diff --git a/pypolychord/polychord.py b/pypolychord/polychord.py
index 1d497d58..88f4199b 100644
--- a/pypolychord/polychord.py
+++ b/pypolychord/polychord.py
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ def write(var):
             write('=== Number of equally weighted posterior points in each cluster ===')
             write(0)
             write('=== Minimum loglikelihood positions ===')
-            write(np.argmin(lives[:,-1]))
+            write(np.argmin(lives[:,-1])+1)
             write('=== Number of weighted posterior points in each dead cluster ===')
             write('=== Number of equally weighted posterior points in each dead cluster ===')
             write('=== global evidence -- log(<Z>) ===')