diff --git a/tests/xapian_tests/tests/xapian_backend.py b/tests/xapian_tests/tests/xapian_backend.py
index 86f9af0..ceb3200 100644
--- a/tests/xapian_tests/tests/xapian_backend.py
+++ b/tests/xapian_tests/tests/xapian_backend.py
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ class XapianSearchBackendTestCase(TestCase):
             {'flag': u'f', 'name': u'david2', 'text': u'indexed!\n2', 'sites': u"['2', '4', '6']", 'pub_date': u'20090223000000', 'value': u'000000000010', 'id': u'tests.xapianmockmodel.2', 'slug': u'http://example.com/2', 'popularity': '\xb4p', 'django_id': u'2', 'django_ct': u'tests.xapianmockmodel'},
             {'flag': u't', 'name': u'david3', 'text': u'indexed!\n3', 'sites': u"['3', '6', '9']", 'pub_date': u'20090222000000', 'value': u'000000000015', 'id': u'tests.xapianmockmodel.3', 'slug': u'http://example.com/3', 'popularity': '\xcb\x98', 'django_id': u'3', 'django_ct': u'tests.xapianmockmodel'}
         ])
+        import pdb; pdb.set_trace()
 
     def test_duplicate_update(self):
         self.sb.update(self.msi, self.sample_objs)
diff --git a/tests/xapian_tests/tests/xapian_query.py b/tests/xapian_tests/tests/xapian_query.py
index 7ceed88..bcc02dc 100644
--- a/tests/xapian_tests/tests/xapian_query.py
+++ b/tests/xapian_tests/tests/xapian_query.py
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ class XapianSearchQueryTestCase(TestCase):
         self.sq.add_filter(SQ(content=True))
         self.assertEqual(self.sq.build_query().get_description(), 'Xapian::Query(true)')
     
+    def test_build_query_date(self):
+        self.sq.add_filter(SQ(content=datetime.date(2009, 5, 8)))
+        self.assertEqual(self.sq.build_query().get_description(), 'Xapian::Query(20090508000000)')
+
     def test_build_query_datetime(self):
         self.sq.add_filter(SQ(content=datetime.datetime(2009, 5, 8, 11, 28)))
         self.assertEqual(self.sq.build_query().get_description(), 'Xapian::Query(20090508112800)')
diff --git a/xapian_backend.py b/xapian_backend.py
index 3c7c5b3..63c9aa7 100755
--- a/xapian_backend.py
+++ b/xapian_backend.py
@@ -734,10 +734,10 @@ class SearchQuery(BaseSearchQuery):
                 expression, term = child
                 field, filter_type = search_node.split_expression(expression)
 
-                if not isinstance(term, (list, tuple)):
-                    term = _marshal_term(term)
-                else:
+                if isinstance(term, (list, tuple)):
                     term = [_marshal_term(t) for t in term]
+                else:
+                    term = _marshal_term(term)
 
                 if field == 'content':
                     query_list.append(self._content_field(term, is_not))
@@ -928,11 +928,11 @@ def _marshal_term(term):
         term = _marshal_datetime(term)
     elif isinstance(term, datetime.date):
         term = _marshal_date(term)
-    elif isinstance(term, bool):
-        if term:
-            term = u'true'
-        else:
-            term = u'false'
+    # elif isinstance(term, bool):
+    #     if term:
+    #         term = u'true'
+    #     else:
+    #         term = u'false'
     else:
         term = force_unicode(term).lower()
     return term