diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index bc11b6808..eeca99ca9 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -2102,8 +2102,8 @@ pub fn get_stats_records(
             #[cfg(feature = "polars")]
             StatsMode::PolarsSchema => {
                 // StatsMode::PolarsSchema
-                // we need data types and ranges
-                format!("stats\t{input}\t--infer-boolean\t--stats-jsonl\t--output\t{tempfile_path}")
+                // we need data types, ranges & cardinality
+                format!("stats\t{input}\t--cardinality\t--stats-jsonl\t--output\t{tempfile_path}")
             },
             StatsMode::None => unreachable!(), // we returned early on None earlier
         };
diff --git a/tests/test_joinp.rs b/tests/test_joinp.rs
index 99fbc779f..e00b774fe 100644
--- a/tests/test_joinp.rs
+++ b/tests/test_joinp.rs
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ joinp_test!(joinp_inner, |wrk: Workdir, mut cmd: process::Command| {
 joinp_test_cache_schema!(
     joinp_inner_cache_schema,
     |wrk: Workdir, mut cmd: process::Command| {
+        wrk.assert_success(&mut cmd);
+
         let got: Vec<Vec<String>> = wrk.read_stdout(&mut cmd);
         let expected = make_rows(
             false,
@@ -1701,9 +1703,9 @@ fn test_joinp_cache_schema() {
         .arg("--cache-schema")
         .arg("1");
 
-    // error is expected as has_text is interpreted as bool, rather than a number of just a string
-    // recreates error reported in https://github.com/dathere/qsv/issues/2369
-    wrk.assert_err(&mut cmd);
+    // success is expected as has_text is no longer interpreted as bool
+    // confirms bug reported in https://github.com/dathere/qsv/issues/2369 no longer exists
+    wrk.assert_success(&mut cmd);
 
     // Verify schema files were created
     assert!(wrk.path("left.pschema.json").exists());