diff --git a/src/crate/client/http.py b/src/crate/client/http.py
index c6dd1ff0..e932f732 100644
--- a/src/crate/client/http.py
+++ b/src/crate/client/http.py
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ class Client(object):
     Crate connection client using CrateDB's HTTP API.
     """
 
-    SQL_PATH = '/_sql?types'
+    SQL_PATH = '/_sql?types=true'
     """Crate URI path for issuing SQL statements."""
 
     retry_interval = 30
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ def __init__(self,
 
         self.path = self.SQL_PATH
         if error_trace:
-            self.path += '?error_trace=true'
+            self.path += '&error_trace=true'
 
     def close(self):
         for server in self.server_pool.values():
diff --git a/src/crate/client/test_http.py b/src/crate/client/test_http.py
index fdd5ce15..5c22c0b6 100644
--- a/src/crate/client/test_http.py
+++ b/src/crate/client/test_http.py
@@ -431,12 +431,13 @@ def test_params(self):
         client = Client(['127.0.0.1:4200'], error_trace=True)
         parsed = urlparse(client.path)
         params = parse_qs(parsed.query)
-        self.assertEqual(params["types?error_trace"], ["true"])
+        self.assertEqual(params["types"], ["true"])
+        self.assertEqual(params["error_trace"], ["true"])
         client.close()
 
     def test_no_params(self):
         client = Client()
-        self.assertEqual(client.path, "/_sql?types")
+        self.assertEqual(client.path, "/_sql?types=true")
         client.close()