diff --git a/lib/connection.js b/lib/connection.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/connection.js
+++ b/lib/connection.js
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ function escapeCQL(val) {
 
   if (Array.isArray(val)) {
     var sanitized = val.map( function( v ) { return escapeCQL( v ); } );
-    return "'" + sanitized.join( "','" ) + "'";
+    return sanitized.join(',');
   }
 
   if (typeof val === 'object') {
fix for arrays not interpolated properly into params [ closes #<I> ]