diff --git a/search_api_ranges.module b/search_api_ranges.module
index 37e5592..5e883da 100644
--- a/search_api_ranges.module
+++ b/search_api_ranges.module
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ function search_api_ranges_minmax($variables, $order = 'ASC') {
   $fields = search_api_extract_fields($wrapper, $fields);
 
   // For max queries, pad the result +1 to avoid empty selections 
-  $return = $fields[$variables['range_field']]['value'];
+  $return = $fields[$variables['range_field']]['value'][0];
   if ($order == 'DESC') {
     ++$return;
   }