diff --git a/oml/item/query.py b/oml/item/query.py
index e3d45fc..d6fc12b 100644
--- a/oml/item/query.py
+++ b/oml/item/query.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ def parse(data):
     return query
 
 def order(qs, sort, prefix='sort.'):
+    from sqlalchemy.sql.expression import text
     order_by = []
     if len(sort) == 1:
         additional_sort = settings.config['user']['ui']['listSort']
@@ -48,8 +49,8 @@ def order(qs, sort, prefix='sort.'):
         _order_by = []
         for order in order_by:
             nulls = "%s IS NULL" % order.split(' ')[0]
-            _order_by.append(nulls)
-            _order_by.append(order)
+            _order_by.append(text(nulls))
+            _order_by.append(text(order))
         order_by = _order_by
         qs = qs.join(models.Sort).order_by(*order_by)
     return qs
diff --git a/oml/queryparser.py b/oml/queryparser.py
index dd50678..e0ea28e 100644
--- a/oml/queryparser.py
+++ b/oml/queryparser.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 import unicodedata
 from sqlalchemy.sql import operators
 from sqlalchemy.orm import load_only
+from sqlalchemy.sql.expression import text
 
 import utils
 import settings
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ class Parser(object):
                 ids = self._user_items.select().where(
                     self._user_items.columns['user_id'].is_(u.id)
                 ).with_only_columns(
-                    ['item_id']
+                    [text('item_id')]
                 )
             elif nickname:
                 peer = utils.get_peer(u.id)
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ class Parser(object):
                     ids = self._list_items.select().where(
                         self._list_items.columns['list_id'].is_(l.id)
                     ).with_only_columns(
-                        ['item_id']
+                        [text('item_id')]
                     )
                 else:
                     ids = l.get_items().options(load_only('id'))
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3974deb..14ab01a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 lxml
 simplejson
 ed25519>=1.4
-SQLAlchemy==0.9.7
+SQLAlchemy==1.0.12
 pyopenssl>=0.15
 pyCrypto>=2.6.1
 pillow