diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts
index 615753efc3..c17cbae86f 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts
@@ -217,8 +217,7 @@ class InternalBuilder {
         if (!opts.relationship && !isRelationshipField) {
           const alias = getTableAlias(tableName)
           fn(alias ? `${alias}.${updatedKey}` : updatedKey, value)
-        }
-        if (opts.relationship && isRelationshipField) {
+        } else if (opts.relationship && isRelationshipField) {
           const [filterTableName, property] = updatedKey.split(".")
           const alias = getTableAlias(filterTableName)
           fn(alias ? `${alias}.${property}` : property, value)
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/sql/utils.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/sql/utils.ts
index 45ab510948..4b0ac82ffe 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/sql/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/sql/utils.ts
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ export function breakRowIdField(_id: string | { _id: string }): any[] {
     return Array.isArray(parsed) ? parsed : [parsed]
   } catch (err) {
     // wasn't json - likely was handlebars for a many to many
+    if (Array.isArray(_id)) {
+      return _id
+    }
     return [_id]
   }
 }