diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ea89ebc..e509319 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "queryme"
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.2.2"
 description = "Shared query toolkit for the Zablab platform — descriptor schema, validator, compiler. Consumed by every DB-bearing microservice."
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [
diff --git a/src/queryme/__init__.py b/src/queryme/__init__.py
index 050f2d2..a2ace72 100644
--- a/src/queryme/__init__.py
+++ b/src/queryme/__init__.py
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@
     "validate_against_schema",
 ]
 
-__version__ = "0.2.1"
+__version__ = "0.2.2"
diff --git a/src/queryme/compiler.py b/src/queryme/compiler.py
index 892b9c5..d9044fd 100644
--- a/src/queryme/compiler.py
+++ b/src/queryme/compiler.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from collections.abc import Callable
 from typing import Any, cast
 
 from sqlalchemy import (
@@ -68,14 +69,23 @@ def __init__(self, issues: list[ValidationIssue]) -> None:
 # Type mapping (closed set per schema.ColumnType)
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-
-_TYPE_MAP: dict[ColumnType, type[TypeEngine[Any]]] = {
+# Factories rather than raw classes so we can pass constructor flags
+# where needed. ``Uuid(as_uuid=False)`` makes the synthetic column
+# accept and emit string UUIDs, which is what JSON callers send and
+# what HTTP responses serialise to anyway — saves every service from
+# coercing both sides. Result rows for the underlying real PG column
+# (declared as ``Uuid(as_uuid=True)`` in the service's models) flow
+# through the same way because the synthetic column type only
+# influences bind/result processing on the synthetic ``Table``, not
+# the actual DB-side column.
+_TypeFactory = Callable[[], TypeEngine[Any]]
+_TYPE_FACTORIES: dict[ColumnType, _TypeFactory] = {
     "string": String,
     "text": Text,
     "integer": Integer,
     "float": Float,
     "boolean": Boolean,
-    "uuid": Uuid,
+    "uuid": lambda: Uuid(as_uuid=False),
     "datetime": DateTime,
     "date": Date,
     "json": JSON,
@@ -181,7 +191,7 @@ def _build_table(metadata: MetaData, table_def: TableDef) -> Table:
     because joins are explicit in the descriptor."""
     cols: list[Column[Any]] = []
     for c in table_def.columns:
-        sa_type = _TYPE_MAP[c.type]()
+        sa_type = _TYPE_FACTORIES[c.type]()
         cols.append(
             Column(c.name, sa_type, nullable=c.nullable, primary_key=c.primary)
         )
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 72ba7cd..81d988b 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "queryme"
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.2.2"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "pydantic" },