diff --git a/pyinfra/visitor/strategies/response/aggregation.py b/pyinfra/visitor/strategies/response/aggregation.py
index 928b389..c0f96af 100644
--- a/pyinfra/visitor/strategies/response/aggregation.py
+++ b/pyinfra/visitor/strategies/response/aggregation.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from collections import deque
 from typing import Callable
 
-from funcy import omit, filter
+from funcy import omit, filter, first
 from more_itertools import peekable
 
 from pyinfra.server.dispatcher.dispatcher import Nothing, is_not_nothing
@@ -10,10 +10,16 @@ from pyinfra.visitor.strategies.response.response import ResponseStrategy
 from pyinfra.visitor.utils import build_storage_upload_info
 
 
+def default_merge(items):
+    merged = list(items)
+    merged = first(merged) if len(merged) == 1 else merged
+    return merged
+
+
 class AggregationStorageStrategy(ResponseStrategy):
     def __init__(self, storage, merger: Callable = None):
         self.storage = storage
-        self.merger = merger or list
+        self.merger = merger or default_merge
         self.buffer = deque()
         self.response_files = deque()
 
diff --git a/test/integration_tests/serve_test.py b/test/integration_tests/serve_test.py
index aa56497..2eeffd3 100644
--- a/test/integration_tests/serve_test.py
+++ b/test/integration_tests/serve_test.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from itertools import starmap, repeat, chain
 from operator import itemgetter
 
 import pytest
-from funcy import compose, lpluck, first, second, pluck, lflatten
+from funcy import compose, first, second, pluck, lflatten
 
 from pyinfra.default_objects import (
     get_callback,