diff --git a/templates/machine.m.motemplate b/templates/machine.m.motemplate
index 7cbf24a1..fdf55e2f 100644
--- a/templates/machine.m.motemplate
+++ b/templates/machine.m.motemplate
@@ -164,7 +164,11 @@ const struct <$managedObjectClassName$>UserInfo <$managedObjectClassName$>UserIn
 				//	Nothing found matching the fetch request. That's cool, though: we'll just return nil.
 				break;
 			case 1:
+			<$if TemplateVar.literals$>
+				result = results.firstObject;
+			<$else$>
 				result = [results objectAtIndex:0];
+			<$endif$>
 				break;
 			default:
 				NSLog(@"WARN fetch request <$FetchRequest.name$>: 0 or 1 objects expected, %lu found (substitutionVariables:%@, results:%@)",