diff --git a/QtPyLoT.py b/QtPyLoT.py
index a8cdc2e1..7d9cc3fc 100755
--- a/QtPyLoT.py
+++ b/QtPyLoT.py
@@ -1113,6 +1113,7 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
         # elif ret == QMessageBox.Cancel:
         #         return False
         # MP MP changed to suppress unnecessary user prompt
+        fcheck = ['manual', 'origins', 'magnitude']
         try:
             self.get_data().exportEvent(fbasename, exform, fcheck='manual',
                                         upperErrors=[uppererrorP[3], uppererrorS[3]])
diff --git a/pylot/RELEASE-VERSION b/pylot/RELEASE-VERSION
index 4341531d..87a7a44f 100644
--- a/pylot/RELEASE-VERSION
+++ b/pylot/RELEASE-VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-b286-dirty
+7f0a-dirty
diff --git a/pylot/core/io/data.py b/pylot/core/io/data.py
index 13e62bb7..eebb3106 100644
--- a/pylot/core/io/data.py
+++ b/pylot/core/io/data.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ class Data(object):
         from pylot.core.util.defaults import OUTPUTFORMATS
 
         if not type(fcheck)==list:
-            fcheck=list(fcheck)
+            fcheck=[fcheck]
 
         try:
             evtformat = OUTPUTFORMATS[fnext]