diff --git a/Owlcat/bin/flag-ms.py b/Owlcat/bin/flag-ms.py
index 49ed612..ded21dc 100755
--- a/Owlcat/bin/flag-ms.py
+++ b/Owlcat/bin/flag-ms.py
@@ -300,11 +300,13 @@ def parse_subset_options(options):
             ftab.close()
             ms.putcol("FLAG_ROW", flag_row)
             ms.putcol("FLAG", flag_col)
+            flag_col[flag_row,...] = True
             ms.close()
+            ratio = flag_col.sum() / float(flag_col.size)
+            print(f"Flag version '{options.restore}' restored: {ratio:.2%} flagged.")
         except:
             traceback.print_exc()
             error(f"Error restoring flags from {options.restore}, exiting")
-        print(f"Flag version '{options.restore}' restored.")
 
     # if no other actions supplied, enable stats (unless flags were imported, in which case just exit)
     if not (options.flag or options.unflag or options.copy or options.fill_legacy):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5fa1dd9..2e99196 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 ]
 
 setup(name='owlcat',
-      version='1.6.4',
+      version='1.7.1',
       description='miscellaneous utility scripts for manipulating radio interferometry data',
       author='Oleg Smirnov',
       author_email='Oleg Smirnov <osmirnov@gmail.com>',