diff --git a/scanpy_scripts/lib/_filter.py b/scanpy_scripts/lib/_filter.py
index 3bfcc101..35fc83a9 100644
--- a/scanpy_scripts/lib/_filter.py
+++ b/scanpy_scripts/lib/_filter.py
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ def filter_anndata(
         attr = getattr(adata.var, name)
         k_gene = k_gene & attr.isin(values)
 
-    adata = adata[k_cell, :]
-    adata = adata[:, k_gene]
+    adata._inplace_subset_obs(k_cell)
+    adata._inplace_subset_var(k_gene)
 
     return adata
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8a2c0939..c7209915 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='scanpy-scripts',
-    version='0.2.4.post3',
+    version='0.2.4.post4',
     author='nh3',
     author_email='nh3@users.noreply.github.com',
     description='Scripts for using scanpy from the command line',