diff --git a/packages/dataprovider/src/buildWhere.test.ts b/packages/dataprovider/src/buildWhere.test.ts
index bb508f2..2ad884a 100644
--- a/packages/dataprovider/src/buildWhere.test.ts
+++ b/packages/dataprovider/src/buildWhere.test.ts
@@ -172,6 +172,68 @@ describe("buildWhere", () => {
       ],
     });
   });
+  it("allows to filter nested data as well", async () => {
+    //
+
+    const filter = {
+      OR: [
+        {
+          firstName: "fooBar",
+        },
+        {
+          userSocialMedia: {
+            instagram: "fooBar",
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+    const result = buildWhere(filter, testUserResource, testIntrospection);
+
+    expect(result).toEqual<NexusGenArgTypes["Query"]["users"]["where"]>({
+      OR: [
+        {
+          OR: [
+            {
+              firstName: {
+                contains: "fooBar",
+              },
+            },
+            {
+              firstName: {
+                contains: "foobar",
+              },
+            },
+            {
+              firstName: {
+                contains: "FooBar",
+              },
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+        {
+          userSocialMedia: {
+            OR: [
+              {
+                instagram: {
+                  contains: "fooBar",
+                },
+              },
+              {
+                instagram: {
+                  contains: "foobar",
+                },
+              },
+              {
+                instagram: {
+                  contains: "FooBar",
+                },
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+  });
   it("allows to NOT find certain fields", async () => {
     //
 
diff --git a/packages/dataprovider/src/buildWhere.ts b/packages/dataprovider/src/buildWhere.ts
index fd6b750..cd0159f 100644
--- a/packages/dataprovider/src/buildWhere.ts
+++ b/packages/dataprovider/src/buildWhere.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const getFilters = (
   key: string,
   value: any,
   whereType: IntrospectionInputObjectType,
+
   introspectionResults: IntrospectionResult,
 ) => {
   const fieldType = whereType.inputFields.find((f) => f.name === key)
@@ -65,34 +66,45 @@ const getFilters = (
       },
     };
   }
-  if (!isObject(value) && fieldType.kind === "INPUT_OBJECT") {
+  if (fieldType.kind === "INPUT_OBJECT") {
     // we asume for the moment that this is always a relation
     const inputObjectType = introspectionResults.types.find(
       (t) => t.name === fieldType.name,
     ) as IntrospectionInputObjectType;
-    //console.log({ inputObjectType });
-    const hasSomeFilter = inputObjectType.inputFields.some(
-      (s) => s.name === "some",
-    );
 
-    if (hasSomeFilter) {
+    if (!isObject(value)) {
+      //console.log({ inputObjectType });
+      const hasSomeFilter = inputObjectType.inputFields.some(
+        (s) => s.name === "some",
+      );
+
+      if (hasSomeFilter) {
+        return {
+          [key]: {
+            some: {
+              id: {
+                equals: value,
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        };
+      }
       return {
         [key]: {
-          some: {
-            id: {
-              equals: value,
-            },
+          id: {
+            equals: value,
           },
         },
       };
+    } else {
+      // its something nested
+      const where = buildWhereWithType(
+        value,
+        introspectionResults,
+        inputObjectType,
+      );
+      return { [key]: where };
     }
-    return {
-      [key]: {
-        id: {
-          equals: value,
-        },
-      },
-    };
   }
   return { [key]: value };
 };
@@ -105,21 +117,17 @@ type Filter = {
   [key: string]: any;
 };
 
-export const buildWhere = (
+const buildWhereWithType = (
   filter: Filter,
-  resource: Resource,
   introspectionResults: IntrospectionResult,
+  whereType: IntrospectionInputObjectType,
 ) => {
-  const whereType = introspectionResults.types.find(
-    (t) => t.name === `${resource.type.name}WhereInput`,
-  ) as IntrospectionInputObjectType;
-
   const where = Object.keys(filter ?? {}).reduce((acc, key) => {
     if (key === "NOT" || key === "OR" || key === "AND") {
       return {
         ...acc,
         [key]: filter[key].map((f) =>
-          buildWhere(f, resource, introspectionResults),
+          buildWhereWithType(f, introspectionResults, whereType),
         ),
       };
     }
@@ -128,6 +136,7 @@ export const buildWhere = (
       key,
       filter[key],
       whereType,
+
       introspectionResults,
     );
 
@@ -135,3 +144,14 @@ export const buildWhere = (
   }, {});
   return where;
 };
+export const buildWhere = (
+  filter: Filter,
+  resource: Resource,
+  introspectionResults: IntrospectionResult,
+) => {
+  const whereType = introspectionResults.types.find(
+    (t) => t.name === `${resource.type.name}WhereInput`,
+  ) as IntrospectionInputObjectType;
+
+  return buildWhereWithType(filter, introspectionResults, whereType);
+};
diff --git a/packages/dataprovider/test-data/datamodel.prisma b/packages/dataprovider/test-data/datamodel.prisma
index 66c535d..b2a3e23 100644
--- a/packages/dataprovider/test-data/datamodel.prisma
+++ b/packages/dataprovider/test-data/datamodel.prisma
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ model User {
   yearOfBirth     Int?
   wantsNewsletter Boolean
   userSocialMedia UserSocialMedia?
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/dataprovider/test-data/testSchema.ts b/packages/dataprovider/test-data/testSchema.ts
index fb08806..4fa9d07 100644
--- a/packages/dataprovider/test-data/testSchema.ts
+++ b/packages/dataprovider/test-data/testSchema.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ const types = [
   User,
   UserRole,
   UserSocialMedia,
+
   addCrudResolvers("User"),
   addCrudResolvers("UserRole"),
 ];