diff --git a/src/pg/sql/45_observatory_mvt.sql b/src/pg/sql/45_observatory_mvt.sql
index cd54b64..881de4d 100644
--- a/src/pg/sql/45_observatory_mvt.sql
+++ b/src/pg/sql/45_observatory_mvt.sql
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ BEGIN
   -- Generate JSON clause.  This puts together vals from val_clauses
   _json_clause AS (SELECT
     'SELECT ST_AsMVT(q, ''data'', $2) FROM (' ||
-    'SELECT ' || cdb_observatory.FIRST(cte_name) || '.geomref::TEXT id, ' || (SELECT String_Agg('val_' || colid || '->>''value'' as val_' || colid, ', ') FROM _meta) || ', '
-        || cdb_observatory.FIRST(cte_name) || '.mvtgeom geom
+    'SELECT ' || cdb_observatory.FIRST(cte_name) || '.mvtgeom geom,'
+              || (SELECT String_Agg('val_' || colid || '->>''value'' as val_' || colid, ', ') FROM _meta) || ', 
       FROM ' || String_Agg(cte_name, ', ') ||
     Coalesce(' WHERE ' || val_joins, ') q')
     AS json_clause