20, icing=True):
 
     f = h5py.File(filename, 'r')
     icing_alt = f['icing_altitude'][:]
@@ -693,7 +693,11 @@ def run_qc(filename, filename_l1b, day_night='ANY', pass_thresh_frac=0.20):
     keep_idxs = []
 
     for i in range(len(mask)):
-        if (np.sum(mask[i]) / nx_x_ny) > pass_thresh_frac:
+        frac = np.sum(mask[i]) / nx_x_ny
+        if icing:
+            if frac > pass_thresh_frac:
+                keep_idxs.append(idxs[i])
+        elif frac < 0.05:
             keep_idxs.append(idxs[i])
 
     print('num valid pireps: ', len(keep_idxs))