diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dde2d6e4..60115bd1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ node-postgres supports both an 'event emitter' style API and a 'callback' style.
       name: 'insert beatle',
       values: ['Paul', 63, new Date(1945, 04, 03)]
     });
-    var query = client.query("SELECT * FROM beatles WHERE name = $1", ['john']);
+    var query = client.query("SELECT * FROM beatles WHERE name = $1", ['John']);
 
     //can stream row results back 1 at a time
     query.on('row', function(row) {
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ Many thanks to the following:
 * [pjornblomqvist](https://github.com/bjornblomqvist)
 * [JulianBirch](https://github.com/JulianBirch)
 * [ef4](https://github.com/ef4)
+* [napa3um](https://github.com/napa3um)
 
 ## Documentation
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1ee2b37c..ac30385b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { "name": "pg",
-  "version": "0.4.1",
+  "version": "0.5.0",
   "description": "PostgreSQL client - pure javascript & libpq with the same API",
   "keywords" : ["postgres", "pg", "libpq", "postgre", "database", "rdbms"],
   "homepage": "http://github.com/brianc/node-postgres",
diff --git a/test/integration/client/type-coercion-tests.js b/test/integration/client/type-coercion-tests.js
index 01790eeb..1d6375df 100644
--- a/test/integration/client/type-coercion-tests.js
+++ b/test/integration/client/type-coercion-tests.js
@@ -126,3 +126,15 @@ test("timestampz round trip", function() {
   client.on('drain', client.end.bind(client));
 });
 
+helper.pg.connect(helper.connectionString(), assert.calls(function(err, client) {
+  assert.isNull(err);
+  client.query('select null as res;', assert.calls(function(err, res) {
+    assert.isNull(err);
+    assert.strictEqual(res.rows[0].res, null)
+  }))
+  client.query('select 7 <> $1 as res;',[null], function(err, res) {
+    assert.isNull(err);
+    assert.strictEqual(res.rows[0].res, null);
+    client.end();
+  })
+}))