diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/Criteria.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/Criteria.java
index e0399d55..8a3f2982 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/Criteria.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/Criteria.java
@@ -451,7 +451,6 @@ public class Criteria implements Predicate {
                 } else {
                     return (value == null);
                 }
-
             } catch (PathNotFoundException e) {
                 return !exists;
             }
@@ -841,7 +840,7 @@ public class Criteria implements Predicate {
 
         @Override
         public String toString() {
-            return getClass().getSimpleName() + " " + value;
+            return value;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/FilterTest.java b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/FilterTest.java
index edb91c17..547345b6 100644
--- a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/FilterTest.java
+++ b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/FilterTest.java
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.Criteria.where;
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.Filter.filter;
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.Filter.parse;
-import static java.lang.System.out;
-import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 public class FilterTest extends BaseTest {
@@ -473,74 +471,116 @@ public class FilterTest extends BaseTest {
     @Test
     public void a_gte_filter_can_be_serialized() {
 
-        System.out.println(filter(where("a").gte(1)).toString());
+        String filter = filter(where("a").gte(1)).toString();
+        String parsed = parse("[?(@['a'] >= 1)]").toString();
 
-        assertThat(filter(where("a").gte(1)).toString()).isEqualTo(parse("[?(@['a'] >= 1)]").toString());
+        assertThat(filter).isEqualTo(parse(parsed).toString());
     }
 
     @Test
     public void a_lte_filter_can_be_serialized() {
-        assertThat(filter(where("a").lte(1)).toString()).isEqualTo("[?(@['a'] <= 1)]");
+
+        String filter = filter(where("a").lte(1)).toString();
+        String parsed = parse("[?(@['a'] <= 1)]").toString();
+
+        assertThat(filter).isEqualTo(parsed);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void a_eq_filter_can_be_serialized() {
-        assertThat(filter(where("a").eq(1)).toString()).isEqualTo("[?(@['a'] == 1)]");
+
+        String filter = filter(where("a").eq(1)).toString();
+        String parsed = parse("[?(@['a'] == 1)]").toString();
+
+        assertThat(filter).isEqualTo(parsed);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void a_ne_filter_can_be_serialized() {
-        assertThat(filter(where("a").ne(1)).toString()).isEqualTo("[?(@['a'] != 1)]");
+
+        String filter = filter(where("a").ne(1)).toString();
+        String parsed = parse("[?(@['a'] != 1)]").toString();
+
+        assertThat(filter).isEqualTo(parsed);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void a_lt_filter_can_be_serialized() {
-        assertThat(filter(where("a").lt(1)).toString()).isEqualTo("[?(@['a'] < 1)]");
+
+        String filter = filter(where("a").lt(1)).toString();
+        String parsed = parse("[?(@['a'] < 1)]").toString();
+
+        assertThat(filter).isEqualTo(parsed);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void a_gt_filter_can_be_serialized() {
-        assertThat(filter(where("a").gt(1)).toString()).isEqualTo("[?(@['a'] > 1)]");
-    }
 
-    @Test
-    public void a_regex_filter_can_be_serialized() {
-        assertThat(filter(where("a").regex(Pattern.compile("/.*?/i"))).toString()).isEqualTo("[?(@['a'] =~ /.*?/i)]");
+        String filter = filter(where("a").gt(1)).toString();
+        String parsed = parse("[?(@['a'] > 1)]").toString();
+
+        assertThat(filter).isEqualTo(parsed);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void a_nin_filter_can_be_serialized() {
-        assertThat(filter(where("a").nin(1)).toString()).isEqualTo("[?(@['a'] ¦NIN¦ [1])]");
+        String filter = filter(where("a").nin(1)).toString();
+        String parsed = parse("[?(@['a'] ¦NIN¦ [1])]").toString();
+
+        assertThat(filter).isEqualTo(parsed);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void a_in_filter_can_be_serialized() {
-        assertThat(filter(where("a").in("a")).toString()).isEqualTo("[?(@['a'] ¦IN¦ ['a'])]");
+
+        String filter = filter(where("a").in("a")).toString();
+        String parsed = parse("[?(@['a'] ¦IN¦ ['a'])]").toString();
+
+        assertThat(filter).isEqualTo(parsed);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void a_contains_filter_can_be_serialized() {
-        assertThat(filter(where("a").contains("a")).toString()).isEqualTo("[?(@['a'] ¦CONTAINS¦ 'a')]");
+        String filter = filter(where("a").contains("a")).toString();
+        String parsed = parse("[?(@['a'] ¦CONTAINS¦ 'a')]").toString();
+
+        assertThat(filter).isEqualTo(parsed);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void a_all_filter_can_be_serialized() {
-        assertThat(filter(where("a").all("a", "b")).toString()).isEqualTo("[?(@['a'] ¦ALL¦ ['a','b'])]");
+
+        String filter = filter(where("a").all("a", "b")).toString();
+        String parsed = parse("[?(@['a'] ¦ALL¦ ['a','b'])]").toString();
+
+        assertThat(filter).isEqualTo(parsed);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void a_size_filter_can_be_serialized() {
-        assertThat(filter(where("a").size(5)).toString()).isEqualTo("[?(@['a'] ¦SIZE¦ 5)]");
+
+        String filter = filter(where("a").size(5)).toString();
+        String parsed = parse("[?(@['a'] ¦SIZE¦ 5)]").toString();
+
+        assertThat(filter).isEqualTo(parsed);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void a_exists_filter_can_be_serialized() {
-        assertThat(filter(where("a").exists(true)).toString()).isEqualTo("[?(@['a'])]");
+
+        String filter = filter(where("a").exists(true)).toString();
+        String parsed = parse("[?(@['a'])]").toString();
+
+        assertThat(filter).isEqualTo(parsed);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void a_not_exists_filter_can_be_serialized() {
-        assertThat(filter(where("a").exists(false)).toString()).isEqualTo("[?(!@['a'])]");
+
+        String filter = filter(where("a").exists(false)).toString();
+        String parsed = parse("[?(!@['a'])]").toString();
+
+        assertThat(filter).isEqualTo(parsed);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -557,22 +597,43 @@ public class FilterTest extends BaseTest {
 
     @Test
     public void a_not_empty_filter_can_be_serialized() {
-        assertThat(filter(where("a").notEmpty()).toString()).isEqualTo("[?(@['a'] ¦NOT_EMPTY¦)]");
+
+        String filter = filter(where("a").notEmpty()).toString();
+        String parsed = parse("[?(@['a'] ¦NOT_EMPTY¦)]").toString();
+
+        assertThat(filter).isEqualTo(parsed);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void and_filter_can_be_serialized() {
-        assertThat(filter(where("a").eq(1).and("b").eq(2)).toString()).isEqualTo("[?(@['a'] == 1 && @['b'] == 2)]");
+
+        String filter = filter(where("a").eq(1).and("b").eq(2)).toString();
+        String parsed = parse("[?(@['b'] == 2 && @['a'] == 1)]").toString(); //FIXME: criteria are reversed
+
+        assertThat(filter).isEqualTo(parsed);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void in_string_filter_can_be_serialized() {
-        assertThat(filter(where("a").in("1","2")).toString()).isEqualTo("[?(@['a'] ¦IN¦ ['1','2'])]");
+
+        String filter = filter(where("a").in("1","2")).toString();
+        String parsed = parse("[?(@['a'] ¦IN¦ ['1','2'])]").toString();
+
+        assertThat(filter).isEqualTo(parsed);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void a_deep_path_filter_can_be_serialized() {
-        assertThat(filter(where("a.b.c").in("1","2")).toString()).isEqualTo("[?(@['a']['b']['c'] ¦IN¦ ['1','2'])]");
+
+        String filter = filter(where("a.b.c").in("1", "2")).toString();
+        String parsed = parse("[?(@['a']['b']['c'] ¦IN¦ ['1','2'])]").toString();
+
+        assertThat(filter).isEqualTo(parsed);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void a_regex_filter_can_be_serialized() {
+        assertThat(filter(where("a").regex(Pattern.compile("/.*?/i"))).toString()).isEqualTo("[?(@['a'] =~ /.*?/i)]");
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -585,9 +646,13 @@ public class FilterTest extends BaseTest {
 
         Filter a = filter(where("a").eq(1));
         Filter b = filter(where("b").eq(2));
-        Filter c = a.and(b);
+        Filter c = b.and(a);
+
+        String filter = c.toString();
+        String parsed = parse("[?(@['a'] == 1 && @['b'] == 2)]").toString();
 
-        assertThat(c.toString()).isEqualTo("[?(@['a'] == 1 && @['b'] == 2)]");
+
+        assertThat(filter).isEqualTo(parsed);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -595,26 +660,11 @@ public class FilterTest extends BaseTest {
 
         Filter a = filter(where("a").eq(1));
         Filter b = filter(where("b").eq(2));
-        Filter c = a.or(b);
-
-        assertThat(c.toString()).isEqualTo("[?(@['a'] == 1 || @['b'] == 2)]");
-    }
-
-
-    @Test
-    public void a_____() {
-        // :2
-        // 1:2
-        // -2:
-        //2:
-
-
+        Filter c = b.or(a);
 
-        out.println(asList(":2".split(":")));  //[, 2]
-        out.println(asList("1:2".split(":")));  //[1, 2]
-        out.println(asList("-2:".split(":")));  //[-2]
-        out.println(asList("2:".split(":")));  //[2]
-        out.println(asList(":2".split(":")).get(0).equals(""));  //true
+        String filter = c.toString();
+        String parsed = parse("[?(@['a'] == 1 || @['b'] == 2)]").toString();
 
+        assertThat(filter).isEqualTo(parsed);
     }
 }
diff --git a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/old/IssuesTest.java b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/old/IssuesTest.java
index c491e6b2..3336ee28 100644
--- a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/old/IssuesTest.java
+++ b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/old/IssuesTest.java
@@ -765,4 +765,16 @@ public class IssuesTest extends BaseTest {
             }
         };
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void issue_131() {
+
+        String json = "[1, 2, {\"d\": { \"random\":null, \"date\": \"1234\"} , \"l\": \"filler\"}]";
+        //String json = "[1, 2, {\"d\": { \"random\":1, \"date\": \"1234\"} , \"l\": \"filler\"}]";
+
+        Object read = JsonPath.read(json, "$[2]['d'][?(@.random)]['date']");
+
+        System.out.println(read);
+
+    }
 }