diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 25b65e98..ad594cc9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/).
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 ## Changed
+- Fixed join method to work with data of shape (1,)
 - `Axis`: space character ("\s") in expressions are culled.
 - fixed `interact2D` bug: channel/axes can now be specified with non-zero index arguments
 
diff --git a/WrightTools/data/_join.py b/WrightTools/data/_join.py
index 1e16c692..0f2f2bd6 100644
--- a/WrightTools/data/_join.py
+++ b/WrightTools/data/_join.py
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ def combine(data, out, item_name, new_idx, transpose, slice_):
                 slice_.append(slice(None))
             # If p is scalar, a new axis must be added, no transpose needed
             else:
+                transpose.append(np.argmax(data[variable_name].shape))
                 slice_.append(np.newaxis)
             # Triple subscripting needed because newaxis only applys to numpy array
             # New axis added so that subtracting p will broadcast