diff --git a/api/resolvers/serial.js b/api/resolvers/serial.js
index e160f32c9..06f088d94 100644
--- a/api/resolvers/serial.js
+++ b/api/resolvers/serial.js
@@ -85,8 +85,9 @@ export async function serializeInvoicable (query, { models, lnd, hash, hmac, me,
   let results = await serialize(models, ...trx)
 
   if (hash) {
-    if (invoice?.isHeld) await settleHodlInvoice({ secret: invoice.preimage, lnd })
-    results = results.slice(1, -1)
+    if (invoice?.isHeld) { await settleHodlInvoice({ secret: invoice.preimage, lnd }) }
+    // remove first element since that is the confirmed invoice
+    [, ...results] = results
   }
 
   // if there is only one result, return it directly, else the array