diff --git a/compiler/verify/magic.py b/compiler/verify/magic.py
index 6a559b3d..616818af 100644
--- a/compiler/verify/magic.py
+++ b/compiler/verify/magic.py
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@ def write_magic_script(cell_name, extract=False, final_verification=False):
     f.write("{} -dnull -noconsole << EOF\n".format(OPTS.drc_exe[1]))
     f.write("gds polygon subcell true\n")
     f.write("gds warning default\n")
-    # This causes substrate contacts to not be extracted
-    f.write("# gds readonly true\n")
+    f.write("gds readonly true\n")
     f.write("gds read {}.gds\n".format(cell_name))
     f.write("load {}\n".format(cell_name))
     # Flatten the cell to get rid of DRCs spanning multiple layers