Stenhousemuir edged out Queen's Park 1-0 at Hampden in the first leg of the League 1 play-off final on Wednesday evening.
Jamie McCormack headed the only goal 11 minutes into the second half to give Brown Ferguson's men a narrow advantage ahead of Saturday's return leg at Ochilview.
Queen's Park had their chances but couldn't make the breakthrough and Ross McMillan came close to a second goal for the Warriors when he hit the woodwork late on.