diff --git a/src/runtime/composables/query.ts b/src/runtime/composables/query.ts
index 75a2a2009..dd05ac9b4 100644
--- a/src/runtime/composables/query.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/composables/query.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { withContentBase } from './utils'
 /**
  * Query fetcher
  */
-export const queryFetch = <T = ParsedContent>(params: Partial<QueryBuilderParams>) => {
+export const queryFetch = <T = ParsedContent>(params: QueryBuilderParams) => {
   const apiPath = withContentBase(process.dev ? '/query' : `/query/${hash(params)}`)
 
   // Prefetch the query
diff --git a/src/runtime/query/query.ts b/src/runtime/query/query.ts
index 87e4d82fb..0288c25bc 100644
--- a/src/runtime/query/query.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/query/query.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const arrayParams = ['sort', 'where', 'only', 'without']
 
 export const createQuery = <T>(
   fetcher: DatabaseFetcher<T>,
-  queryParams?: Partial<QueryBuilderParams>
+  queryParams?: QueryBuilderParams
 ): QueryBuilder<T> => {
   const params = {
     ...queryParams
diff --git a/src/runtime/server/api/navigation.ts b/src/runtime/server/api/navigation.ts
index 4f11e3063..b3da1ad79 100644
--- a/src/runtime/server/api/navigation.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/server/api/navigation.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { defineEventHandler } from 'h3'
 import { serverQueryContent } from '../storage'
 import { createNav } from '../navigation'
-import { ParsedContentMeta, QueryBuilderParams } from '../../types'
+import { ParsedContentMeta } from '../../types'
 import { getContentQuery } from '../../utils/query'
 
 export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
-  const query: Partial<QueryBuilderParams> = getContentQuery(event)
+  const query = getContentQuery(event)
 
   const contents = await serverQueryContent(event, query)
     .where({
diff --git a/src/runtime/server/api/query.ts b/src/runtime/server/api/query.ts
index 381eb3827..a8b9e33e5 100644
--- a/src/runtime/server/api/query.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/server/api/query.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import { createError, defineEventHandler } from 'h3'
-import type { QueryBuilderParams } from '../../types'
 import { serverQueryContent } from '../storage'
 import { getContentQuery } from '../../utils/query'
 
 export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
-  const query: Partial<QueryBuilderParams> = getContentQuery(event)
+  const query = getContentQuery(event)
   const contents = await serverQueryContent(event, query).find()
 
   // If no documents matchs and using findOne()
diff --git a/src/runtime/server/storage.ts b/src/runtime/server/storage.ts
index 22b138d58..e0880436c 100644
--- a/src/runtime/server/storage.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/server/storage.ts
@@ -122,10 +122,10 @@ export const getContent = async (event: CompatibilityEvent, id: string): Promise
  * Query contents
  */
 export function serverQueryContent<T = ParsedContent>(event: CompatibilityEvent): QueryBuilder<T>;
-export function serverQueryContent<T = ParsedContent>(event: CompatibilityEvent, params?: Partial<QueryBuilderParams>): QueryBuilder<T>;
+export function serverQueryContent<T = ParsedContent>(event: CompatibilityEvent, params?: QueryBuilderParams): QueryBuilder<T>;
 export function serverQueryContent<T = ParsedContent>(event: CompatibilityEvent, path?: string, ...pathParts: string[]): QueryBuilder<T>;
-export function serverQueryContent<T = ParsedContent> (event: CompatibilityEvent, path?: string | Partial<QueryBuilderParams>, ...pathParts: string[]) {
-  let params = (path || {}) as Partial<QueryBuilderParams>
+export function serverQueryContent<T = ParsedContent> (event: CompatibilityEvent, path?: string | QueryBuilderParams, ...pathParts: string[]) {
+  let params = (path || {}) as QueryBuilderParams
   if (typeof path === 'string') {
     path = withLeadingSlash(joinURL(path, ...pathParts))
     // escape regex special chars
diff --git a/src/runtime/types.d.ts b/src/runtime/types.d.ts
index f0df92b64..ffd39cfd3 100644
--- a/src/runtime/types.d.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/types.d.ts
@@ -154,14 +154,14 @@ export interface SortFields {
 export type SortOptions = SortParams | SortFields
 
 export interface QueryBuilderParams {
-  first: boolean
-  skip: number
-  limit: number
-  only: string[]
-  without: string[]
-  sort: SortOptions[]
-  where: object[]
-  surround: {
+  first?: boolean
+  skip?: number
+  limit?: number
+  only?: string[]
+  without?: string[]
+  sort?: SortOptions[]
+  where?: object[]
+  surround?: {
     query: string | object
     before?: number
     after?: number
diff --git a/src/runtime/utils/query.ts b/src/runtime/utils/query.ts
index c51db59ff..7d0b5fd39 100644
--- a/src/runtime/utils/query.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/utils/query.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { useQuery, CompatibilityEvent, createError } from 'h3'
+import { QueryBuilderParams } from '../types'
 import { jsonParse } from './json'
 
 const parseQueryParams = (body: string) => {
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ const parseQueryParams = (body: string) => {
 }
 
 const memory = {}
-export const getContentQuery = (event: CompatibilityEvent) => {
+export const getContentQuery = (event: CompatibilityEvent): QueryBuilderParams => {
   const { qid } = event.context.params
   const query: any = useQuery(event) || {}