diff --git a/samples/features/json/todo-app/nodejs-express4-rest-api/app.js b/samples/features/json/todo-app/nodejs-express4-rest-api/app.js
index 3bb44b34..f4da4e71 100644
--- a/samples/features/json/todo-app/nodejs-express4-rest-api/app.js
+++ b/samples/features/json/todo-app/nodejs-express4-rest-api/app.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ var tediousExpress = require('express4-tedious');
 
 var app = express();
 app.use(function (req, res, next) {
-    req.query = tediousExpress(req, config.get('connection'));
+    req.sql = tediousExpress(req, config.get('connection'));
     next();
 });
 
diff --git a/samples/features/json/todo-app/nodejs-express4-rest-api/routes/todo.js b/samples/features/json/todo-app/nodejs-express4-rest-api/routes/todo.js
index 8929fcf4..e76ee54d 100644
--- a/samples/features/json/todo-app/nodejs-express4-rest-api/routes/todo.js
+++ b/samples/features/json/todo-app/nodejs-express4-rest-api/routes/todo.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ var TYPES = require('tedious').TYPES;
 /* GET task listing. */
 router.get('/', function (req, res) {
 
-    req.query("select * from todo for json path")
+    req.sql("select * from todo for json path")
         .into(res, '[]');
 
 });
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ router.get('/', function (req, res) {
 /* GET single task. */
 router.get('/:id', function (req, res) {
     
-    req.query("select * from todo where id = @id for json path, without_array_wrapper")
+    req.sql("select * from todo where id = @id for json path, without_array_wrapper")
         .param('id', req.params.id, TYPES.Int)
         .into(res, '{}');
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ router.get('/:id', function (req, res) {
 /* POST create task. */
 router.post('/', function (req, res) {
     
-    req.query("exec createTodo @todo")
+    req.sql("exec createTodo @todo")
         .param('todo', req.body, TYPES.NVarChar)
         .exec(res);
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ router.post('/', function (req, res) {
 /* PUT update task. */
 router.put('/:id', function (req, res) {
     
-    req.query("exec updateTodo @id, @todo")
+    req.sql("exec updateTodo @id, @todo")
         .param('id', req.params.id, TYPES.Int)
         .param('todo', req.body, TYPES.NVarChar)
         .exec(res);
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ router.put('/:id', function (req, res) {
 /* DELETE single task. */
 router.delete('/:id', function (req, res) {
     
-    req.query("delete from todo where id = @id")
+    req.sql("delete from todo where id = @id")
         .param('id', req.params.id, TYPES.Int)
         .exec(res);