diff --git a/reverse_geocoder/__init__.py b/reverse_geocoder/__init__.py
index 7149bc5..8557bcc 100644
--- a/reverse_geocoder/__init__.py
+++ b/reverse_geocoder/__init__.py
@@ -288,7 +288,8 @@ def search(geo_coords, mode=2, verbose=True):
         raise TypeError('Expecting a tuple or a tuple/list of tuples')
     elif not isinstance(geo_coords[0], tuple):
         geo_coords = [geo_coords]
-
+    if len(geo_coords) == 1:
+        mode = 1
     _rg = RGeocoder(mode=mode, verbose=verbose)
     return _rg.query(geo_coords)