diff --git a/bazarr/api.py b/bazarr/api.py
index 5e6873ead..08d81cf51 100644
--- a/bazarr/api.py
+++ b/bazarr/api.py
@@ -2014,10 +2014,16 @@ class SubtitleNameInfo(Resource):
             if 'subtitle_language' in guessit_result:
                 result['subtitle_language'] = str(guessit_result['subtitle_language'])
 
+            result['episode'] = 0
             if 'episode' in guessit_result:
-                result['episode'] = int(guessit_result['episode'])
-            else:
-                result['episode'] = 0
+                if isinstance(guessit_result['episode'], list):
+                    # for multiple episodes file, choose the first episode number
+                    if len(guessit_result['episode']):
+                        # make sure that guessit returned a list of more than 0 items
+                        result['episode'] = int(guessit_result['episode'][0])
+                elif isinstance(guessit_result['episode'], (str, int)):
+                    # if single episode (should be int but just in case we cast it to int)
+                    result['episode'] = int(guessit_result['episode'])
 
             if 'season' in guessit_result:
                 result['season'] = int(guessit_result['season'])