diff --git a/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py b/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
index d13e8e17e1fc662b6564f14392436280ff04bca6..dd88bbee7b2f94355a6a22f6548ce86c22d7bbdd 100644
--- a/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
+++ b/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ def run_qc(filename, filename_l1b, day_night='ANY', pass_thresh_frac=0.20, icing
         if icing:
             if frac > pass_thresh_frac:
                 keep_idxs.append(idxs[i])
-        elif frac < 0.10:
+        elif frac < pass_thresh_frac:
             keep_idxs.append(idxs[i])
 
     print('num valid pireps: ', len(keep_idxs))