diff --git a/resolvers/author.py b/resolvers/author.py
index 01ed93ef..cc163685 100644
--- a/resolvers/author.py
+++ b/resolvers/author.py
@@ -174,7 +174,9 @@ async def get_author_follows(_, _info, slug='', user=None, author_id=0):
         else:
             raise ValueError('One of slug, user, or author_id must be provided')
         # logger.debug(author_query)
-        [author] = local_session().execute(author_query)
+        result = local_session().execute(author_query)
+        logger.debug(result)
+        [author] = result
         if isinstance(author, Author):
             logger.debug(author.dict())
             author_id = author.id.scalar()