diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c64531c5..bcd442f6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hl"
-version = "0.25.3-alpha.2"
+version = "0.25.3-alpha.3"
 dependencies = [
  "atoi",
  "bincode",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index dcb331f6..c1e10dec 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ categories = ["command-line-utilities"]
 description = "Utility for viewing json-formatted log files."
 keywords = ["cli", "human", "log"]
 name = "hl"
-version = "0.25.3-alpha.2"
+version = "0.25.3-alpha.3"
 edition = "2021"
 build = "build.rs"
 
diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index c174fbf9..14f98fe3 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -26,20 +26,21 @@ use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
 use std::num::{NonZeroU32, NonZeroUsize};
 
 // local imports
-use crate::datefmt::{DateTimeFormat, DateTimeFormatter};
 use crate::{error::*, QueryNone};
+use crate::datefmt::{DateTimeFormat, DateTimeFormatter};
 use crate::fmtx::aligned_left;
-use crate::fsmon::{self, EventKind};
 use crate::formatting::{RecordFormatter, RecordWithSourceFormatter, RawRecordFormatter};
+use crate::fsmon::{self, EventKind};
+use crate::IncludeExcludeKeyFilter;
 use crate::index::{Indexer, Timestamp};
 use crate::input::{BlockLine, InputHolder, InputReference, Input};
 use crate::model::{Filter, Parser, ParserSettings, RawRecord, Record, RecordFilter, RecordWithSourceConstructor};
+use crate::query::Query;
 use crate::scanning::{BufFactory, Scanner, Segment, SegmentBuf, SegmentBufFactory};
 use crate::serdex::StreamDeserializerWithOffsets;
 use crate::settings::{Fields, Formatting};
 use crate::theme::{Element, StylingPush, Theme};
 use crate::timezone::Tz;
-use crate::IncludeExcludeKeyFilter;
 
 // TODO: merge Options to Settings and replace Options with Settings.
 
@@ -80,8 +81,6 @@ impl Options {
     }
 }
 
-type Query = Box<dyn RecordFilter + Sync>;
-
 pub struct FieldOptions {
     pub filter: Arc<IncludeExcludeKeyFilter>,
     pub settings: Fields,
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1710e295..ce45ef7a 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -381,9 +381,9 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
 
     let mut query: Option<Query> = None;
     for q in opt.query {
-        let right = hl::query::parse(&q)?;
+        let right = Query::parse(&q)?;
         if let Some(left) = query {
-            query = Some(hl::query::and(left, right));
+            query = Some(left.and(right));
         } else {
             query = Some(right);
         }
diff --git a/src/query.rs b/src/query.rs
index 5b5791b6..1968db23 100644
--- a/src/query.rs
+++ b/src/query.rs
@@ -19,23 +19,43 @@ use crate::types::FieldKind;
 #[grammar = "query.pest"]
 pub struct QueryParser;
 
-pub type Query = Box<dyn RecordFilter + Sync>;
+pub struct Query {
+    filter: Box<dyn RecordFilter + Sync>,
+}
 
-// ---
+impl Query {
+    pub fn parse(str: &str) -> Result<Self> {
+        let mut pairs = QueryParser::parse(Rule::input, str)?;
+        Ok(expression(pairs.next().unwrap())?)
+    }
 
-pub fn parse(str: &str) -> Result<Query> {
-    let mut pairs = QueryParser::parse(Rule::input, str)?;
-    Ok(expression(pairs.next().unwrap())?)
-}
+    pub fn and(self, rhs: Query) -> Query {
+        Query::new(And { lhs: self, rhs })
+    }
+
+    pub fn or(self, rhs: Query) -> Query {
+        Query::new(Or { lhs: self, rhs })
+    }
 
-pub fn and(lhs: Query, rhs: Query) -> Query {
-    Box::new(And { lhs, rhs })
+    pub fn not(self) -> Query {
+        Query::new(Not { arg: self })
+    }
+
+    fn new<F: RecordFilter + Sync + 'static>(filter: F) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            filter: Box::new(filter),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
-pub fn or(lhs: Query, rhs: Query) -> Query {
-    Box::new(Or { lhs, rhs })
+impl RecordFilter for Query {
+    fn apply<'a>(&self, record: &'a Record<'a>) -> bool {
+        self.filter.apply(record)
+    }
 }
 
+// ---
+
 fn expression(pair: Pair<Rule>) -> Result<Query> {
     match pair.as_rule() {
         Rule::expr_or => binary_op::<Or>(pair),
@@ -50,7 +70,7 @@ fn binary_op<Op: BinaryOp + Sync + 'static>(pair: Pair<Rule>) -> Result<Query> {
     let mut inner = pair.into_inner();
     let mut result = expression(inner.next().unwrap())?;
     for inner in inner {
-        result = Box::new(Op::new(result, expression(inner)?));
+        result = Query::new(Op::new(result, expression(inner)?));
     }
     Ok(result)
 }
@@ -58,7 +78,7 @@ fn binary_op<Op: BinaryOp + Sync + 'static>(pair: Pair<Rule>) -> Result<Query> {
 fn not(pair: Pair<Rule>) -> Result<Query> {
     assert_eq!(pair.as_rule(), Rule::expr_not);
 
-    Ok(Box::new(Not {
+    Ok(Query::new(Not {
         arg: expression(pair.into_inner().next().unwrap())?,
     }))
 }
@@ -124,7 +144,7 @@ fn field_filter(pair: Pair<Rule>) -> Result<Query> {
         _ => unreachable!(),
     };
 
-    Ok(Box::new(FieldFilter::new(
+    Ok(Query::new(FieldFilter::new(
         parse_field_name(lhs)?.borrowed(),
         match_policy,
         if negated {
@@ -276,7 +296,7 @@ impl<F: Fn(Level) -> bool + Send + Sync + 'static> LevelFilter<F> {
     }
 
     fn query(f: F) -> Query {
-        Box::new(Self::new(f))
+        Query::new(Self::new(f))
     }
 }