diff --git a/svc/bib b/svc/bib
index 2e5f38d616..0b9d62171f 100755
--- a/svc/bib
+++ b/svc/bib
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ sub fetch_bib {
     my $biblionumber = shift;
     my $record = GetMarcBiblio({
         biblionumber => $biblionumber,
-        embed_items  => $query->url_param('items') });
+        embed_items  => scalar $query->param('items') });
     if  (defined $record) {
         print $query->header(-type => 'text/xml',-charset => 'utf-8',);
         print $record->as_xml_record();
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ sub update_bib {
         ModBiblio( $record, $biblionumber, '' );
         my $new_record = GetMarcBiblio({
             biblionumber => $biblionumber,
-            embed_items  => $query->url_param('items') });
+            embed_items  => scalar $query->url_param('items') });
 
         $result->{'status'} = "ok";
         $result->{'biblionumber'} = $biblionumber;
diff --git a/svc/new_bib b/svc/new_bib
index fc9be482f2..4f44d7ee96 100755
--- a/svc/new_bib
+++ b/svc/new_bib
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ sub add_bib {
 
         $new_record = GetMarcBiblio({
             biblionumber => $biblionumber,
-            embed_items  => $query->url_param('items') });
+            embed_items  => scalar $query->url_param('items') });
         $result->{'status'} = "ok";
         $result->{'biblionumber'} = $biblionumber;
         my $xml = $new_record->as_xml_record();