diff --git a/gists.org b/gists.org
index 3559645..00a9960 100644
--- a/gists.org
+++ b/gists.org
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ Based on an answer at the [[https://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/77480/34645][Emacs
                   (let* ((prompt (format-prompt "URL" ""))
                          (candidate-urls (-non-nil (mapcar #'funcall my/denote/url-functions)))
                          (url (if (eql 1 (length candidate-urls))
-                                  (read-string prompt (car candidate-urls))
+                                  (read-string prompt (caar candidate-urls))
                                 (completing-read prompt candidate-urls))))
 
                     ;; `candidate-urls' is a mix of strings and cons
diff --git a/gists/denote-create-note-url.el b/gists/denote-create-note-url.el
index 01022dc..3fc15e7 100644
--- a/gists/denote-create-note-url.el
+++ b/gists/denote-create-note-url.el
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ looking at the <title> tags."
                 (let* ((prompt (format-prompt "URL" ""))
                        (candidate-urls (-non-nil (mapcar #'funcall my/denote/url-functions)))
                        (url (if (eql 1 (length candidate-urls))
-                                (read-string prompt (car candidate-urls))
+                                (read-string prompt (caar candidate-urls))
                               (completing-read prompt candidate-urls))))
 
                   ;; `candidate-urls' is a mix of strings and cons