diff --git a/src/__tests__/index.test.ts b/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
index 45e550a..52eb165 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
@@ -1849,6 +1849,162 @@ await describe("semantic layer", async () => {
 
       assert.deepEqual(parsedQuery, query);
     });
+
+    await it("can filter by contains", async () => {
+      const query = queryBuilder.buildQuery({
+        members: ["artists.name"],
+        filters: [
+          {
+            operator: "contains",
+            member: "artists.name",
+            value: ["ac"],
+          },
+        ],
+        order: [{ member: "artists.name", direction: "asc" }],
+        limit: 1,
+      });
+
+      const result = await client.query<InferSqlQueryResultType<typeof query>>(
+        query.sql,
+        query.bindings,
+      );
+
+      assert.deepEqual(result.rows, [
+        {
+          artists___name: "AC/DC",
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    await it("can filter by notContains", async () => {
+      const query = queryBuilder.buildQuery({
+        members: ["artists.name"],
+        filters: [
+          {
+            operator: "notContains",
+            member: "artists.name",
+            value: ["cor"],
+          },
+        ],
+        order: [{ member: "artists.name", direction: "asc" }],
+        limit: 1,
+      });
+
+      const result = await client.query<InferSqlQueryResultType<typeof query>>(
+        query.sql,
+        query.bindings,
+      );
+
+      assert.deepEqual(result.rows, [
+        {
+          artists___name: "AC/DC",
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    await it("can filter by startsWith", async () => {
+      const query = queryBuilder.buildQuery({
+        members: ["artists.name"],
+        filters: [
+          {
+            operator: "startsWith",
+            member: "artists.name",
+            value: ["ac"],
+          },
+        ],
+        order: [{ member: "artists.name", direction: "asc" }],
+        limit: 1,
+      });
+
+      const result = await client.query<InferSqlQueryResultType<typeof query>>(
+        query.sql,
+        query.bindings,
+      );
+
+      assert.deepEqual(result.rows, [
+        {
+          artists___name: "AC/DC",
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    await it("can filter by notStartsWith", async () => {
+      const query = queryBuilder.buildQuery({
+        members: ["artists.name"],
+        filters: [
+          {
+            operator: "notStartsWith",
+            member: "artists.name",
+            value: ["a cor"],
+          },
+        ],
+        order: [{ member: "artists.name", direction: "asc" }],
+        limit: 1,
+      });
+
+      const result = await client.query<InferSqlQueryResultType<typeof query>>(
+        query.sql,
+        query.bindings,
+      );
+
+      assert.deepEqual(result.rows, [
+        {
+          artists___name: "AC/DC",
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    await it("can filter by endsWith", async () => {
+      const query = queryBuilder.buildQuery({
+        members: ["artists.name"],
+        filters: [
+          {
+            operator: "endsWith",
+            member: "artists.name",
+            value: ["dc"],
+          },
+        ],
+        order: [{ member: "artists.name", direction: "asc" }],
+        limit: 1,
+      });
+
+      const result = await client.query<InferSqlQueryResultType<typeof query>>(
+        query.sql,
+        query.bindings,
+      );
+
+      assert.deepEqual(result.rows, [
+        {
+          artists___name: "AC/DC",
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    await it("can filter by notEndsWith", async () => {
+      const query = queryBuilder.buildQuery({
+        members: ["artists.name"],
+        filters: [
+          {
+            operator: "notEndsWith",
+            member: "artists.name",
+            value: ["som"],
+          },
+        ],
+        order: [{ member: "artists.name", direction: "asc" }],
+        limit: 1,
+      });
+
+      const result = await client.query<InferSqlQueryResultType<typeof query>>(
+        query.sql,
+        query.bindings,
+      );
+
+      assert.deepEqual(result.rows, [
+        {
+          artists___name: "AC/DC",
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
   });
 
   describe("repository with context", async () => {
diff --git a/src/lib/query-builder/filter-builder/ilike-filter-builder.ts b/src/lib/query-builder/filter-builder/ilike-filter-builder.ts
index d7da74d..2571617 100644
--- a/src/lib/query-builder/filter-builder/ilike-filter-builder.ts
+++ b/src/lib/query-builder/filter-builder/ilike-filter-builder.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ const DOCUMENTATION = {
 
 function makeILikeFilterBuilder<T extends keyof typeof DOCUMENTATION>(
   name: T,
-  startsWith: boolean,
-  endsWith: boolean,
+  beginWithWildcard: boolean,
+  endWithWildcard: boolean,
   negation: boolean,
   connective: "and" | "or",
 ) {
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ function makeILikeFilterBuilder<T extends keyof typeof DOCUMENTATION>(
         (acc, value) => {
           acc.sqls.push(
             filterBuilder.queryBuilder.dialect.ilike(
-              startsWith,
-              endsWith,
+              beginWithWildcard,
+              endWithWildcard,
               negation,
               member.sql,
             ),
@@ -57,43 +57,43 @@ function makeILikeFilterBuilder<T extends keyof typeof DOCUMENTATION>(
 
 export const contains = makeILikeFilterBuilder(
   "contains" as const,
-  false,
-  false,
+  true,
+  true,
   false,
   "or",
 );
 export const notContains = makeILikeFilterBuilder(
   "notContains" as const,
-  false,
-  false,
+  true,
+  true,
   true,
   "and",
 );
 export const startsWith = makeILikeFilterBuilder(
   "startsWith" as const,
-  true,
   false,
+  true,
   false,
   "or",
 );
 export const notStartsWith = makeILikeFilterBuilder(
   "notStartsWith" as const,
-  true,
   false,
   true,
+  true,
   "and",
 );
 export const endsWith = makeILikeFilterBuilder(
   "endsWith" as const,
-  false,
   true,
   false,
+  false,
   "or",
 );
 export const notEndsWith = makeILikeFilterBuilder(
   "notEndsWith" as const,
-  false,
   true,
+  false,
   true,
   "and",
 );