diff --git a/saqc/flagger/baseflagger.py b/saqc/flagger/baseflagger.py
index 6f10d8c917ccbfca9decd15aed064dab3f542420..afa6962c3fc4ab18a2770386366859f0fd7a579c 100644
--- a/saqc/flagger/baseflagger.py
+++ b/saqc/flagger/baseflagger.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class BaseFlagger:
         flags = flags.values
         flags[flags < flag] = flag
 
-        return flags
+        return np.squeeze(flags)
 
     @property
     def UNFLAGGED(self):