diff --git a/server/store/adapters/rdbms/dal/model.go b/server/store/adapters/rdbms/dal/model.go
index e71f28522..303ac1fec 100644
--- a/server/store/adapters/rdbms/dal/model.go
+++ b/server/store/adapters/rdbms/dal/model.go
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ func (d *model) convertQuery(n *ql.ASTNode) (out exp.Expression, err error) {
 func (d *model) QueryParser() queryParser {
 	return ql.Converter(
 		ql.SymHandler(d.qlConverterGenericSymHandler()),
+		ql.ValHandler(d.qlConverterGenericValHandler()),
 		ql.RefHandler(d.qlConverterGenericRefHandler()),
 	)
 }
@@ -151,6 +152,12 @@ func (d *model) qlConverterGenericSymHandler() func(node *ql.ASTNode) (exp.Expre
 	}
 }
 
+func (d *model) qlConverterGenericValHandler() func(*ql.ASTNode) (exp.Expression, error) {
+	return func(node *ql.ASTNode) (exp.Expression, error) {
+		return d.dialect.ValHandler(node)
+	}
+}
+
 func (d *model) qlConverterGenericRefHandler() func(*ql.ASTNode, ...exp.Expression) (exp.Expression, error) {
 	return func(node *ql.ASTNode, args ...exp.Expression) (exp.Expression, error) {
 		return d.dialect.ExprHandler(node, args...)
diff --git a/server/store/adapters/rdbms/drivers/dialect.go b/server/store/adapters/rdbms/drivers/dialect.go
index 4d35708b3..51f4fb7b2 100644
--- a/server/store/adapters/rdbms/drivers/dialect.go
+++ b/server/store/adapters/rdbms/drivers/dialect.go
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ type (
 		// ExprHandler returns driver specific expression handling
 		ExprHandler(*ql.ASTNode, ...exp.Expression) (exp.Expression, error)
 
+		// ValHandler returns driver specific value expression handling
+		ValHandler(*ql.ASTNode) (exp.Expression, error)
+
 		// OrderedExpression returns compatible expression for ordering
 		//
 		// Database understand order modifiers differently. For example, MySQL does not know
diff --git a/server/store/adapters/rdbms/drivers/mysql/dialect.go b/server/store/adapters/rdbms/drivers/mysql/dialect.go
index 69c38b8bf..3c737f6c8 100644
--- a/server/store/adapters/rdbms/drivers/mysql/dialect.go
+++ b/server/store/adapters/rdbms/drivers/mysql/dialect.go
@@ -242,6 +242,10 @@ func (d mysqlDialect) ExprHandler(n *ql.ASTNode, args ...exp.Expression) (expr e
 	return ql.DefaultRefHandler(n, args...)
 }
 
+func (d mysqlDialect) ValHandler(n *ql.ASTNode) (out exp.Expression, err error) {
+	return ql.DefaultValueHandler(n)
+}
+
 func (d mysqlDialect) OrderedExpression(expr exp.Expression, dir exp.SortDirection, _ exp.NullSortType) exp.OrderedExpression {
 	return exp.NewOrderedExpression(expr, dir, exp.NoNullsSortType)
 }
diff --git a/server/store/adapters/rdbms/drivers/postgres/dialect.go b/server/store/adapters/rdbms/drivers/postgres/dialect.go
index 3e6418f0f..ceb1a42dd 100644
--- a/server/store/adapters/rdbms/drivers/postgres/dialect.go
+++ b/server/store/adapters/rdbms/drivers/postgres/dialect.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza/server/pkg/dal"
+	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza/server/pkg/expr"
 	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza/server/store/adapters/rdbms/ddl"
 	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza/server/store/adapters/rdbms/drivers"
 	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza/server/store/adapters/rdbms/ql"
@@ -235,6 +236,23 @@ func (d postgresDialect) ExprHandler(n *ql.ASTNode, args ...exp.Expression) (exp
 	return ref2exp.RefHandler(n, args...)
 }
 
+func (d postgresDialect) ValHandler(n *ql.ASTNode) (out exp.Expression, err error) {
+	switch v := n.Value.V.(type) {
+	case *expr.Boolean:
+		// value handling for boolean is different in postgres
+		// this was done to support value parsing for (IS $3) statement
+		if cast.ToBool(v.Get()) {
+			out = drivers.LiteralTRUE
+		} else {
+			out = drivers.LiteralFALSE
+		}
+	default:
+		out = exp.NewLiteralExpression("?", n.Value.V.Get())
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
 func (d postgresDialect) OrderedExpression(expr exp.Expression, dir exp.SortDirection, nst exp.NullSortType) exp.OrderedExpression {
 	return exp.NewOrderedExpression(expr, dir, nst)
 }
diff --git a/server/store/adapters/rdbms/drivers/sqlite/dialect.go b/server/store/adapters/rdbms/drivers/sqlite/dialect.go
index 06b144d31..a5d7a472d 100644
--- a/server/store/adapters/rdbms/drivers/sqlite/dialect.go
+++ b/server/store/adapters/rdbms/drivers/sqlite/dialect.go
@@ -234,6 +234,10 @@ func (d sqliteDialect) ExprHandler(n *ql.ASTNode, args ...exp.Expression) (expr
 	return ref2exp.RefHandler(n, args...)
 }
 
+func (d sqliteDialect) ValHandler(n *ql.ASTNode) (out exp.Expression, err error) {
+	return ql.DefaultValueHandler(n)
+}
+
 func (d sqliteDialect) OrderedExpression(expr exp.Expression, dir exp.SortDirection, nst exp.NullSortType) exp.OrderedExpression {
 	return exp.NewOrderedExpression(expr, dir, exp.NoNullsSortType)
 }