diff --git a/lib/searchkick/results.rb b/lib/searchkick/results.rb
index 9709b56..8a2efc7 100644
--- a/lib/searchkick/results.rb
+++ b/lib/searchkick/results.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ module Searchkick
               if hit["_source"]
                 hit.except("_source").merge(hit["_source"])
               else
-                hit.except("fields").merge(Hash[ hit["fields"].map{|k, v| [k, v.first] } ])
+                hit.except("fields").merge(hit["fields"])
               end
             result["id"] ||= result["_id"] # needed for legacy reasons
             Hashie::Mash.new(result)
diff --git a/test/sql_test.rb b/test/sql_test.rb
index 010da5e..3a75058 100644
--- a/test/sql_test.rb
+++ b/test/sql_test.rb
@@ -283,7 +283,13 @@ class TestSql < Minitest::Unit::TestCase
     store [{name: "Product A", store_id: 1}]
     result = Product.search("product", load: false, select: [:name, :store_id]).first
     assert_equal %w[id name store_id], result.keys.reject{|k| k.start_with?("_") }.sort
-    assert_equal "Product A", result.name
+    assert_equal ["Product A"], result.name # this is not great
+  end
+
+  def test_select_array
+    store [{name: "Product A", user_ids: [1, 2]}]
+    result = Product.search("product", load: false, select: [:user_ids]).first
+    assert_equal [1, 2], result.user_ids
   end
 
   # TODO see if Mongoid is loaded
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