From af8d890d8b8b231b14d75726db1202b88c282b72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Clemens Brunner <clemens.brunner@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 12:38:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add uint16_codec argument

---
 mne/io/eeglab/_eeglab.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mne/io/eeglab/_eeglab.py b/mne/io/eeglab/_eeglab.py
index 173a1fd71bf..28df469fada 100644
--- a/mne/io/eeglab/_eeglab.py
+++ b/mne/io/eeglab/_eeglab.py
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ def _readmat(fname, uint16_codec=None):
     try:
         read_mat = _import_pymatreader_funcs("EEGLAB I/O")
     except RuntimeError:  # pymatreader not installed
-        eeg = loadmat(fname, squeeze_me=True, mat_dtype=False)
+        eeg = loadmat(
+            fname, squeeze_me=True, mat_dtype=False, uint16_codec=uint16_codec
+        )
         return _check_for_scipy_mat_struct(eeg)
     else:
         return read_mat(fname, uint16_codec=uint16_codec)