diff --git a/.changeset/early-items-design.md b/.changeset/early-items-design.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86bf82478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/early-items-design.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@hyperdx/common-utils": patch
+"@hyperdx/app": patch
+---
+
+fix: json getKeyValues (useful for autocomplete)
diff --git a/packages/app/src/hooks/__tests__/useAutoCompleteOptions.test.tsx b/packages/app/src/hooks/__tests__/useAutoCompleteOptions.test.tsx
index 4c78e4f8c..539746c2e 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/hooks/__tests__/useAutoCompleteOptions.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/hooks/__tests__/useAutoCompleteOptions.test.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { renderHook } from '@testing-library/react';
 
 import { LuceneLanguageFormatter } from '../../SearchInputV2';
 import { useAutoCompleteOptions } from '../useAutoCompleteOptions';
-import { useAllFields, useGetKeyValues } from '../useMetadata';
+import { useAllFields, useGetKeyValues, useJsonColumns } from '../useMetadata';
 
 if (!globalThis.structuredClone) {
   globalThis.structuredClone = (obj: any) => {
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jest.mock('../useMetadata', () => ({
   ...jest.requireActual('../useMetadata.tsx'),
   useAllFields: jest.fn(),
   useGetKeyValues: jest.fn(),
+  useJsonColumns: jest.fn(),
 }));
 
 const luceneFormatter = new LuceneLanguageFormatter();
@@ -60,6 +61,10 @@ describe('useAutoCompleteOptions', () => {
     (useGetKeyValues as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue({
       data: null,
     });
+
+    (useJsonColumns as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue({
+      data: null,
+    });
   });
 
   it('should return field options with correct lucene formatting', () => {
diff --git a/packages/app/src/hooks/useAutoCompleteOptions.tsx b/packages/app/src/hooks/useAutoCompleteOptions.tsx
index b0a37a1a6..5a63a4ffb 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/hooks/useAutoCompleteOptions.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/hooks/useAutoCompleteOptions.tsx
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ import {
   deduplicate2dArray,
   useAllFields,
   useGetKeyValues,
+  useJsonColumns,
 } from '@/hooks/useMetadata';
-import { toArray } from '@/utils';
+import { mergePath, toArray } from '@/utils';
 
 export interface ILanguageFormatter {
   formatFieldValue: (f: Field) => string;
@@ -71,16 +72,21 @@ export function useAutoCompleteOptions(
       setSearchField(null);
     }
   }, [searchField, setSearchField, value, formatter]);
+  const { data: jsonColumns } = useJsonColumns(
+    Array.isArray(tableConnections)
+      ? tableConnections[0]
+      : (tableConnections ?? {
+          tableName: '',
+          databaseName: '',
+          connectionId: '',
+        }),
+  );
   const searchKeys = useMemo(
     () =>
-      searchField
-        ? [
-            searchField.path.length > 1
-              ? `${searchField.path[0]}['${searchField.path[1]}']`
-              : searchField.path[0],
-          ]
+      searchField && jsonColumns
+        ? [mergePath(searchField.path, jsonColumns)]
         : [],
-    [searchField],
+    [searchField, jsonColumns],
   );
 
   // hooks to get key values
diff --git a/packages/app/src/hooks/useMetadata.tsx b/packages/app/src/hooks/useMetadata.tsx
index c398be295..f4134a8af 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/hooks/useMetadata.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/hooks/useMetadata.tsx
@@ -48,15 +48,7 @@ export function useColumns(
 }
 
 export function useJsonColumns(
-  {
-    databaseName,
-    tableName,
-    connectionId,
-  }: {
-    databaseName: string;
-    tableName: string;
-    connectionId: string;
-  },
+  { databaseName, tableName, connectionId }: TableConnection,
   options?: Partial<UseQueryOptions<string[]>>,
 ) {
   return useQuery<string[]>({
diff --git a/packages/common-utils/src/metadata.ts b/packages/common-utils/src/metadata.ts
index 44e01e2b1..a0d6f3f90 100644
--- a/packages/common-utils/src/metadata.ts
+++ b/packages/common-utils/src/metadata.ts
@@ -357,10 +357,7 @@ export class Metadata {
                 );
               }
               keys.push({
-                key: key
-                  .split('.')
-                  .map(v => `\`${v}\``)
-                  .join('.'),
+                key: key,
                 chType: typeArr[0],
               });
             }