diff --git a/pycbc/io/hdf.py b/pycbc/io/hdf.py
index b181313bb11..bfa93c22b7e 100644
--- a/pycbc/io/hdf.py
+++ b/pycbc/io/hdf.py
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ def get_snglfile_array_dict(self, variable):
                         curr.append(hdf_dataset[idx])
                     curr = np.array(curr)
                 else:
-                    curr = self.sngl_files[ifo].get_column(variable)
+                    curr = self.sngl_files[ifo].get_column(variable)[tid]
             except IndexError:
                 if len(self.trig_id[ifo]) == 0:
                     curr = np.array([])