diff --git a/datastore.go b/datastore.go
index 6d516a8..6b9974b 100644
--- a/datastore.go
+++ b/datastore.go
@@ -113,8 +113,9 @@ func (a *accessor) Query(q dsq.Query) (dsq.Results, error) {
 	// make a copy of the query for the fallback naive query implementation.
 	// don't modify the original so res.Query() returns the correct results.
 	qNaive := q
-	if q.Prefix != "" {
-		rnge = util.BytesPrefix([]byte(q.Prefix))
+	prefix := ds.NewKey(q.Prefix).String()
+	if prefix != "/" {
+		rnge = util.BytesPrefix([]byte(prefix + "/"))
 		qNaive.Prefix = ""
 	}
 	i := a.ldb.NewIterator(rnge, nil)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cbfc599..9f8fdad 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module github.com/ipfs/go-ds-leveldb
 
 require (
-	github.com/ipfs/go-datastore v0.3.1
+	github.com/ipfs/go-datastore v0.4.1
 	github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 97accd5..3a75be0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7 h1:IXs+QLmnXW2CcXuY+8Mzv/fWEsPGWxqefPtCP5CnV9I=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
-github.com/go-check/check v0.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127 h1:0gkP6mzaMqkmpcJYCFOLkIBwI7xFExG03bbkOkCvUPI=
-github.com/go-check/check v0.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:9ES+weclKsC9YodN5RgxqK/VD9HM9JsCSh7rNhMZE98=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.2.0 h1:P3YflyNX/ehuJFLhxviNdFxQPkGK5cDcApsge1SqnvM=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.2.0/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.0-20180518054509-2e65f85255db h1:woRePGFeVFfLKN/pOkfl+p/TAqKOfFu+7KPlMVpok/w=
@@ -10,10 +8,8 @@ github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1 h1:Gkbcsh/GbpXz7lPftLA3P6TYMwjCLYm83jiFQZF/3gY=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0 h1:nfCOvKYfkgYP8hkirhJocXT2+zOD8yUNjXaWfTlyFKI=
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=
-github.com/ipfs/go-datastore v0.3.0 h1:9au0tYi/+n7xeUnGHG6davnS8x9hWbOzP/388Vx3CMs=
-github.com/ipfs/go-datastore v0.3.0/go.mod h1:w38XXW9kVFNp57Zj5knbKWM2T+KOZCGDRVNdgPHtbHw=
-github.com/ipfs/go-datastore v0.3.1 h1:SS1t869a6cctoSYmZXUk8eL6AzVXgASmKIWFNQkQ1jU=
-github.com/ipfs/go-datastore v0.3.1/go.mod h1:w38XXW9kVFNp57Zj5knbKWM2T+KOZCGDRVNdgPHtbHw=
+github.com/ipfs/go-datastore v0.4.1 h1:W4ZfzyhNi3xmuU5dQhjfuRn/wFuqEE1KnOmmQiOevEY=
+github.com/ipfs/go-datastore v0.4.1/go.mod h1:SX/xMIKoCszPqp+z9JhPYCmoOoXTvaa13XEbGtsFUhA=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-delay v0.0.0-20181109222059-70721b86a9a8/go.mod h1:8SP1YXK1M1kXuc4KJZINY3TQQ03J2rwBG9QfXmbRPrw=
 github.com/jbenet/goprocess v0.0.0-20160826012719-b497e2f366b8 h1:bspPhN+oKYFk5fcGNuQzp6IGzYQSenLEgH3s6jkXrWw=
 github.com/jbenet/goprocess v0.0.0-20160826012719-b497e2f366b8/go.mod h1:Ly/wlsjFq/qrU3Rar62tu1gASgGw6chQbSh/XgIIXCY=
@@ -39,8 +35,8 @@ golang.org/x/text v0.3.0 h1:g61tztE5qeGQ89tm6NTjjM9VPIm088od1l6aSorWRWg=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
-gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127 h1:qIbj1fsPNlZgppZ+VLlY7N33q108Sa+fhmuc+sWQYwY=
-gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15 h1:YR8cESwS4TdDjEe65xsg0ogRM/Nc3DYOhEAlW+xobZo=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/fsnotify.v1 v1.4.7 h1:xOHLXZwVvI9hhs+cLKq5+I5onOuwQLhQwiu63xxlHs4=
 gopkg.in/fsnotify.v1 v1.4.7/go.mod h1:Tz8NjZHkW78fSQdbUxIjBTcgA1z1m8ZHf0WmKUhAMys=
 gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7 h1:uRGJdciOHaEIrze2W8Q3AKkepLTh2hOroT7a+7czfdQ=