diff --git a/src/pipelines/saas/prompts/prompt_calls.py b/src/pipelines/saas/prompts/prompt_calls.py
index d9815e7..114c6a4 100644
--- a/src/pipelines/saas/prompts/prompt_calls.py
+++ b/src/pipelines/saas/prompts/prompt_calls.py
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ def prompt_carveout_check(
     )
 
     carveout_answer = _parser(llm_answer_raw)
-    return carveout_answer
+    return carveout_answer[0]
 
 
 def prompt_special_case_breakout(breakout_template, term_answer, filename):