diff --git a/tsg_util/tsg_readBucketData.m b/tsg_util/tsg_readBucketData.m
index 2d60e2d94de0b8f5774e7d3fb49f194357d60e49..13a4f9a12beffef74f8de5c2f7133299be3764c0 100644
--- a/tsg_util/tsg_readBucketData.m
+++ b/tsg_util/tsg_readBucketData.m
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ if fid ~= -1
     bucket.LATITUDE_WS   = bucketData(:,7);
     bucket.LONGITUDE_WS  = bucketData(:,8);
     bucket.PSAL_WS       = bucketData(:,9);
-    bucket.PSAL_QC_WS    = size(bucket.PSAL_WS);
+    bucket.PSAL_QC_WS    = zeros(size(bucket.PSAL_WS));
 
     % Save the data in the application GUI
     % ------------------------------------