diff --git a/notebooks/07 - Blast.ipynb b/notebooks/07 - Blast.ipynb
index d6e751b..feb3a6b 100644
--- a/notebooks/07 - Blast.ipynb	
+++ b/notebooks/07 - Blast.ipynb	
@@ -852,6 +852,7 @@
     "from Bio.Blast import NCBIXML\n",
     "result_handle = open(\"my_blast.xml\", 'r')\n",
     "blast_records = NCBIXML.parse(result_handle)\n",
+    "blast_record = next(blast_records)"
     "\n",
     "for alignment in blast_record.alignments:\n",
     "    for hsp in alignment.hsps:\n",