diff --git a/Program/Program.cs b/Program/Program.cs
index 9b4c2845..319b992b 100644
--- a/Program/Program.cs
+++ b/Program/Program.cs
@@ -111,4 +111,4 @@ private static QueryFactory SqlServerQueryFactory()
         }
 
     }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Program/Program.csproj b/Program/Program.csproj
index 6341ecef..e05a705a 100644
--- a/Program/Program.csproj
+++ b/Program/Program.csproj
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-
+	<PropertyGroup>
+		<OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+		<TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
+	</PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\QueryBuilder\QueryBuilder.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\SqlKata.Execution\SqlKata.Execution.csproj" />
@@ -12,10 +15,5 @@
     <PackageReference Include="System.Data.SQLite" Version="1.0.109.2" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
+   
 </Project>
diff --git a/SqlKata.Execution/QueryFactory.cs b/SqlKata.Execution/QueryFactory.cs
index b10677ab..349f4147 100644
--- a/SqlKata.Execution/QueryFactory.cs
+++ b/SqlKata.Execution/QueryFactory.cs
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ private static IEnumerable<T> handleIncludes<T>(Query query, IEnumerable<T> resu
                     }
 
                     var localIds = dynamicResult.Where(x => x[include.LocalKey] != null)
-                    .Select(x => x[include.LocalKey].ToString())
+                    .Select(x => x[include.LocalKey])
                     .ToList();
 
                     if (!localIds.Any())
@@ -731,7 +731,8 @@ private static IEnumerable<T> handleIncludes<T>(Query query, IEnumerable<T> resu
 
                 var foreignIds = dynamicResult
                     .Where(x => x[include.ForeignKey] != null)
-                    .Select(x => x[include.ForeignKey].ToString())
+                   // .Select(x => x[include.ForeignKey].ToString())
+                    .Select(x => x[include.ForeignKey])
                     .ToList();
 
                 if (!foreignIds.Any())
@@ -799,7 +800,7 @@ private static async Task<IEnumerable<T>> handleIncludesAsync<T>(Query query, IE
                     }
 
                     var localIds = dynamicResult.Where(x => x[include.LocalKey] != null)
-                    .Select(x => x[include.LocalKey].ToString())
+                    .Select(x => x[include.LocalKey])
                     .ToList();
 
                     if (!localIds.Any())
@@ -828,7 +829,8 @@ private static async Task<IEnumerable<T>> handleIncludesAsync<T>(Query query, IE
                 }
 
                 var foreignIds = dynamicResult.Where(x => x[include.ForeignKey] != null)
-                    .Select(x => x[include.ForeignKey].ToString())
+                   // .Select(x => x[include.ForeignKey].ToString())
+                    .Select(x => x[include.ForeignKey])
                     .ToList();
 
                 if (!foreignIds.Any())