diff --git a/src/lerobot/datasets/utils.py b/src/lerobot/datasets/utils.py
index 8bc56a1bd..d1c9d8c1b 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/datasets/utils.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/datasets/utils.py
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ def get_hf_features_from_features(features: dict) -> datasets.Features:
             continue
         elif ft["dtype"] == "image":
             hf_features[key] = datasets.Image()
-        elif ft["shape"] == (1,):
+        elif ft["shape"] == (1,) and ft["names"] is None:
             hf_features[key] = datasets.Value(dtype=ft["dtype"])
         elif len(ft["shape"]) == 1:
             hf_features[key] = datasets.Sequence(