diff --git a/docker/market_data/hist/alpaca_md_day.sh b/docker/market_data/hist/alpaca_md_day.sh
index abafe3b..3111f42 100755
--- a/docker/market_data/hist/alpaca_md_day.sh
+++ b/docker/market_data/hist/alpaca_md_day.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ get_prev_business_day() {
 export -f get_prev_business_day
 
 if [ -z ${date_to_load} ] ; then
-    echo "Yesterday data has priority. Running historical container will be stopped"
+    echo "Date is not specified. Yesterday data has priority. Running historical container will be stopped"
     Cmd="docker stop ${ContainerName}"
     echo ${Cmd} && eval ${Cmd}
     Cmd="docker kill ${ContainerName}"
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ if [ -z ${date_to_load} ] ; then
         exit 3
     fi
 else
+    date_to_load=$(date -d ${date_to_load} '+%Y-%m-%d') #expected format
     echo "Historical run ${date_to_load}"
     if is_container_running "$ContainerName"; then
         echo "Container ${ContainerName} is already running."
diff --git a/release_version.txt b/release_version.txt
index 55353b3..43fa430 100644
--- a/release_version.txt
+++ b/release_version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6.9,minor
+1.7.1,alpaca md hist convertitn date to the right format to be used for trading calendar