diff --git a/GEOSagcm_GridComp/GEOSphysics_GridComp/GEOSsurface_GridComp/Utils/mk_restarts/mk_catchANDcnRestarts.F90 b/GEOSagcm_GridComp/GEOSphysics_GridComp/GEOSsurface_GridComp/Utils/mk_restarts/mk_catchANDcnRestarts.F90
index 2e202a45b..117b54731 100644
--- a/GEOSagcm_GridComp/GEOSphysics_GridComp/GEOSsurface_GridComp/Utils/mk_restarts/mk_catchANDcnRestarts.F90
+++ b/GEOSagcm_GridComp/GEOSphysics_GridComp/GEOSsurface_GridComp/Utils/mk_restarts/mk_catchANDcnRestarts.F90
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ subroutine process_cmd()
           call getarg(nxt,arg)
        end do
        if (index(model, 'catchcn') /=0 ) then
-         if((INDEX(out_bcsdir, 'NL') == 0).AND.(INDEX(out_bcsdir, 'OutData') == 0)) then
+         if((INDEX(out_bcsdir, '/ICA/') /= 0) .or. (INDEX(out_bcsdir, '/GM4/') /= 0)) then
            print *,'Land BCs in : ',trim(out_bcsdir)
            print *,'do not support ',trim (model)
            stop