diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5e24d0f..cf3a5e9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ jspm_packages
 # Optional REPL history
 .node_repl_history
 .vscode/*
+.idea
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 2d7de7b..a26ef0c 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function addCondition (q, field, val) {
       return val.forEach(addCondition.bind(null, this, field));
     });
   }
-  
+
   if (!Array.isArray(val)) {
     // Simple string or number value
     val = ['AND', field, val ];
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ function addCondition (q, field, val) {
       }
     }
   }
-  var args = val[0].includes('RAW') ? [ '"'+val[1]+'" ' + val[2] ] : val.slice(1)
+  var args = val[0].includes('RAW') ? [ q.client.raw('??', val[1]) + ' ' + val[2] ] : val.slice(1);
   return q[functionOperatorMap[val[0]]].apply(q, args);
 }