diff --git a/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/ThingsboardPostgreSQLDialect.java b/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/ThingsboardPostgreSQLDialect.java
index 8acb13b5bb..5da1c32616 100644
--- a/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/ThingsboardPostgreSQLDialect.java
+++ b/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/ThingsboardPostgreSQLDialect.java
@@ -15,23 +15,26 @@
  */
 package org.thingsboard.server.dao;
 
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.hibernate.boot.model.FunctionContributions;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect;
 import org.hibernate.query.sqm.function.SqmFunctionRegistry;
 import org.hibernate.type.BasicTypeRegistry;
 import org.hibernate.type.StandardBasicTypes;
 
+@Slf4j
 public class ThingsboardPostgreSQLDialect extends PostgreSQLDialect {
 
     @Override
     public void initializeFunctionRegistry(FunctionContributions functionContributions) {
+        log.trace("initializeFunctionRegistry [{}]", functionContributions);
         super.initializeFunctionRegistry(functionContributions);
         BasicTypeRegistry basicTypeRegistry = functionContributions.getTypeConfiguration().getBasicTypeRegistry();
         SqmFunctionRegistry functionRegistry = functionContributions.getFunctionRegistry();
 
         functionRegistry.registerPattern(
                 "ilike",
-                "(?1 ILIKE ?2)",
+                "(?1::text ILIKE ?2::text)",
                 basicTypeRegistry.resolve(StandardBasicTypes.BOOLEAN));
     }
 }