diff --git a/configdb/client/cli.py b/configdb/client/cli.py
index 1cef45f5643e1eb5afbb24f7c66e24f95fffa713..721d0c7589d9c567c0be03ef1d7ab686eb61282c 100644
--- a/configdb/client/cli.py
+++ b/configdb/client/cli.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class FindAction(Action):
             if value is None:
                 continue
             if value.startswith('\\~') or value.startswith('\\%'):
-                value = value[1:]
+                value = query.Equals(value[1:])
             elif value.startswith('~'):
                 value = query.RegexpMatch(value[1:])
             elif value.startswith('%'):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 25224986b34a86f97d48f6dd797f3921e379bd65..c19f829d9dd28adb6feccb21e95fcf67dc88d814 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 setup(
   name='configdb',
-  version='0.1',
+  version='0.2',
   description='database framework for configuration info',
   author='ale',
   author_email='ale@incal.net',