diff --git a/src/LowerTriangularMatrices/lower_triangular_matrix.jl b/src/LowerTriangularMatrices/lower_triangular_matrix.jl
index a3689b73f..1f107f720 100644
--- a/src/LowerTriangularMatrices/lower_triangular_matrix.jl
+++ b/src/LowerTriangularMatrices/lower_triangular_matrix.jl
@@ -210,7 +210,15 @@ end
 end
 
 @inline function Base.getindex(L::LowerTriangularMatrix{T}, col::Colon, i::Integer) where T
-    return Matrix(L)[:,i]
+    if i==1
+        return L.data[1:size(L, 1, as=Matrix)]
+    else 
+        return Matrix(L)[:,i]
+    end
+end
+
+@inline function Base.getindex(L::LowerTriangularMatrix{T}, i::Integer, col::Colon) where T
+    return Matrix(L)[i,:] 
 end
 
 # important to do Tuple(I) here for the j > i case as one of the getindex methods above is called
@@ -224,6 +232,7 @@ Base.@propagate_inbounds Base.getindex(L::LowerTriangularArray{T,1,V}, i::Intege
 Base.@propagate_inbounds Base.getindex(L::LowerTriangularArray{T,1,V}, I::CartesianIndex{M}) where {T,V<:AbstractVector{T},M} = getindex(L, Tuple(I)...)
 Base.@propagate_inbounds Base.getindex(L::LowerTriangularArray{T,1,V}, i::Integer, I::CartesianIndex{0}) where {T,V<:AbstractVector{T}} = getindex(L, i)
 
+
 # setindex with lm, ..
 @inline Base.setindex!(L::LowerTriangularArray{T,N}, x, I::Vararg{Any, N}) where {T, N} = setindex!(L.data, x, I...)
 
diff --git a/test/lower_triangular_matrix.jl b/test/lower_triangular_matrix.jl
index f04775bcc..10f7f6f06 100644
--- a/test/lower_triangular_matrix.jl
+++ b/test/lower_triangular_matrix.jl
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ import Random
 
             @test all(L[:,1] .== A[:,1])
             @test all(L[:,2] .== A[:,2])
+            @test all(L[1,:] .== A[1,:])
+            @test all(L[2,:] .== A[2,:])
         end
     end
 end