diff --git a/tools/nnicmd/nnictl_utils.py b/tools/nnicmd/nnictl_utils.py
index a400170cb3..0aa31cf635 100644
--- a/tools/nnicmd/nnictl_utils.py
+++ b/tools/nnicmd/nnictl_utils.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def get_experiment_port(args):
     if not args.id:
         return list(experiment_dict.values())[0][0]
     if experiment_dict.get(args.id):
-        return experiment_dict[args.id]
+        return experiment_dict[args.id][0]
     else:
         print_error('Id not correct!')     
         return None