diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 41726f5cb4..08176fae90 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "build:oss": "NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=1500 lerna run build --stream --ignore @budibase/account-portal --ignore @budibase/account-portal-server --ignore @budibase/account-portal-ui",
     "build:account-portal": "NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=1500 lerna run build --stream --scope @budibase/account-portal --scope @budibase/account-portal-server --scope @budibase/account-portal-ui",
     "build:dev": "lerna run --stream prebuild && yarn nx run-many --target=build --output-style=dynamic --watch --preserveWatchOutput",
-    "check:types": "lerna run check:types",
+    "check:types": "lerna run --concurrency 2 check:types",
     "build:sdk": "lerna run --stream build:sdk",
     "deps:circular": "madge packages/server/dist/index.js packages/worker/src/index.ts packages/backend-core/dist/src/index.js packages/cli/src/index.js --circular",
     "release": "lerna publish from-package --yes --force-publish --no-git-tag-version --no-push --no-git-reset",
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts
index 2d01c6a7ee..61d5849058 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import { Knex, knex } from "knex"
 import * as dbCore from "../db"
-import { isIsoDateString, isValidFilter, getNativeSql } from "./utils"
+import {
+  isIsoDateString,
+  isValidFilter,
+  getNativeSql,
+  isExternalTable,
+} from "./utils"
 import { SqlStatements } from "./sqlStatements"
 import SqlTableQueryBuilder from "./sqlTable"
 import {
@@ -21,6 +26,7 @@ import {
   SqlClient,
   QueryOptions,
   JsonTypes,
+  prefixed,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import environment from "../environment"
 import { helpers } from "@budibase/shared-core"
@@ -391,6 +397,16 @@ class InternalBuilder {
       contains(filters.containsAny, true)
     }
 
+    // when searching internal tables make sure long looking for rows
+    if (filters.documentType && !isExternalTable(table)) {
+      const tableRef = opts?.aliases?.[table._id!] || table._id
+      // has to be its own option, must always be AND onto the search
+      query.andWhereLike(
+        `${tableRef}._id`,
+        `${prefixed(filters.documentType)}%`
+      )
+    }
+
     return query
   }
 
@@ -592,6 +608,7 @@ class InternalBuilder {
     query = this.addFilters(query, filters, json.meta.table, {
       aliases: tableAliases,
     })
+
     // add sorting to pre-query
     query = this.addSorting(query, json)
     const alias = tableAliases?.[tableName] || tableName
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/sqs.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/sqs.ts
index 5083f9b79f..87b905a29f 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/sqs.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/sqs.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {
+  DocumentType,
   FieldType,
   Operation,
   QueryJson,
@@ -148,7 +149,10 @@ export async function search(
       entityId: table._id!,
       operation: Operation.READ,
     },
-    filters: cleanupFilters(query, allTables),
+    filters: {
+      ...cleanupFilters(query, allTables),
+      documentType: DocumentType.ROW,
+    },
     table,
     meta: {
       table,
diff --git a/packages/types/src/sdk/search.ts b/packages/types/src/sdk/search.ts
index 62c5054c7a..dc8ea09bcc 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/sdk/search.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/sdk/search.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Operation, SortDirection } from "./datasources"
-import { Row, Table } from "../documents"
+import { Row, Table, DocumentType } from "../documents"
 import { SortType } from "../api"
 import { Knex } from "knex"
 
@@ -62,11 +62,15 @@ export interface SearchFilters {
   [SearchFilterOperator.CONTAINS_ANY]?: {
     [key: string]: any[]
   }
+  // specific to SQS/SQLite search on internal tables this can be used
+  // to make sure the documents returned are always filtered down to a
+  // specific document type (such as just rows)
+  documentType?: DocumentType
 }
 
 export type SearchFilterKey = keyof Omit<
   SearchFilters,
-  "allOr" | "onEmptyFilter" | "fuzzyOr"
+  "allOr" | "onEmptyFilter" | "fuzzyOr" | "documentType"
 >
 
 export type SearchQueryFields = Omit<SearchFilters, "allOr" | "onEmptyFilter">