diff --git a/lib/techniques/union/use.py b/lib/techniques/union/use.py
index 9fa1a46fe..1eb3fba8f 100644
--- a/lib/techniques/union/use.py
+++ b/lib/techniques/union/use.py
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ def unionUse(expression, unpack=True, dump=False):
                 warnMsg += "return any output"
                 logger.warn(warnMsg)
 
-                return outputs
+                return value
 
             threadData = getCurrentThreadData()
             threadData.shared.limits = iter(xrange(startLimit, stopLimit))