diff --git a/ArchiveExtractor/Core.py b/ArchiveExtractor/Core.py
index 2ac2d845b941579bf44b809b4f8a25a97c716cae..92f5bd00785bc569042af2f260d8645e0e6a2a91 100644
--- a/ArchiveExtractor/Core.py
+++ b/ArchiveExtractor/Core.py
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ def _extract_scalar(attribute, method, date1, date2, db, dtype):
                 return None
 
 
+            # Detect if values contains a tuple read;write
+            if ';' in _value[0]:
+                logger.warning("Retrieved values are in read;write format. Keep only the read value")
+                _value = [_v.split(';')[0] for _v in _value]
+
             # Transform to datetime - value arrays
             if dtype is bool:
                 _value = aea._cast_bool(_value)
diff --git a/ArchiveExtractor/__init__.py b/ArchiveExtractor/__init__.py
index 1b498e17205d668d19676aa53478ea427bc960ca..9921028d8f5cc1802ad6f7f47686aa9cc42b9813 100644
--- a/ArchiveExtractor/__init__.py
+++ b/ArchiveExtractor/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Quick usage in ipython shell:
 """
 
 # NB: Also change version number in setup.py
-__version__ = "2.4.3"
+__version__ = "2.4.4"
 
 __all__ = ["Access", ]
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4861c52116849aa53c939bb523e2d9741749bc6b..6d001a65761825566952cc05cb815bedf00aba92 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from distutils.core import setup
 
 setup(name='ArchiveExtractor',
-      version='2.4.3', # NB Also change version number in __init__.py
+      version='2.4.4', # NB Also change version number in __init__.py
       description='Python module for extracting data from Archive Extractor Tango Device.',
       url='https://gitlab.synchrotron-soleil.fr/dg/archiveextractor',
       license="GNU-GPL-v3",