diff --git a/lib/query-builder.js b/lib/query-builder.js
index b845db5..7f3d52d 100644
--- a/lib/query-builder.js
+++ b/lib/query-builder.js
@@ -228,8 +228,56 @@ function deferredKeys (keys, typeName, fieldName) {
   })
 }
 
+// to avoid data transformation, both cases are covered in different functions
+// args can be either from client query, which are from gql nodes structure
+// or can be built by composer subquery
 // TODO filter same values
-function buildQueryArgs (v, root = true) {
+function buildQueryArgs (args, root = true) {
+  if (args === undefined || args === null) { return '' }
+
+  // args from client query
+  if (args.node) {
+    return buildNodeQueryArgs(args, root)
+  }
+  // composer built args
+  return buildPlainQueryArgs(args, root)
+}
+
+function buildNodeQueryArgs (args, root = true) {
+  if (args === undefined || args === null) { return '' }
+
+  if (args.type === 'ListValue') {
+    const queryArgs = []
+    for (let i = 0; i < args.value.length; i++) {
+      const arg = buildNodeQueryArgs(args.value[i], false)
+      if (arg === '') { continue }
+      queryArgs.push(arg)
+    }
+    return `[${queryArgs.join(', ')}]`
+  }
+
+  if (args.type === 'ObjectValue') {
+    const keys = Object.keys(args.value)
+    const queryArgs = []
+    for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
+      const key = keys[i]
+      const value = buildNodeQueryArgs(args.value[key], false)
+      if (value === '') { continue }
+      queryArgs.push(`${key}: ${value}`)
+    }
+
+    if (root) {
+      return queryArgs?.length > 0 ? `(${queryArgs.join(',')})` : ''
+    }
+
+    return `{ ${queryArgs.join(', ')} }`
+  }
+
+  // TODO test: quotes
+  return args.type !== 'StringValue' ? args.value.toString() : `"${args.value}"`
+}
+
+function buildPlainQueryArgs (v, root = true) {
   if (v === undefined || v === null) { return '' }
 
   if (Array.isArray(v)) {
diff --git a/lib/query-lookup.js b/lib/query-lookup.js
index 01aacca..debfa00 100644
--- a/lib/query-lookup.js
+++ b/lib/query-lookup.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const { createFieldId } = require('./fields')
 const { createQueryNode, createQuery, createDeferredQuery, addDeferredQueryField } = require('./query-builder')
-const { mergeMaps, collectArgs, pathJoin } = require('./utils')
+const { mergeMaps, collectNodeArgs, collectPlainArgs, pathJoin } = require('./utils')
 
 /**
  * !important: the "lookup" functions in there:
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function collectQueries ({
         operation: context.info ? context.info.operation.operation : '',
         resolver: resolver ?? { name: resolverName },
         selection: [],
-        args
+        args: collectPlainArgs(args, queryFieldNode.arguments, context.info)
       })
     })
     const querySelection = queryFieldNode
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ function collectQueries ({
       // TODO createResolver fn
       resolver: resolver ?? { name: resolverName },
       selection: [],
-      args
+      args: collectPlainArgs(args, queryFieldNode.arguments, context.info)
     })
   })
 
@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@ function collectNestedQueries ({
   alias
 }) {
   context.logger.debug({ fieldId, path }, 'query lookup, nested')
-  const args = collectArgs(querySelection.arguments, context.info)
   const a = alias ? Object.values(alias)[0] : null
 
   return collectQueries({
@@ -271,7 +270,7 @@ function collectNestedQueries ({
     parent: queryNode,
     path,
     fieldId,
-    args,
+    args: collectNodeArgs(querySelection.arguments, context.info),
     types,
     fields,
     aliases,
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index ab7d8e6..d0e14b7 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -76,35 +76,123 @@ function unwrapFieldTypeName (field) {
   return field.type.name || field.type.ofType.name || field.type.ofType.ofType.name
 }
 
-function collectArgs (nodeArguments, info) {
+function collectPlainArgs (args, nodeArguments, info) {
+  if (args === undefined || args === null) { return }
+
+  if (nodeArguments?.kind === 'Variable') {
+    return collectVariableArg(nodeArguments, info)
+  }
+
+  if (Array.isArray(args)) {
+    const queryArgs = []
+    for (let i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
+      const arg = collectPlainArgs(args[i], nodeArguments[i], info)
+      if (!arg) { continue }
+      queryArgs.push(arg)
+    }
+
+    return { value: queryArgs, type: 'ListValue', node: nodeArguments }
+  }
+
+  if (typeof args === 'object') {
+    const keys = Object.keys(args)
+    const queryArgs = {}
+    for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
+      const key = keys[i]
+      const node = selectArgNode(nodeArguments, key)
+      const value = collectPlainArgs(args[key], node, info)
+      if (!value) { continue }
+      queryArgs[key] = value
+    }
+
+    return { value: queryArgs, type: 'ObjectValue', node: nodeArguments }
+  }
+
+  return { value: args, type: nodeArguments.kind, node: nodeArguments }
+}
+
+function selectArgNode (nodeArguments, key) {
+  let value
+  if (!Array.isArray(nodeArguments)) {
+    if (nodeArguments.kind === 'Variable') {
+      return nodeArguments
+    }
+
+    if (nodeArguments.kind === 'ObjectValue') {
+      for (const f of nodeArguments.fields) {
+        if (f.name.value === key) {
+          value = f.value
+          break
+        }
+      }
+    } else {
+      value = nodeArguments
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (!value) {
+    for (const n of nodeArguments) {
+      if (n.name.value === key) {
+        value = n.value
+        break
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (!value) { return }
+
+  if (value.kind === 'ObjectValue') {
+    return value.fields
+  }
+
+  if (value.kind === 'ListValue') {
+    return value.values
+  }
+
+  return value
+}
+
+function collectNodeArgs (nodeArguments, info) {
   if (!nodeArguments || nodeArguments.length < 1) {
     return {}
   }
   const args = {}
   for (let i = 0; i < nodeArguments.length; i++) {
-    const a = nodeArguments[i]
-    const name = a.name.value
-    if (a.value.kind !== 'Variable') {
-      args[name] = a.value.value
+    const node = nodeArguments[i]
+    const name = node.name.value
+    if (node.value.kind !== 'Variable') {
+      args[name] = node.value.value
       continue
     }
-    const varName = a.value.name.value
-    const varValue = info.variableValues[varName]
-    if (typeof varValue === 'object') {
-      // TODO check this
-      const object = {}
-      const keys = Object.keys(varValue)
-      for (let j = 0; j < keys.length; j++) {
-        object[keys[j]] = varValue[keys[j]]
-      }
-      args[name] = object
-      continue
-    }
-    args[name] = varValue
+    args[name] = collectVariableArg(node.value, info)
   }
   return args
 }
 
+function collectVariableArg (node, info) {
+  const varName = node.name.value
+  const varValue = info.variableValues[varName]
+  if (typeof varValue === 'object') {
+    const value = {}
+    const keys = Object.keys(varValue)
+    for (let j = 0; j < keys.length; j++) {
+      const v = varValue[keys[j]]
+      value[keys[j]] = { value: v, type: mapJsToGqlType(v) }
+    }
+    return { value, type: 'ObjectValue' }
+  }
+  return { value: varValue, type: mapJsToGqlType(varValue) }
+}
+
+const _mapJsToGqlType = {
+  string: 'StringValue'
+}
+
+function mapJsToGqlType (value) {
+  console.log('mapJsToGqlType', value, typeof value)
+  return _mapJsToGqlType[typeof value]
+}
+
 function schemaTypeName (types, subgraphName, entityName, fieldName) {
   const t = types[entityName][subgraphName].fields.get(fieldName).src.type
   const notNull = t.kind === 'NON_NULL' ? '!' : ''
@@ -120,7 +208,8 @@ module.exports = {
   mergeMaps,
   pathJoin,
 
-  collectArgs,
+  collectNodeArgs,
+  collectPlainArgs,
   unwrapFieldTypeName,
   schemaTypeName
 }
diff --git a/test/fixtures/books.js b/test/fixtures/books.js
index 2cfc0eb..3c6c7de 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/books.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/books.js
@@ -11,10 +11,24 @@ const schema = `
     genre: BookGenre
   }
 
+  enum BookField {
+    id, title, genre
+  }
+
+  enum OrderDirection {
+    ASD, DESC
+  }
+
+  input BookOrderField {
+    field: BookField
+    direction: OrderDirection
+  }
+
   type Query {
     getBook(id: ID!): Book
     getBookTitle(id: ID!): String
     getBooksByIds(ids: [ID]!): [Book]!
+    getBooks(limit: Int, orderBy: [BookOrderField]): [Book]
   }
 `
 const data = { library: null }
@@ -38,7 +52,10 @@ reset()
 
 const resolvers = {
   Query: {
-    getBook (_, { id }) {
+    getBook (_, { id, genre }) {
+      if (genre) {
+        return data.library[id]?.genre === genre ? data.library[id] : null
+      }
       return data.library[id]
     },
     getBookTitle (_, { id }) {
@@ -48,6 +65,13 @@ const resolvers = {
       return ids
         .map((id) => { return data.library[id] })
         .filter(b => !!b)
+    },
+    getBooks (_, { limit, orderBy }) {
+      const books = structuredClone(Object.values(data.library))
+      for (const order of orderBy) {
+        books.sort((a, b) => order.direction === 'DESC' ? (a[order.field] > b[order.field] ? 1 : -1) : (b[order.field] > a[order.field] ? 1 : -1))
+      }
+      return books.slice(0, limit)
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/query.test.js b/test/query.test.js
index 04a172a..28b8999 100644
--- a/test/query.test.js
+++ b/test/query.test.js
@@ -214,6 +214,11 @@ test('should run a query that has null results', async (t) => {
 
 test('query capabilities', async t => {
   const capabilities = [
+    {
+      name: 'should run a query with different types in arguments',
+      query: 'query { getBooks(limit: 1, orderBy: [{ field: genre, direction: DESC }]) { title } }',
+      result: { getBooks: [{ title: 'A Book About Things That Never Happened' }] }
+    },
     {
       name: 'should run a query with a literal argument',
       query: 'query { getBook(id: 1) { id genre } }',