Index: src/file.c
===================================================================
--- src/file.c	(revision 917)
+++ src/file.c	(revision 918)
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@
       AttributePut (PCB, "PCB::grid::unit", Settings.grid_unit->suffix);
  
       sort_netlist ();
+      rats_patch_apply(PCB);
 
       set_some_route_style ();
 
@@ -1481,6 +1482,7 @@
   else
     fclose (fp);
   sort_netlist ();
+  rats_patch_apply(PCB);
   return (0);
 }
 
Index: src/global.h
===================================================================
--- src/global.h	(revision 917)
+++ src/global.h	(revision 918)
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@
 
 enum {
 	NETLIST_INPUT = 0,                /* index of the original netlist as imported */
-	NETLIST_EDITED = 0,               /* index of the netlist produced by applying netlist patches on [NETLIST_INPUT] */
+	NETLIST_EDITED = 1,               /* index of the netlist produced by applying netlist patches on [NETLIST_INPUT] */
 	NUM_NETLISTS                  /* so that we know how many netlists we are dealing with */
 };
 
Index: src/rats_patch.h
===================================================================
--- src/rats_patch.h	(revision 917)
+++ src/rats_patch.h	(revision 918)
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #include "global.h"
 void rats_patch_append(PCBTypePtr pcb, rats_patch_op_t op, const char *id, const char *a1, const char *a2);
 
+/* Create [NETLIST_EDITED] from [NETLIST_INPUT] applying the patch */
+void rats_patch_apply(PCBTypePtr pcb);