diff --git a/lib/objects/statistics.js b/lib/objects/statistics.js
index 97c32f6..8a954a3 100644
--- a/lib/objects/statistics.js
+++ b/lib/objects/statistics.js
@@ -2,15 +2,12 @@ var Statistics = module.exports = (function () {
   function Statistics (stats) {
     if (stats) {
       this.total = stats.TotalResults ? stats.TotalResults : stats.Results.length;
+      this.skipped = stats.SkippedResults ? stats.SkippedResults : 0;
 
       if (stats.Stale) {
         this.stale = stats.Stale;
       }
 
-      if (stats.SkippedResults) {
-        this.skipped = stats.SkippedResults;
-      }
-
       if (stats.IndexName) {
         this.index = stats.IndexName;
       }
diff --git a/lib/session.js b/lib/session.js
index 6721e77..fdb080d 100644
--- a/lib/session.js
+++ b/lib/session.js
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ var Session = module.exports = (function () {
     document: '/docs/%s',
     queries: '/queries',
     bulk: '/bulk_docs',
-    dynamic: '/indexes/dynamic/%s?query=%s',
-    index: '/indexes/%s?query=%s'
+    dynamic: '/indexes/dynamic/%s',
+    index: '/indexes/%s'
   };
 
   Session.prototype._request = function (method, query, callback, handlers, writeable, headers) {
@@ -83,8 +83,13 @@ var Session = module.exports = (function () {
             var json = JSON.parse(data);
 
             if (response.statusCode > 299 || json.Error) {
-              error = new Error(json.Error.match(/: (.*)\r\n/)[1] || 'An error occured.');
-              error.statusCode = response.statusCode;
+              var errorDetail = new Error(json.Error || 'An error occured.');
+              errorDetail.statusCode = response.statusCode;
+              if (error) {
+                error.inner = errorDetail;
+              } else {
+                error = errorDetail;
+              }
             } else if (typeof handlers.json === 'function') {
               args = args.concat(handlers.json(json, response.headers));
             }
@@ -249,36 +254,86 @@ var Session = module.exports = (function () {
     }
   };
 
-  Session.prototype._buildSpecifications = function (specifications) {
-    query = '';
+  Session.prototype._parseQueryParameters = function (parameters, parentKey) {
+    if (Array.isArray(parameters)) {
+      var statements = [];
+      for (var i=0; i<parameters.length; i++) {
+        statements.push(this._parseQueryParameters(parameters[i], parentKey));
+      }
+      if (statements.length === 1) {
+        return statements[0];
+      } else if (statements.length > 1) {
+        return '(' + statements.join(' OR ') + ')';
+      }
+    } else if (typeof parameters === 'object') {
+      var statements = [];
+      for (var name in parameters) {
+        if (parameters.hasOwnProperty(name)) {
+          statements.push(this._parseQueryParameters(parameters[name], name));
+        }
+      }
+      if (statements.length === 1) {
+        return statements[0];
+      } else if (statements.length > 1) {
+        return '(' + statements.join(' AND ') + ')';
+      }
+    } else {
+      var statement = '(' + parameters + ')'
+      if (typeof parentKey === 'string') {
+        statement = parentKey + ':' + statement
+      }
+      return statement;
+    }
+    return ''
+  }
+
+  Session.prototype._buildQuery = function (urlFormat, urlTypeName, specifications) {
+    if (!urlFormat || !urlTypeName) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    var query = util.format(urlFormat, urlTypeName);
+    if (specifications !== null && typeof specifications === 'object') {
+      var queryParameters = {};
 
-    if (typeof specifications === 'object') {
-      if (Array.isArray(specifications.projections)) {
-        query += '&' + qs.stringify({ fetch: specifications.projections }, '&', '=');
-      } else if (typeof specifications.projections === 'string') {
-        query += '&fetch=' + specifications.projections;
+      if (typeof specifications.query === 'string' && specifications.query.length > 0) {
+        queryParameters.query = specifications.query;
+      } else {
+        if (typeof specifications.parameters === 'object') {
+          queryParameters.query = this._parseQueryParameters(specifications.parameters);
+        }
       }
 
-      if (Array.isArray(specifications.sort)) {
-        query += '&' + qs.stringify({ sort: specifications.sort }, '&', '=');
-      } else if (typeof specifications.sort === 'string') {
-        query += '&sort=' + specifications.sort;
+      if (Array.isArray(specifications.projections) || typeof specifications.projections === 'string') {
+        queryParameters.fetch = specifications.projections;
       }
 
-      if (typeof specifications.start === 'number') {
-        query += '&start=' + specifications.start;
+      if (Array.isArray(specifications.sort) || typeof specifications.sort === 'string') {
+        queryParameters.sort = specifications.sort
       }
 
-      if (typeof specifications.pageSize === 'number') {
-        query += '&pageSize=' + specifications.pageSize;
+      if (typeof specifications.skip === 'number') {
+        if (specifications.skip > 0) {
+          queryParameters.start = specifications.skip;
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (typeof specifications.take === 'number') {
+        if (specifications.take >= 0) {
+          queryParameters.pageSize = specifications.take;
+        }
       }
-    }
 
+      var sQueryParameters = qs.stringify(queryParameters);
+      if (sQueryParameters.length > 0) {
+        query += '?' + sQueryParameters;
+      }
+    }
     return query;
   }
 
-  Session.prototype.query = function (type, parameters, specifications, callback) {
-    if (!type || !parameters) {
+  Session.prototype.query = function (type, specifications, callback, singular) {
+    if (!type) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -291,10 +346,8 @@ var Session = module.exports = (function () {
         specifications = undefined;
     }
 
-    var plural = inflector.pluralize(type);
-    var query = util.format(masks.dynamic, (plural.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + plural.slice(1)), qs.stringify(parameters, '%20AND%20', ':'));
-
-    query += this._buildSpecifications(specifications);
+    var typeName = singular ? type : inflector.pluralize(type);
+    var query = this._buildQuery(masks.dynamic, (typeName.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + typeName.slice(1)), specifications);
 
     this._request('GET', query, callback, { json: function (json) {
         return [ new Queryable(json.Results), new Statistics(json) ];
@@ -302,8 +355,8 @@ var Session = module.exports = (function () {
     });
   };
 
-  Session.prototype.index = function (index, parameters, specifications, callback) {
-     if (!index || !parameters) {
+  Session.prototype.index = function (index, specifications, callback) {
+     if (!index) {
        return;
      }
 
@@ -312,9 +365,7 @@ var Session = module.exports = (function () {
         specifications = undefined;
     }
 
-    var query = util.format(masks.index, index, qs.stringify(parameters, '%20AND%20', ':'));
-
-    query += this._buildSpecifications(specifications);
+    var query = this._buildQuery(masks.index, index, specifications);
     
     this._request('GET', query, callback, { json: function (json) {
         return [ new Queryable(json.Results), new Statistics(json) ];
@@ -356,7 +407,7 @@ var Session = module.exports = (function () {
 
   Session.prototype.save = function (callback) { 
     if (Object.keys(this._store).length === 0 && Object.keys(this._changes).length === 0) {
-      return;
+      return false;
     }
 
     var session = this, 
@@ -399,7 +450,7 @@ var Session = module.exports = (function () {
     }
 
     if (batch.length === 0) {
-      return;
+      return false;
     }
 
     handlers.json = function (json) {
@@ -417,6 +468,7 @@ var Session = module.exports = (function () {
     };
 
     session._request('POST', masks.bulk, callback, handlers, batch);
+	return true;
   };
 
   Session.prototype.delete = function (document, etag, callback) {
diff --git a/lib/util/inflector.js b/lib/util/inflector.js
index 0d971ad..a0d1df4 100644
--- a/lib/util/inflector.js
+++ b/lib/util/inflector.js
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ var inflector = {
 
       while (i--) {
         var rule = rules[i][0];
+		rule.lastIndex = 0  //Prevent cached Rexex from starting the search at the previous location in the string
 
         if(rule.test(word)) {
           return word.replace(rule, rules[i][1]);
diff --git a/test/session.test.coffee b/test/session.test.coffee
index 4bd4c6c..1d6851e 100644
--- a/test/session.test.coffee
+++ b/test/session.test.coffee
@@ -80,3 +80,29 @@ describe 'session ->', ->
     it 'when passed an array containing both valid and invalid objects, store should only add valid documents to the tracker', ->
       session.store([ rudolph, 2, 3 ])
       Object.keys(session._store).length.should.equal(1)
+
+  describe 'building a query ->', ->
+    it 'should build simple AND query', ->
+      queryParams =
+        name: 'max'
+        type: 'dog'
+      expect = '(name:(max) AND type:(dog))'
+      query = session._parseQueryParameters queryParams
+      query.should.equal expect
+    it 'should build simple OR query', ->
+      queryParams =
+        _or: [
+          name: 'max'
+        ,
+          type: 'dog'
+        ]
+      expect = '(name:(max) OR type:(dog))'
+      query = session._parseQueryParameters queryParams
+      query.should.equal expect
+    it 'should build complex AND and OR query parameters', ->
+      queryParams =
+        name: ['max', { name: 'rex' }, { _special_type: [{ sex: 'female', breed: 'boxer' }] } ]
+        type: ['dog', 'cat']
+      expect = '((name:(max) OR name:(rex) OR (sex:(female) AND breed:(boxer))) AND (type:(dog) OR type:(cat)))'
+      query = session._parseQueryParameters queryParams
+      query.should.equal expect
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