diff --git a/source/clientserver/nameValueSubstitution.cpp b/source/clientserver/nameValueSubstitution.cpp
index 3c8ea122..79af60af 100644
--- a/source/clientserver/nameValueSubstitution.cpp
+++ b/source/clientserver/nameValueSubstitution.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ int name_value_substitution(NAMEVALUELIST* nameValueList, char* tpass)
     int* placeholderIndex = nullptr;
     int* tpassIndex = nullptr;
     int tpassPosition = 0;
-    unsigned short usedCount = 0;
 
     if (nameValueList->pairCount > 0) {    // Identify and Count Placeholders
         do {
@@ -135,7 +134,6 @@ int name_value_substitution(NAMEVALUELIST* nameValueList, char* tpass)
                     free(nameValueList->nameValue[placeholderIndex[i]].value);
                 nameValueList->nameValue[placeholderIndex[i]].value = newNameValueList.nameValue[tpassIndex[i]].value;
                 newNameValueList.nameValue[tpassIndex[i]].value = nullptr;
-                usedCount++;
 
                 UDA_LOG(UDA_LOG_DEBUG, "Placeholder: [%d][%d] %s, Substitution Value [%d] %s\n", i, placeholderIndex[i],
                         nameValueList->nameValue[placeholderIndex[i]].name,
diff --git a/source/clientserver/parseOperation.cpp b/source/clientserver/parseOperation.cpp
index 37cfae11..c80f6b66 100755
--- a/source/clientserver/parseOperation.cpp
+++ b/source/clientserver/parseOperation.cpp
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ int parseOperation(SUBSET* sub)
 
         std::string operation = sub->operation[i];
 
-        boost::starts_with(operation, "[");
-
         boost::trim_left_if(operation, [](char c){ return c == '['; });
         boost::trim_right_if(operation, [](char c){ return c == ']'; });
 
diff --git a/source/server/serverSubsetData.cpp b/source/server/serverSubsetData.cpp
index ebe9c1f2..76ec4e48 100755
--- a/source/server/serverSubsetData.cpp
+++ b/source/server/serverSubsetData.cpp
@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@ int process_subset_operation(int ii, SUBSET subset, DATA_BLOCK* data_block, LOGM
 {
     int n_bound = subset.nbound;                        // the Number of operations in the set
 
+    // treat x[0] as a no-op when x is a scalar
+    if (n_bound == 1
+        && (subset.lbindex[0].init && subset.lbindex[0].value == 0)
+        && (subset.ubindex[0].init && subset.ubindex[0].value == 1)
+        && data_block->rank == 0) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     for (int j = 0; j < n_bound; j++) {                        // Process each operation separately
 
         double value = subset.bound[j];
diff --git a/test/plugins/test_testplugin.cpp b/test/plugins/test_testplugin.cpp
index ea93bc1b..208d6f06 100755
--- a/test/plugins/test_testplugin.cpp
+++ b/test/plugins/test_testplugin.cpp
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ TEST_CASE( "Run test3 - pass string list as array of strings", "[plugins][TESTPL
 
     REQUIRE( data != nullptr );
     REQUIRE( !data->isNull() );
-    REQUIRE( data->type().name() == typeid(std::string).name() );
+    REQUIRE( std::string(data->type().name()) == typeid(std::string).name() );
 
     auto array = dynamic_cast<uda::Array*>(data);
 
@@ -1818,6 +1818,30 @@ TEST_CASE( "Test array subsetting with argument with square brackets", "[plugins
     REQUIRE( vec[4] == Approx(4.0) );
 }
 
+TEST_CASE( "Test array subsetting - index scalar with [0]", "[plugins][TESTPLUGIN]" )
+{
+#include "setup.inc"
+
+    uda::Client client;
+
+    const uda::Result& result = client.get("TESTPLUGIN::test10()[0]", "");
+
+    REQUIRE( result.errorCode() == 0 );
+    REQUIRE( result.errorMessage().empty() );
+
+    uda::Data* data = result.data();
+
+    REQUIRE( data != nullptr );
+    REQUIRE( !data->isNull() );
+    REQUIRE( data->type().name() == typeid(int).name() );
+
+    auto* value = dynamic_cast<uda::Scalar*>(data);
+
+    REQUIRE( value != nullptr );
+
+    REQUIRE( value->as<int>() == 7 );
+}
+
 TEST_CASE( "Run call_plugin_test - return the result of calling a plugin", "[plugins][TESTPLUGIN]" )
 {
 #include "setup.inc"