diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 36c8ecb7..45cdbf01 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.3.467
+8.3.468
diff --git a/ext2spice/ext2spice.c b/ext2spice/ext2spice.c
index 5dc614cd..6ae81ed1 100644
--- a/ext2spice/ext2spice.c
+++ b/ext2spice/ext2spice.c
@@ -875,7 +875,8 @@ runexttospice:
 	sprintf(spcesDefaultOut, "%s.spice", inName);
 
     /* Read the hierarchical description of the input circuit */
-    if (EFReadFile(inName, TRUE, esDoExtResis, FALSE, TRUE) == FALSE)
+    if (EFReadFile(inName, esDoHierarchy, esDoExtResis, FALSE, TRUE)
+		== FALSE)
     {
 	EFDone();
         return;