--- Revision None
+++ Revision 633861623739
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+diff --git a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_rewrite.erl b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_rewrite.erl
+index 6c3d0e3..5fb0bee 100644
+--- a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_rewrite.erl
++++ b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_rewrite.erl
+@@ -236,46 +236,20 @@ make_query_list([{Key, {Value}}|Rest], Bindings, Acc) ->
+     Value1 = to_json({Value}),
+     make_query_list(Rest, Bindings, [{to_binding(Key), Value1}|Acc]);
+ make_query_list([{Key, Value}|Rest], Bindings, Acc) when is_binary(Value) ->
+-    Value1 = replace_var(Key, Value, Bindings),
++    Value1 = replace_var(Value, Bindings),
+     make_query_list(Rest, Bindings, [{to_binding(Key), Value1}|Acc]);
+ make_query_list([{Key, Value}|Rest], Bindings, Acc) when is_list(Value) ->
+-    Value1 = replace_var(Key, Value, Bindings),
++    Value1 = to_json([replace_var(V, Bindings) || V <- Value]),
+     make_query_list(Rest, Bindings, [{to_binding(Key), Value1}|Acc]);
+ make_query_list([{Key, Value}|Rest], Bindings, Acc) ->
+     make_query_list(Rest, Bindings, [{to_binding(Key), Value}|Acc]).
+ 
+-replace_var(Key, Value, Bindings) ->
+-    case Value of
+-        <<":", Var/binary>> ->
+-            get_var(Var, Bindings, Value);
+-        _ when is_list(Value) ->
+-            Value1 = lists:foldr(fun(V, Acc) ->
+-                V1 = case V of
+-                    <<":", VName/binary>> ->
+-                        case get_var(VName, Bindings, V) of
+-                            V2 when is_list(V2) ->
+-                                iolist_to_binary(V2);
+-                            V2 -> V2
+-                        end;
+-                    _ ->
+-                        
+-                        V
+-                end,
+-                [V1|Acc]
+-            end, [], Value),
+-            to_json(Value1);
+-        _ when is_binary(Value) ->
+-            Value;
+-        _ ->
+-            case Key of
+-                <<"key">> -> to_json(Value);
+-                <<"startkey">> -> to_json(Value);
+-                <<"endkey">> -> to_json(Value);
+-                _ ->
+-                    lists:flatten(?JSON_ENCODE(Value))
+-            end
+-    end.
+-
++replace_var(<<":", Var/binary>> = Value, Bindings) ->
++    get_var(Var, Bindings, Value);
++replace_var(Value, _Bindings) when is_binary(Value) ->
++    Value;
++replace_var(Value, _Bindings) ->
++    to_json(Value).
+ 
+ get_var(VarName, Props, Default) ->
+     VarName1 = to_binding(VarName),