diff --git a/aux-addon.lua b/aux-addon.lua
index 1c5cb01..124cddb 100644
--- a/aux-addon.lua
+++ b/aux-addon.lua
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ do
 	function public.modifier(f)
 		local function apply(_, value) return f(value) end
 		return setmetatable(t, {
-			 __call=apply, __sub=apply, __newindex=function(_, _, value) return f(value) end,
+			 __call=apply, __sub=apply, __pow=apply, __newindex=function(_, _, value) return f(value) end,
 		})
 	end
 	local temp, perm = modifier(function(t) transient[t] = true end), modifier(function(t) transient[t] = nil; return t end)
diff --git a/core/cache.lua b/core/cache.lua
index 4bbc8fe..0072411 100644
--- a/core/cache.lua
+++ b/core/cache.lua
@@ -165,16 +165,16 @@ function scan_wdb(item_id)
 		local name, _, quality, level, class, subclass, max_stack, slot, texture = GetItemInfo(itemstring)
 		if name and not _g.aux_item_ids[strlower(name)] then
 			_g.aux_item_ids[strlower(name)] = item_id
-			_g.aux_items[item_id] = persistence.write(items_schema, {
-				name = name,
-				quality = quality,
-				level = level,
-				class = class,
-				subclass = subclass,
-				slot = slot,
-				max_stack = max_stack,
-				texture = texture,
-			})
+			_g.aux_items[item_id] = persistence.write(items_schema, -object(
+				'name', name,
+				'quality', quality,
+				'level', level,
+				'class', class,
+				'subclass', subclass,
+				'slot', slot,
+				'max_stack', max_stack,
+				'texture', texture
+			))
 			local tooltip = info.tooltip(function(tooltip) tooltip:SetHyperlink(itemstring) end)
 			if info.auctionable(tooltip, quality) then
 				tinsert(_g.aux_auctionable_items, strlower(name))
diff --git a/tabs/search/filter.lua b/tabs/search/filter.lua
index 2da499b..2b4de23 100644
--- a/tabs/search/filter.lua
+++ b/tabs/search/filter.lua
@@ -72,14 +72,14 @@ function update_form()
 	end
 
 	if blizzard_query.exact then
-		for key in temp-set('class', 'subclass', 'slot', 'quality') do
+		for key in -temp^set('class', 'subclass', 'slot', 'quality') do
 			_m[key..'_dropdown'].button:Disable()
 		end
 	else
 		class_dropdown.button:Enable()
 		quality_dropdown.button:Enable()
 	end
-	for key in temp-set('min_level', 'max_level') do
+	for key in -temp^set('min_level', 'max_level') do
 		if blizzard_query.exact then
 			_m[key..'_input']:Disable()
 		else
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ function get_filter_builder_query()
 		add(strlower(_g['ITEM_QUALITY'..quality..'_DESC']))
 	end
 
-	local post_filter_string = filter_util.query_string(temp-object('blizzard', tt, 'post', post_filter))
+	local post_filter_string = filter_util.query_string(-temp^object('blizzard', tt, 'post', post_filter))
 	add(post_filter_string ~= '' and post_filter_string)
 
 	return query_string or ''
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ function set_filter_display_offset(x_offset, y_offset)
 end
 
 function initialize_filter_dropdown()
-	for _, filter in temp-list('and', 'or', 'not', 'min-unit-bid', 'min-unit-buy', 'max-unit-bid', 'max-unit-buy', 'bid-profit', 'buy-profit', 'bid-vend-profit', 'buy-vend-profit', 'bid-dis-profit', 'buy-dis-profit', 'bid-pct', 'buy-pct', 'item', 'tooltip', 'min-lvl', 'max-lvl', 'rarity', 'left', 'utilizable', 'discard') do
+	for _, filter in -temp^list('and', 'or', 'not', 'min-unit-bid', 'min-unit-buy', 'max-unit-bid', 'max-unit-buy', 'bid-profit', 'buy-profit', 'bid-vend-profit', 'buy-vend-profit', 'bid-dis-profit', 'buy-dis-profit', 'bid-pct', 'buy-pct', 'item', 'tooltip', 'min-lvl', 'max-lvl', 'rarity')('left', 'utilizable', 'discard') do
 		UIDropDownMenu_AddButton(-object(
 			'text', filter,
 			'value', filter,
diff --git a/util/filter.lua b/util/filter.lua
index b5060d5..953a2ab 100644
--- a/util/filter.lua
+++ b/util/filter.lua
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ function blizzard_query(components)
         query.slot = slot_index
         query.quality = item_info.quality
     else
-	    for key in temp-set('min_level', 'max_level', 'class', 'subclass', 'slot', 'usable', 'quality') do
+	    for key in -temp^set('min_level', 'max_level', 'class', 'subclass', 'slot', 'usable', 'quality') do
             query[key] = index(filters[key], 2)
 	    end
     end
diff --git a/util/info.lua b/util/info.lua
index 6616f05..48dd614 100644
--- a/util/info.lua
+++ b/util/info.lua
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ function public.set_shopping_tooltip(slot)
     end
 
     if tooltips[1] then
-        tinsert(tooltips[1], 1, temp-object('left_text', 'Currently Equipped', 'left_color', temp-list(.5, .5, .5)))
+        tinsert(tooltips[1], 1, -temp^object('left_text', 'Currently Equipped', 'left_color', -temp^list(.5, .5, .5)))
         ShoppingTooltip1:SetOwner(GameTooltip, 'ANCHOR_BOTTOMRIGHT')
         load_tooltip(ShoppingTooltip1, tooltips[1])
         ShoppingTooltip1:Show()
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ function public.set_shopping_tooltip(slot)
     end
 
     if tooltips[2] then
-        tinsert(tooltips[2], 1, temp-object('left_text', 'Currently Equipped', 'left_color', temp-list(.5, .5, .5)))
+        tinsert(tooltips[2], 1, -temp^object('left_text', 'Currently Equipped', 'left_color', -temp^list(.5, .5, .5)))
         ShoppingTooltip2:SetOwner(ShoppingTooltip1, 'ANCHOR_BOTTOMRIGHT')
         load_tooltip(ShoppingTooltip2, tooltips[2])
         ShoppingTooltip2:Show()