diff --git a/lib/searchkick/relation.rb b/lib/searchkick/relation.rb
index 43aa170..d450afa 100644
--- a/lib/searchkick/relation.rb
+++ b/lib/searchkick/relation.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module Searchkick
       :took, :error, :model_name, :entry_name, :total_count, :total_entries,
       :current_page, :per_page, :limit_value, :total_pages, :num_pages,
       :offset_value, :previous_page, :prev_page, :next_page, :first_page?, :last_page?,
-      :out_of_range?, :hits, :response, :to_a, :first, :highlights, :group_by, :misspellings?, :with_highlights,
+      :out_of_range?, :hits, :response, :to_a, :highlights, :group_by, :misspellings?, :with_highlights,
       :none?, :one?, :many?
 
     def_delegators :query, :params
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ module Searchkick
       limit ? first(limit) : first
     end
 
+    def first(limit = nil)
+      limit ? self.limit(limit).to_a : self.limit(1).to_a.first
+    end
+
     # TODO make more efficient if loaded
     def pluck(*fields)
       result = load(false)
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