diff --git a/src/sql/query_builder.cpp b/src/sql/query_builder.cpp
index bca823f..d7b725b 100644
--- a/src/sql/query_builder.cpp
+++ b/src/sql/query_builder.cpp
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ query_builder &query_builder::select(const std::vector<column> &columns)
     }
   } else {
     auto it = columns.begin();
-    result.append(dialect_.prepare_identifier(*it++));
-    query_.prototype.append(column{*it});
+    result.append(dialect_.prepare_identifier(*it));
+    query_.prototype.append(column{*it++});
     for (; it != columns.end(); ++it) {
       result.append(", ");
       result.append(dialect_.prepare_identifier(*it));