diff --git a/geoarray/baseclasses.py b/geoarray/baseclasses.py
index 9b6e369ff06c58e87faa32986faec2e11047d070..5b0b860ad122e9b423a8b4be41a6e0207263a222 100644
--- a/geoarray/baseclasses.py
+++ b/geoarray/baseclasses.py
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ class GeoArray(object):
                 arr = arr[:, :, np.newaxis]
 
             # 3D -> 2D
-            if 1 in arr.shape:
+            if 1 in arr.shape and len(getitem_params) != 1:
                 outshape = []
                 for i, sh in enumerate(arr.shape):
                     if sh == 1 and isinstance(getitem_params[i], (int, np.integer, float, np.floating)):
diff --git a/geoarray/version.py b/geoarray/version.py
index 75faeb3e0840b1f3e90c9700d85b6ff98ec87289..40416aed1b999b811c9ded6935da851f86a4c303 100644
--- a/geoarray/version.py
+++ b/geoarray/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = '0.8.18'
-__versionalias__ = '20190514.01'
+__version__ = '0.8.19'
+__versionalias__ = '20190522.01'
diff --git a/tests/test_geoarray.py b/tests/test_geoarray.py
index cf369a7791a66e65b135b02d78a83fd0f51d5bd4..af00ca496482b77dc66718a5d68498a4c05dcdad 100644
--- a/tests/test_geoarray.py
+++ b/tests/test_geoarray.py
@@ -346,6 +346,21 @@ class Test_GeoarrayAppliedOnPathArray(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(inmem_res.ndim, notinmem_res.ndim)
         self.assertEqual(inmem_res.shape, notinmem_res.shape)
 
+    def test___getitem__consistency_3d_array_1_column(self):
+        testarr = np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]]).reshape(2, 1, 2)
+
+        gA_inmem = GeoArray(testarr)
+        inmem_res = gA_inmem[:]
+
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tf:
+            gA_inmem.save(os.path.join(tf, 'test.bsq'))
+
+            gA_notinmem = GeoArray(os.path.join(tf, 'test.bsq'))
+            notinmem_res = gA_notinmem[:]
+
+        self.assertEqual(inmem_res.ndim, notinmem_res.ndim)
+        self.assertEqual(inmem_res.shape, notinmem_res.shape)
+
     def test___getitem__consistency_2d_array(self):
         testarr = np.zeros((2, 2))
         testarr[:, :] = [[11, 12], [13, 14]]