diff --git a/awx/main/fields.py b/awx/main/fields.py
index 3f1dd3db76..84e090b7de 100644
--- a/awx/main/fields.py
+++ b/awx/main/fields.py
@@ -401,19 +401,18 @@ class DynamicFilterField(models.TextField):
                     contains_count += 1
 
             '''
-            Explicit quotes are kept up till this point.
-            They will be kept if there is ONLY ONE [] in the key search.
-            This is because django filter + postgres expect strings to be
-            quoted "\"hello_world\"". If, instead, there are many [] in a
-            filter key then we can remove the " and ".
+            Explicit quotes are kept until this point.
+            Note: we could have totally "ripped" them off earlier when we decided
+            what type to convert the token to.
             '''
-            if contains_count != 1:
-                if type(v) is unicode and v.startswith('"') and v.endswith('"'):
-                    v = v[1:-1]
-                if contains_count == 0:
-                    assembled_v = v
+            if type(v) is unicode and v.startswith('"') and v.endswith('"'):
+                v = v[1:-1]
 
-            if contains_count > 1:
+            if contains_count == 0:
+                assembled_v = v
+            elif contains_count == 1:
+                assembled_v = [v]
+            elif contains_count > 1:
                 if type(last_v) is list:
                     last_v.append(v)
                 if type(last_v) is dict:
@@ -471,9 +470,13 @@ class DynamicFilterField(models.TextField):
 
 
     class BoolNot(object):
-        def __init__(self,t):
-            self.right = t[0][1]
-            self.result = ~self.right
+        def __init__(self, t):
+            self.right = t[0][1].result
+
+            self.result = self.execute_logic(self.right)
+
+        def execute_logic(self, right):
+            return ~right
 
 
     @classmethod
@@ -503,7 +506,7 @@ class DynamicFilterField(models.TextField):
         grammar.setParseAction(cls.BoolOperand)
 
         boolExpr = infixNotation(grammar, [
-            #("not", 1, opAssoc.RIGHT, cls.BoolNot),
+            ("not", 1, opAssoc.RIGHT, cls.BoolNot),
             ("and", 2, opAssoc.LEFT, cls.BoolAnd),
             ("or",  2, opAssoc.LEFT, cls.BoolOr),
         ])
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/unit/test_fields.py b/awx/main/tests/unit/test_fields.py
index 699d049a8d..bca17f049a 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/unit/test_fields.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/unit/test_fields.py
@@ -48,19 +48,20 @@ class TestDynamicFilterFieldFilterStringToQ():
         ('(a=b and c=d)', Q(**{u"a": u"b"}) & Q(**{u"c": u"d"})),
         ('a=b or c=d', Q(**{u"a": u"b"}) | Q(**{u"c": u"d"})),
         ('(a=b and c=d) or (e=f)', (Q(**{u"a": u"b"}) & Q(**{u"c": u"d"})) | (Q(**{u"e": u"f"}))),
-        ('(a=b) and (c=d or (e=f and (g=h or i=j))) or (y=z)', Q(**{u"a": u"b"}) & (Q(**{u"c": u"d"}) | (Q(**{u"e": u"f"}) & (Q(**{u"g": u"h"}) | Q(**{u"i": u"j"})))) | Q(**{u"y": u"z"}))
+        ('(a=b and not c=d) or not (e=f)', (Q(**{u"a": u"b"}) & ~Q(**{u"c": u"d"})) | (~Q(**{u"e": u"f"}))),
+        ('(a=b) and not (c=d or (e=f and (g=h or i=j))) or (y=z)', Q(**{u"a": u"b"}) & ~(Q(**{u"c": u"d"}) | (Q(**{u"e": u"f"}) & (Q(**{u"g": u"h"}) | Q(**{u"i": u"j"})))) | Q(**{u"y": u"z"}))
     ])
     def test_boolean_parenthesis(self, filter_string, q_expected):
         q = DynamicFilterField.filter_string_to_q(filter_string)
         assert unicode(q) == unicode(q_expected)
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("filter_string,q_expected", [
-        ('a__b__c[]=3', Q(**{u"a__b__c__contains": 3})),
-        ('a__b__c[]=3.14', Q(**{u"a__b__c__contains": 3.14})),
-        ('a__b__c[]=true', Q(**{u"a__b__c__contains": True})),
-        ('a__b__c[]=false', Q(**{u"a__b__c__contains": False})),
-        ('a__b__c[]="true"', Q(**{u"a__b__c__contains": u"\"true\""})),
-        ('a__b__c[]="hello world"', Q(**{u"a__b__c__contains": u"\"hello world\""})),
+        ('a__b__c[]=3', Q(**{u"a__b__c__contains": [3]})),
+        ('a__b__c[]=3.14', Q(**{u"a__b__c__contains": [3.14]})),
+        ('a__b__c[]=true', Q(**{u"a__b__c__contains": [True]})),
+        ('a__b__c[]=false', Q(**{u"a__b__c__contains": [False]})),
+        ('a__b__c[]="true"', Q(**{u"a__b__c__contains": [u"true"]})),
+        ('a__b__c[]="hello world"', Q(**{u"a__b__c__contains": [u"hello world"]})),
         ('a__b__c[]__d[]="foobar"', Q(**{u"a__b__c__contains": [{u"d": [u"foobar"]}]})),
         ('a__b__c[]__d="foobar"', Q(**{u"a__b__c__contains": [{u"d": u"foobar"}]})),
         ('a__b__c[]__d__e="foobar"', Q(**{u"a__b__c__contains": [{u"d": {u"e": u"foobar"}}]})),
@@ -84,8 +85,6 @@ class TestDynamicFilterFieldFilterStringToQ():
         q = DynamicFilterField.filter_string_to_q(filter_string)
         assert unicode(q) == unicode(q_expected)
 
-
-
 '''
 #('"facts__quoted_val"="f\"oo"', 1),
 #('facts__facts__arr[]="foo"', 1),