diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts
index 63103a0571..b85f109376 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts
@@ -397,6 +397,12 @@ class InternalBuilder {
       contains(filters.containsAny, true)
     }
 
+    // when searching internal tables make sure long looking for rows
+    if (filters.documentType && !isExternalTable(table)) {
+      // has to be its own option, must always be AND onto the search
+      query.andWhereLike("_id", `${prefixed(filters.documentType)}%`)
+    }
+
     return query
   }
 
@@ -562,15 +568,8 @@ class InternalBuilder {
   }
 
   read(knex: Knex, json: QueryJson, limit: number): Knex.QueryBuilder {
-    let {
-      endpoint,
-      resource,
-      filters,
-      paginate,
-      relationships,
-      tableAliases,
-      meta,
-    } = json
+    let { endpoint, resource, filters, paginate, relationships, tableAliases } =
+      json
 
     const tableName = endpoint.entityId
     // select all if not specified
@@ -606,11 +605,6 @@ class InternalBuilder {
       aliases: tableAliases,
     })
 
-    // when searching internal tables make sure long looking for rows
-    if (meta.documentType && !isExternalTable(meta.table)) {
-      query.andWhereLike("_id", `${prefixed(meta.documentType)}%`)
-    }
-
     // add sorting to pre-query
     query = this.addSorting(query, json)
     const alias = tableAliases?.[tableName] || tableName
diff --git a/packages/types/src/sdk/search.ts b/packages/types/src/sdk/search.ts
index 322afa81b7..dc8ea09bcc 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/sdk/search.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/sdk/search.ts
@@ -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">
@@ -117,10 +121,6 @@ export interface QueryJson {
     table: Table
     tables?: Record<string, Table>
     renamed?: RenameColumn
-    // 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
   }
   extra?: {
     idFilter?: SearchFilters