diff --git a/cataloguing/value_builder/marc21_field_007.pl b/cataloguing/value_builder/marc21_field_007.pl
index c852fa0613..74e559dd9f 100755
--- a/cataloguing/value_builder/marc21_field_007.pl
+++ b/cataloguing/value_builder/marc21_field_007.pl
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ my ($template, $loggedinuser, $cookie)
 			     });
 	$result = "ta" unless $result;
 	my $f0 = substr($result,0,1);
-	my $f1 = substr($result,1,4);
+     my $f1 = substr($result,1,1);
 #added new parameters to allow for all material types
 	my $f2 = substr($result,2,1);
 	my $f3 = substr($result,3,1);