diff --git a/src/__tests__/cat-toy.entity.ts b/src/__tests__/cat-toy.entity.ts
index 4b71efe..c2c590c 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/cat-toy.entity.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/cat-toy.entity.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Column, CreateDateColumn, Entity, JoinColumn, ManyToOne, PrimaryGeneratedColumn } from 'typeorm'
 import { CatEntity } from './cat.entity'
 import { SizeEmbed } from './size.embed'
+import { ToyShopEntity } from './toy-shop.entity'
 
 @Entity()
 export class CatToyEntity {
@@ -13,6 +14,10 @@ export class CatToyEntity {
     @Column(() => SizeEmbed)
     size: SizeEmbed
 
+    @ManyToOne(() => ToyShopEntity, { nullable: true })
+    @JoinColumn()
+    shop?: ToyShopEntity
+
     @ManyToOne(() => CatEntity, (cat) => cat.toys)
     @JoinColumn()
     cat: CatEntity
diff --git a/src/__tests__/toy-shop-address.entity.ts b/src/__tests__/toy-shop-address.entity.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..515f95e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/toy-shop-address.entity.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { Column, CreateDateColumn, Entity, PrimaryGeneratedColumn } from 'typeorm'
+
+@Entity()
+export class ToyShopAddressEntity {
+    @PrimaryGeneratedColumn()
+    id: number
+
+    @Column()
+    address: string
+
+    @CreateDateColumn()
+    createdAt: string
+}
diff --git a/src/__tests__/toy-shop.entity.ts b/src/__tests__/toy-shop.entity.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..517b18f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/toy-shop.entity.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { Column, CreateDateColumn, Entity, JoinColumn, OneToOne, PrimaryGeneratedColumn } from 'typeorm'
+import { ToyShopAddressEntity } from './toy-shop-address.entity'
+
+@Entity()
+export class ToyShopEntity {
+    @PrimaryGeneratedColumn()
+    id: number
+
+    @Column()
+    shopName: string
+
+    @OneToOne(() => ToyShopAddressEntity, { nullable: true })
+    @JoinColumn()
+    address: ToyShopAddressEntity
+
+    @CreateDateColumn()
+    createdAt: string
+}
diff --git a/src/helper.ts b/src/helper.ts
index 20921b4..e85e929 100644
--- a/src/helper.ts
+++ b/src/helper.ts
@@ -140,8 +140,14 @@ export function fixColumnAlias(
             return `(${query(`${alias}_${properties.propertyPath}_rel`)})` // () is needed to avoid parameter conflict
         } else if ((isVirtualProperty && !query) || properties.isNested) {
             if (properties.propertyName.includes('.')) {
-                const [nestedRel, nestedCol] = properties.propertyName.split('.')
-                return `${alias}_${properties.propertyPath}_rel_${nestedRel}_rel.${nestedCol}`
+                const propertyPath = properties.propertyName.split('.')
+                const nestedRelations = propertyPath
+                    .slice(0, -1)
+                    .map((v) => `${v}_rel`)
+                    .join('_')
+                const nestedCol = propertyPath[propertyPath.length - 1]
+
+                return `${alias}_${properties.propertyPath}_rel_${nestedRelations}.${nestedCol}`
             } else {
                 return `${alias}_${properties.propertyPath}_rel_${properties.propertyName}`
             }
diff --git a/src/paginate.spec.ts b/src/paginate.spec.ts
index 740d71d..17badbb 100644
--- a/src/paginate.spec.ts
+++ b/src/paginate.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Repository, In, DataSource, TypeORMError } from 'typeorm'
+import { Repository, In, DataSource, TypeORMError, Like } from 'typeorm'
 import { Paginated, paginate, PaginateConfig, NO_PAGINATION } from './paginate'
 import { PaginateQuery } from './decorator'
 import { HttpException } from '@nestjs/common'
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import {
     isSuffix,
     OperatorSymbolToFunction,
 } from './filter'
+import { ToyShopEntity } from './__tests__/toy-shop.entity'
+import { ToyShopAddressEntity } from './__tests__/toy-shop-address.entity'
 
 const isoStringToDate = (isoString) => new Date(isoString)
 
@@ -23,10 +25,15 @@ describe('paginate', () => {
     let dataSource: DataSource
     let catRepo: Repository<CatEntity>
     let catToyRepo: Repository<CatToyEntity>
+    let toyShopRepo: Repository<ToyShopEntity>
+    let toyShopAddressRepository: Repository<ToyShopAddressEntity>
     let catHomeRepo: Repository<CatHomeEntity>
     let catHomePillowRepo: Repository<CatHomePillowEntity>
     let cats: CatEntity[]
     let catToys: CatToyEntity[]
+    let catToysWithoutShop: CatToyEntity[]
+    let toyShopsAddresses: ToyShopAddressEntity[]
+    let toysShops: ToyShopEntity[]
     let catHomes: CatHomeEntity[]
     let catHomePillows: CatHomePillowEntity[]
 
@@ -47,13 +54,22 @@ describe('paginate', () => {
                   }),
             synchronize: true,
             logging: ['error'],
-            entities: [CatEntity, CatToyEntity, CatHomeEntity, CatHomePillowEntity],
+            entities: [
+                CatEntity,
+                CatToyEntity,
+                ToyShopAddressEntity,
+                CatHomeEntity,
+                CatHomePillowEntity,
+                ToyShopEntity,
+            ],
         })
         await dataSource.initialize()
         catRepo = dataSource.getRepository(CatEntity)
         catToyRepo = dataSource.getRepository(CatToyEntity)
         catHomeRepo = dataSource.getRepository(CatHomeEntity)
         catHomePillowRepo = dataSource.getRepository(CatHomePillowEntity)
+        toyShopRepo = dataSource.getRepository(ToyShopEntity)
+        toyShopAddressRepository = dataSource.getRepository(ToyShopAddressEntity)
 
         cats = await catRepo.save([
             catRepo.create({
@@ -97,12 +113,41 @@ describe('paginate', () => {
                 size: { height: 10, width: 5, length: 15 },
             }),
         ])
+
+        toyShopsAddresses = await toyShopAddressRepository.save([
+            toyShopAddressRepository.create({ address: '123 Main St' }),
+        ])
+
+        toysShops = await toyShopRepo.save([
+            toyShopRepo.create({ shopName: 'Best Toys', address: toyShopsAddresses[0] }),
+            toyShopRepo.create({ shopName: 'Lovely Toys' }),
+        ])
+
         catToys = await catToyRepo.save([
             catToyRepo.create({ name: 'Fuzzy Thing', cat: cats[0], size: { height: 10, width: 10, length: 10 } }),
-            catToyRepo.create({ name: 'Stuffed Mouse', cat: cats[0], size: { height: 5, width: 5, length: 12 } }),
-            catToyRepo.create({ name: 'Mouse', cat: cats[0], size: { height: 6, width: 4, length: 13 } }),
+            catToyRepo.create({
+                name: 'Stuffed Mouse',
+                shop: toysShops[0],
+                cat: cats[0],
+                size: { height: 5, width: 5, length: 12 },
+            }),
+            catToyRepo.create({
+                name: 'Mouse',
+                shop: toysShops[1],
+                cat: cats[0],
+                size: { height: 6, width: 4, length: 13 },
+            }),
             catToyRepo.create({ name: 'String', cat: cats[1], size: { height: 1, width: 1, length: 50 } }),
         ])
+
+        catToysWithoutShop = catToys.map(({ shop: _, ...other }) => {
+            const newInstance = new CatToyEntity()
+            for (const otherKey in other) {
+                newInstance[otherKey] = other[otherKey]
+            }
+            return newInstance
+        })
+
         catHomes = await catHomeRepo.save([
             catHomeRepo.create({ name: 'Box', cat: cats[0] }),
             catHomeRepo.create({ name: 'House', cat: cats[1] }),
@@ -594,7 +639,7 @@ describe('paginate', () => {
         const result = await paginate<CatToyEntity>(query, catToyRepo, config)
 
         expect(result.meta.search).toStrictEqual('Milo')
-        expect(result.data).toStrictEqual([catToys[0], catToys[1], catToys[2]])
+        expect(result.data).toStrictEqual([catToysWithoutShop[0], catToysWithoutShop[1], catToysWithoutShop[2]])
         expect(result.links.current).toBe('?page=1&limit=20&sortBy=id:ASC&search=Milo')
     })
 
@@ -616,9 +661,9 @@ describe('paginate', () => {
         const result = await paginate<CatEntity>(query, catRepo, config)
 
         expect(result.meta.search).toStrictEqual('Mouse')
-        const toy = clone(catToys[1])
+        const toy = clone(catToysWithoutShop[1])
         delete toy.cat
-        const toy2 = clone(catToys[2])
+        const toy2 = clone(catToysWithoutShop[2])
         delete toy2.cat
 
         expect(result.data).toStrictEqual([Object.assign(clone(cats[0]), { toys: [toy2, toy] })])
@@ -661,13 +706,15 @@ describe('paginate', () => {
         const result = await paginate<CatToyEntity>(query, catToyRepo, config)
 
         expect(result.meta.search).toStrictEqual('Milo')
-        expect(result.data).toStrictEqual([catToys[0], catToys[1], catToys[2]].sort((a, b) => b.cat.id - a.cat.id))
+        expect(result.data).toStrictEqual(
+            [catToysWithoutShop[0], catToysWithoutShop[1], catToysWithoutShop[2]].sort((a, b) => b.cat.id - a.cat.id)
+        )
         expect(result.links.current).toBe('?page=1&limit=20&sortBy=cat.id:DESC&search=Milo')
     })
 
     it('should return result based on sort on one-to-many relation', async () => {
         const config: PaginateConfig<CatEntity> = {
-            relations: ['toys'],
+            relations: ['toys', 'toys.shop', 'toys.shop.address'],
             sortableColumns: ['id', 'name', 'toys.id'],
             searchableColumns: ['name', 'toys.name'],
         }
@@ -684,6 +731,9 @@ describe('paginate', () => {
         delete toy1.cat
         const toy2 = clone(catToys[2])
         delete toy2.cat
+
+        delete result.data[0].toys[0].shop.address
+
         expect(result.data).toStrictEqual([Object.assign(clone(cats[0]), { toys: [toy2, toy1] })])
         expect(result.links.current).toBe('?page=1&limit=20&sortBy=toys.id:DESC&search=Mouse')
     })
@@ -865,6 +915,103 @@ describe('paginate', () => {
         expect(result.links.current).toBe('?page=1&limit=20&sortBy=id:ASC')
     })
 
+    it('should return valid data filtering by not id field many-to-one', async () => {
+        const config: PaginateConfig<CatToyEntity> = {
+            sortableColumns: ['id', 'name'],
+            relations: ['cat'],
+            where: {
+                cat: {
+                    name: cats[0].name,
+                },
+            },
+        }
+        const query: PaginateQuery = {
+            path: '',
+        }
+
+        const result = await paginate<CatToyEntity>(query, catToyRepo, config)
+
+        expect(result.meta.totalItems).toBe(3)
+        result.data.forEach((toy) => {
+            expect(toy.cat.id).toBe(cats[0].id)
+        })
+        expect(result.links.current).toBe('?page=1&limit=20&sortBy=id:ASC')
+    })
+
+    it('should return result based on where one-to-many relation', async () => {
+        const config: PaginateConfig<CatEntity> = {
+            relations: ['toys'],
+            sortableColumns: ['id', 'name'],
+            where: {
+                toys: {
+                    name: 'Stuffed Mouse',
+                },
+            },
+        }
+
+        const query: PaginateQuery = {
+            path: '',
+        }
+
+        const result = await paginate<CatEntity>(query, catRepo, config)
+
+        expect(result.data.length).toBe(1)
+        expect(result.data[0].toys.length).toBe(1)
+        expect(result.data[0].toys[0].name).toBe('Stuffed Mouse')
+    })
+
+    it('should return all cats with a toys from the lovely shop', async () => {
+        const config: PaginateConfig<CatEntity> = {
+            relations: ['toys', 'toys.shop'],
+            sortableColumns: ['id', 'name'],
+            where: {
+                toys: {
+                    shop: {
+                        shopName: 'Lovely Toys',
+                    },
+                },
+            },
+        }
+
+        const query: PaginateQuery = {
+            path: '',
+        }
+
+        const result = await paginate<CatEntity>(query, catRepo, config)
+
+        expect(result.data.length).toBe(1)
+        expect(result.data[0].toys.length).toBe(1)
+        expect(result.data[0].toys[0].shop.id).toStrictEqual(toysShops[1].id)
+        expect(result.data[0].toys[0].name).toBe('Mouse')
+    })
+
+    it('should return all cats from shop where street name like 123', async () => {
+        const config: PaginateConfig<CatEntity> = {
+            relations: ['toys', 'toys.shop', 'toys.shop.address'],
+            sortableColumns: ['id', 'name'],
+            where: {
+                toys: {
+                    shop: {
+                        address: {
+                            address: Like('%123%'),
+                        },
+                    },
+                },
+            },
+        }
+
+        const query: PaginateQuery = {
+            path: '',
+        }
+
+        const result = await paginate<CatEntity>(query, catRepo, config)
+
+        expect(result.data.length).toBe(1)
+        expect(result.data[0].toys.length).toBe(1)
+        expect(result.data[0].toys[0].shop).toStrictEqual(toysShops[0])
+        expect(result.data[0].toys[0].name).toBe('Stuffed Mouse')
+    })
+
     it('should return result based on filter on many-to-one relation', async () => {
         const config: PaginateConfig<CatToyEntity> = {
             relations: ['cat'],
@@ -908,9 +1055,9 @@ describe('paginate', () => {
 
         const cat1 = clone(cats[0])
         const cat2 = clone(cats[1])
-        const catToys1 = clone(catToys[0])
-        const catToys2 = clone(catToys[2])
-        const catToys3 = clone(catToys[3])
+        const catToys1 = clone(catToysWithoutShop[0])
+        const catToys2 = clone(catToysWithoutShop[2])
+        const catToys3 = clone(catToysWithoutShop[3])
         delete catToys1.cat
         delete catToys2.cat
         delete catToys3.cat
@@ -1062,7 +1209,7 @@ describe('paginate', () => {
         copyCats[0].home = copyHomes[0]
         copyCats[1].home = copyHomes[1]
 
-        const copyToys = catToys.map((toy: CatToyEntity) => {
+        const copyToys = catToysWithoutShop.map((toy: CatToyEntity) => {
             const copy = clone(toy)
             delete copy.cat
             return copy
@@ -1095,16 +1242,16 @@ describe('paginate', () => {
 
         const result = await paginate<CatEntity>(query, catRepo, config)
 
-        const toy0 = clone(catToys[0])
+        const toy0 = clone(catToysWithoutShop[0])
         delete toy0.cat
 
-        const toy1 = clone(catToys[1])
+        const toy1 = clone(catToysWithoutShop[1])
         delete toy1.cat
 
-        const toy2 = clone(catToys[2])
+        const toy2 = clone(catToysWithoutShop[2])
         delete toy2.cat
 
-        const toy3 = clone(catToys[3])
+        const toy3 = clone(catToysWithoutShop[3])
         delete toy3.cat
 
         const orderedCats = [
@@ -1136,7 +1283,7 @@ describe('paginate', () => {
         }
 
         const result = await paginate<CatToyEntity>(query, catToyRepo, config)
-        const orderedToys = [catToys[3], catToys[0], catToys[2], catToys[1]]
+        const orderedToys = [catToysWithoutShop[3], catToysWithoutShop[0], catToysWithoutShop[2], catToysWithoutShop[1]]
 
         expect(result.data).toStrictEqual(orderedToys)
         expect(result.links.current).toBe(
@@ -1279,7 +1426,12 @@ describe('paginate', () => {
 
         const result = await paginate<CatToyEntity>(query, catToyRepo, config)
         expect(result.meta.search).toStrictEqual('1')
-        expect(result.data).toStrictEqual([catToys[3], catToys[0], catToys[1], catToys[2]])
+        expect(result.data).toStrictEqual([
+            catToysWithoutShop[3],
+            catToysWithoutShop[0],
+            catToysWithoutShop[1],
+            catToysWithoutShop[2],
+        ])
         expect(result.links.current).toBe('?page=1&limit=20&sortBy=cat.(size.height):DESC&search=1')
     })
 
diff --git a/src/paginate.ts b/src/paginate.ts
index c2984a2..94457f6 100644
--- a/src/paginate.ts
+++ b/src/paginate.ts
@@ -1,32 +1,33 @@
 import {
+    Brackets,
+    FindOperator,
+    FindOptionsRelationByString,
+    FindOptionsRelations,
+    FindOptionsUtils,
+    FindOptionsWhere,
+    ObjectLiteral,
     Repository,
     SelectQueryBuilder,
-    Brackets,
-    FindOptionsWhere,
-    FindOptionsRelations,
-    ObjectLiteral,
-    FindOptionsUtils,
-    FindOptionsRelationByString,
 } from 'typeorm'
 import { PaginateQuery } from './decorator'
-import { ServiceUnavailableException, Logger } from '@nestjs/common'
+import { Logger, ServiceUnavailableException } from '@nestjs/common'
 import { mapKeys } from 'lodash'
 import { stringify } from 'querystring'
 import { WherePredicateOperator } from 'typeorm/query-builder/WhereClause'
 import {
-    checkIsRelation,
     checkIsEmbedded,
+    checkIsRelation,
     Column,
     extractVirtualProperty,
     fixColumnAlias,
     getPropertiesByColumnName,
+    getQueryUrlComponents,
+    includesAllPrimaryKeyColumns,
+    isEntityKey,
     Order,
     positiveNumberOrDefault,
     RelationColumn,
     SortBy,
-    includesAllPrimaryKeyColumns,
-    isEntityKey,
-    getQueryUrlComponents,
 } from './helper'
 import { addFilter, FilterOperator, FilterSuffix } from './filter'
 import { OrmUtils } from 'typeorm/util/OrmUtils'
@@ -46,7 +47,9 @@ export class Paginated<T> {
         searchBy: Column<T>[]
         search: string
         select: string[]
-        filter?: { [column: string]: string | string[] }
+        filter?: {
+            [column: string]: string | string[]
+        }
     }
     links: {
         first?: string
@@ -86,6 +89,47 @@ export const DEFAULT_MAX_LIMIT = 100
 export const DEFAULT_LIMIT = 20
 export const NO_PAGINATION = 0
 
+function generateWhereStatement<T>(
+    queryBuilder: SelectQueryBuilder<T>,
+    obj: FindOptionsWhere<T> | FindOptionsWhere<T>[]
+) {
+    const toTransform = Array.isArray(obj) ? obj : [obj]
+    return toTransform.map((item) => flattenWhereAndTransform(queryBuilder, item).join(' AND ')).join(' OR ')
+}
+
+function flattenWhereAndTransform<T>(
+    queryBuilder: SelectQueryBuilder<T>,
+    obj: FindOptionsWhere<T>,
+    separator = '.',
+    parentKey = ''
+) {
+    return Object.entries(obj).flatMap(([key, value]) => {
+        if (obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+            const joinedKey = parentKey ? `${parentKey}${separator}${key}` : key
+
+            if (typeof value === 'object' && value !== null && !(value instanceof FindOperator)) {
+                return flattenWhereAndTransform(queryBuilder, value as FindOptionsWhere<T>, separator, joinedKey)
+            } else {
+                const property = getPropertiesByColumnName(joinedKey)
+                const { isVirtualProperty, query: virtualQuery } = extractVirtualProperty(queryBuilder, property)
+                const isRelation = checkIsRelation(queryBuilder, property.propertyPath)
+                const isEmbedded = checkIsEmbedded(queryBuilder, property.propertyPath)
+                const alias = fixColumnAlias(
+                    property,
+                    queryBuilder.alias,
+                    isRelation,
+                    isVirtualProperty,
+                    isEmbedded,
+                    virtualQuery
+                )
+                return queryBuilder['createWhereConditionExpression'](
+                    queryBuilder['getWherePredicateCondition'](alias, value)
+                )
+            }
+        }
+    })
+}
+
 export async function paginate<T extends ObjectLiteral>(
     query: PaginateQuery,
     repo: Repository<T> | SelectQueryBuilder<T>,
@@ -199,8 +243,9 @@ export async function paginate<T extends ObjectLiteral>(
         queryBuilder.select(cols)
     }
 
-    if (config.where) {
-        queryBuilder.andWhere(new Brackets((qb) => qb.andWhere(config.where)))
+    if (config.where && repo instanceof Repository) {
+        const baseWhereStr = generateWhereStatement(queryBuilder, config.where)
+        queryBuilder.andWhere(`(${baseWhereStr})`)
     }
 
     if (config.withDeleted) {