diff --git a/query/grammar/grammar_test.go b/query/grammar/grammar_test.go
index 952a24cc..81279add 100644
--- a/query/grammar/grammar_test.go
+++ b/query/grammar/grammar_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 var _ = Describe("grammar", func() {
 
 	It("parses", func() {
-		result, err := ParsePEG("john:doe metadata.name=bob metadata.name!=harry spec.status.reason!=\"failed reson\"   -jane johnny type!=pod type!=replicaset  namespace!=\"a,b,c\"")
+		result, err := ParsePEG("metadata.name=bob metadata.name!=harry spec.status.reason!=\"failed reson\"   -jane johnny type!=pod type!=replicaset  namespace!=\"a,b,c\"")
 		Expect(err).To(BeNil())
 
 		resultJSON, err := json.Marshal(result)
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ var _ = Describe("grammar", func() {
             {
               "op": "and",
               "fields": [
-                {
-                  "field": "john",
-                  "value": "doe",
-                  "op": ":"
-                },
                 {
                   "field": "metadata.name",
                   "value": "bob",
diff --git a/query/grammar/grammer.go b/query/grammar/grammer.go
index 69eee670..8bf3d921 100644
--- a/query/grammar/grammer.go
+++ b/query/grammar/grammer.go
@@ -884,9 +884,9 @@ var g = &grammar{
 					pos: position{line: 119, col: 5, offset: 1872},
 					expr: &charClassMatcher{
 						pos:        position{line: 119, col: 5, offset: 1872},
-						val:        "[a-zA-Z0-9_*-]",
-						chars:      []rune{'_', '*', '-'},
-						ranges:     []rune{'a', 'z', 'A', 'Z', '0', '9'},
+						val:        "[a-zA-Z0-9_*-:\\\\[\\]]",
+						chars:      []rune{'_', '\\', '[', ']'},
+						ranges:     []rune{'a', 'z', 'A', 'Z', '0', '9', '*', ':'},
 						ignoreCase: false,
 						inverted:   false,
 					},
@@ -895,11 +895,11 @@ var g = &grammar{
 		},
 		{
 			name: "_",
-			pos:  position{line: 123, col: 1, offset: 1928},
+			pos:  position{line: 123, col: 1, offset: 1934},
 			expr: &zeroOrMoreExpr{
-				pos: position{line: 124, col: 5, offset: 1934},
+				pos: position{line: 124, col: 5, offset: 1940},
 				expr: &charClassMatcher{
-					pos:        position{line: 124, col: 5, offset: 1934},
+					pos:        position{line: 124, col: 5, offset: 1940},
 					val:        "[ \\t]",
 					chars:      []rune{' ', '\t'},
 					ignoreCase: false,
@@ -909,11 +909,11 @@ var g = &grammar{
 		},
 		{
 			name: "EOF",
-			pos:  position{line: 126, col: 1, offset: 1942},
+			pos:  position{line: 126, col: 1, offset: 1948},
 			expr: &notExpr{
-				pos: position{line: 127, col: 5, offset: 1950},
+				pos: position{line: 127, col: 5, offset: 1956},
 				expr: &anyMatcher{
-					line: 127, col: 6, offset: 1951,
+					line: 127, col: 6, offset: 1957,
 				},
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/query/grammar/grammer.peg b/query/grammar/grammer.peg
index 85e34203..c0958dcc 100644
--- a/query/grammar/grammer.peg
+++ b/query/grammar/grammer.peg
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Float
     }
 
 Identifier
-  = [a-zA-Z0-9_*-]+ {
+  = [a-zA-Z0-9_*-:\\[\]]+ {
       return string(c.text), nil
   }
 
diff --git a/query/models.go b/query/models.go
index d81caa11..f8d8a1fe 100644
--- a/query/models.go
+++ b/query/models.go
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ func (qm QueryModel) Apply(ctx context.Context, q types.QueryField, tx *gorm.DB)
 	var err error
 
 	if q.Field != "" {
+		originalField := q.Field
 		q.Field = strings.ToLower(q.Field)
 		if alias, ok := qm.Aliases[q.Field]; ok {
 			q.Field = alias
@@ -230,8 +231,8 @@ func (qm QueryModel) Apply(ctx context.Context, q types.QueryField, tx *gorm.DB)
 		}
 
 		for _, column := range qm.JSONColumns {
-			if strings.HasPrefix(q.Field, column) {
-				tx = JSONPathMapper(ctx, tx, column, strings.TrimPrefix(q.Field, column+"."), val)
+			if strings.HasPrefix(originalField, column) {
+				tx = JSONPathMapper(ctx, tx, column, strings.TrimPrefix(originalField, column+"."), val)
 				q.Field = column
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/tests/query_resource_selector_test.go b/tests/query_resource_selector_test.go
index 073a99bc..59ee1f80 100644
--- a/tests/query_resource_selector_test.go
+++ b/tests/query_resource_selector_test.go
@@ -324,7 +324,13 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Resoure Selector with PEG", ginkgo.Ordered, func() {
 			resource:    "config",
 		},
 		{
-			description: "config item query",
+			description: "config item query with :: in string",
+			query:       `name=node-b type=Kubernetes::Node`,
+			expectedIDs: []uuid.UUID{dummy.KubernetesNodeB.ID},
+			resource:    "config",
+		},
+		{
+			description: "config item query with quotes",
 			query:       `name="node-b" type="Kubernetes::Node"`,
 			expectedIDs: []uuid.UUID{dummy.KubernetesNodeB.ID},
 			resource:    "config",
@@ -403,7 +409,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Resoure Selector with PEG", ginkgo.Ordered, func() {
 		},
 		{
 			description: "config soft and limit query",
-			query:       `name=node-* type="Kubernetes::Node" limit=1 sort=name`,
+			query:       `name=node-* type=Kubernetes::Node limit=1 sort=name`,
 			expectedIDs: []uuid.UUID{dummy.KubernetesNodeA.ID},
 			resource:    "config",
 		},
@@ -425,6 +431,18 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Resoure Selector with PEG", ginkgo.Ordered, func() {
 			expectedIDs: []uuid.UUID{dummy.EKSCluster.ID, dummy.EC2InstanceB.ID},
 			resource:    "config",
 		},
+		{
+			description: "config array query",
+			query:       `config.spec.template.spec.containers[0].name=logistics-api`,
+			expectedIDs: []uuid.UUID{dummy.LogisticsAPIDeployment.ID},
+			resource:    "config",
+		},
+		{
+			description: "config array query with integer matching",
+			query:       `config.spec.template.spec.containers[0].ports[0].containerPort=80`,
+			expectedIDs: []uuid.UUID{dummy.LogisticsAPIDeployment.ID},
+			resource:    "config",
+		},
 	}
 
 	fmap := map[string]func(context.Context, int, ...types.ResourceSelector) ([]uuid.UUID, error){