diff --git a/packages/perspective-viewer/src/js/view.js b/packages/perspective-viewer/src/js/view.js
index d5930a9694..dd24c1b5f3 100644
--- a/packages/perspective-viewer/src/js/view.js
+++ b/packages/perspective-viewer/src/js/view.js
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ function new_row(name, type, aggregate, filter) {
         if (type === 'string') {
             const v = this._table.view({row_pivot:[name], aggregate: []});
             v.to_json().then(json => {
-                row.choices(json.slice(1, json.length - 1).map(x => x.__ROW_PATH__));
+                row.choices(json.slice(1, json.length).map(x => x.__ROW_PATH__));
                 v.delete();
             })
         }