diff --git a/src/Entity/Crop.php b/src/Entity/Crop.php
index 1cee3ee..49fc33a 100644
--- a/src/Entity/Crop.php
+++ b/src/Entity/Crop.php
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ class Crop extends ContentEntityBase implements CropInterface {
     if ($type) {
       $query->condition('type', $type);
     }
-    $crop = $query->sort('cid')
-      ->range(0, 1)
+    $crop = $query->range(0, 1)
+      ->addMetaData('simple_query', TRUE)
       ->execute();
 
     return $crop ? \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('crop')->load(current($crop)) : NULL;