diff --git a/ujmp-core/src/main/java/org/ujmp/core/AbstractMatrix.java b/ujmp-core/src/main/java/org/ujmp/core/AbstractMatrix.java
index b2667a29c..25b21fead 100644
--- a/ujmp-core/src/main/java/org/ujmp/core/AbstractMatrix.java
+++ b/ujmp-core/src/main/java/org/ujmp/core/AbstractMatrix.java
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ public List<Matrix> getColumnList() {
 		// not quite optimized
 		List<Matrix> list = new FastArrayList<Matrix>();
 		for (int c = 0; c < getColumnCount(); c++) {
-			list.add(selectRows(Ret.LINK, c));
+			list.add(selectColumns(Ret.LINK, c));
 		}
 		return list;
 	}