diff --git a/core/src/main/java/me/prettyprint/cassandra/service/HColumnFamilyImpl.java b/core/src/main/java/me/prettyprint/cassandra/service/HColumnFamilyImpl.java
index 1f8b94c01..69739ed66 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/me/prettyprint/cassandra/service/HColumnFamilyImpl.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/me/prettyprint/cassandra/service/HColumnFamilyImpl.java
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ public Column execute(Cassandra.Client cassandra) throws HectorException {
             queryLogger.debug("---------\nColumnFamily: {} slicePredicate: {}", columnFamilyName, activeSlicePredicate.toString());
           }
 
-          K key = _keys.iterator().next();
+          K key = _keys.get(0);
           List<ColumnOrSuperColumn> cosclist = cassandra.get_slice(keySerializer.toByteBuffer(key), columnParent,
             activeSlicePredicate.toThrift(), 
             ThriftConverter.consistencyLevel(consistencyLevelPolicy.get(operationType)));