diff --git a/lib/model.js b/lib/model.js
index a69fcc5..cb7b99a 100644
--- a/lib/model.js
+++ b/lib/model.js
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ var dateToJSON = function () { return { $$date: this.getTime() }; }
   , util = require('util')
   , _ = require('underscore')
   , modifierFunctions = {}
-  , matcherFunctions = {}
+  , comparisonFunctions = {}
+  , logicalOperators = {}
   ;
 
 
@@ -230,6 +231,24 @@ function modify (obj, updateQuery) {
 // Finding documents
 // ==============================================================
 
+/**
+ * Get a value from object with dot notation
+ * @param {Object} obj
+ * @param {String} field
+ */
+function getDotValue (obj, field) {
+  var fieldParts = typeof field === 'string' ? field.split('.') : field;
+
+  if (!obj) { return undefined; }   // field cannot be empty so that means we should return undefined so that nothing can match
+
+  if (fieldParts.length === 1) {
+    return obj[fieldParts[0]];
+  } else {
+    return getDotValue(obj[fieldParts[0]], fieldParts.slice(1));
+  }
+}
+
+
 /**
  * Check whether 'things' are equal
  * Things are defined as any native types (string, number, boolean, null, date) and objects
@@ -268,28 +287,22 @@ function areThingsEqual (a, b) {
 }
 
 
-/**
- * Get a value from object with dot notation
- * @param {Object} obj
- * @param {String} field
- */
-function getDotValue (obj, field) {
-  var fieldParts = typeof field === 'string' ? field.split('.') : field;
+comparisonFunctions.$lt = function (a, b) {
+  if (typeof a !== 'string' && typeof a !== 'number' && !util.isDate(a) &&
+      typeof b !== 'string' && typeof b !== 'number' && !util.isDate(b)) {
+    return false;
+  }
 
-  if (!obj) { return undefined; }   // field cannot be empty so that means we should return undefined so that nothing can match
+  if (typeof a !== typeof b) { return false; }
 
-  if (fieldParts.length === 1) {
-    return obj[fieldParts[0]];
-  } else {
-    return getDotValue(obj[fieldParts[0]], fieldParts.slice(1));
-  }
-}
+  return a < b;
+};
 
 
 /**
  * Match any of the subqueries
  */
-matcherFunctions.$or = function (obj, query) {
+logicalOperators.$or = function (obj, query) {
   var i;
 
   if (!util.isArray(query)) { throw "$or operator used without an array"; }
@@ -305,7 +318,7 @@ matcherFunctions.$or = function (obj, query) {
 /**
  * Match all of the subqueries
  */
-matcherFunctions.$and = function (obj, query) {
+logicalOperators.$and = function (obj, query) {
   var i;
 
   if (!util.isArray(query)) { throw "$and operator used without an array"; }
@@ -342,16 +355,18 @@ function match (obj, query) {
 function matchQueryPart (obj, queryKey, queryValue) {
   var objValue = getDotValue(obj, queryKey)
     , i
+    , keys, firstChars, dollarFirstChars
     ;
 
   // Query part begins with a logical operator: apply it
   if (queryKey[0] === '$') {
-    if (!matcherFunctions[queryKey]) { throw "Unknown query operator " + queryKey; }
+    if (!logicalOperators[queryKey]) { throw "Unknown logical operator " + queryKey; }
 
-    return matcherFunctions[queryKey](obj, queryValue);
+    return logicalOperators[queryKey](obj, queryValue);
   }
 
-  // Check if the object value is an array and we need to rewrite the query
+  // Check if the object value is an array treat it as an array of { obj, query }
+  // Where there needs to be at least one match
   if (util.isArray(objValue)) {
     for (i = 0; i < objValue.length; i += 1) {
       if (match({ queryKey: objValue[i] }, { queryKey: queryValue })) { return true; }
@@ -359,7 +374,35 @@ function matchQueryPart (obj, queryKey, queryValue) {
     return false;
   }
 
-  // Normal field matching
+  // queryValue is an actual object. Determine whether it contains comparison operators
+  // or only normal fields. Mixed objects are not allowed
+  if (queryValue !== null && typeof queryValue === 'object') {
+    keys = Object.keys(queryValue);
+    firstChars = _.map(keys, function (item) { return item[0]; })
+    dollarFirstChars = _.filter(firstChars, function (c) { return c === '$'; })
+
+    if (dollarFirstChars.length !== 0 && dollarFirstChars.length !== firstChars.length) {
+      throw "You cannot mix operators and normal fields";
+    }
+
+    // queryValue is an object of this form: { $comparisonOperator1: value1, ... }
+    if (dollarFirstChars.length > 0) {
+      for (i = 0; i < keys.length; i += 1) {
+        if (!comparisonFunctions[keys[i]]) { throw "Unknown comparison function " + keys[i]; }
+
+        if (!comparisonFunctions[keys[i]](objValue, queryValue[keys[i]])) { return false; }
+      }
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Query part if of the form { field: $logicaloperator }
+  //if (logicalOperators[queryValue]) { throw "Can't use logical operator " + queryValue + " here"; }
+
+
+
+  // queryValue is either a native value or a normal object
+  // Simple matching is possible
   if (!areThingsEqual(objValue, queryValue)) { return false; }
 
   return true;
diff --git a/test/model.test.js b/test/model.test.js
index 801083c..e2bbe29 100644
--- a/test/model.test.js
+++ b/test/model.test.js
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ describe('Model', function () {
         model.match({ a: { b: 5, c: 3 } }, { a: { b: 5 } }).should.equal(false);
 
         model.match({ a: { b: 5 } }, { a: { b: { $lt: 10 } } }).should.equal(false);
-        model.match({ a: { b: 5 } }, { a: { $or: { b: 10, b: 5 } } }).should.equal(false);
+        (function () { model.match({ a: { b: 5 } }, { a: { $or: [ { b: 10 }, { b: 5 } ] } }) }).should.throw();
       });
 
     });