diff --git a/plugins/Factoids/plugin.py b/plugins/Factoids/plugin.py
index 89e4e8ae4..2f22ed482 100644
--- a/plugins/Factoids/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/Factoids/plugin.py
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ class Factoids(callbacks.Plugin, plugins.ChannelDBHandler):
             irc.reply('No keys matched that query.')
         elif len(results) == 1 and \
              self.registryValue('showFactoidIfOnlyOneMatch', channel):
-            self.whatis(irc, msg, [cursor.fetchone()[0]])
+            self.whatis(irc, msg, [results[0]])
         elif len(results) > 100:
             irc.reply('More than 100 keys matched that query; '
                       'please narrow your query.')