diff --git a/clients/mssql/dialect/dialect.go b/clients/mssql/dialect/dialect.go
index 9359e95a4..5f120c053 100644
--- a/clients/mssql/dialect/dialect.go
+++ b/clients/mssql/dialect/dialect.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ func (md MSSQLDialect) BuildIsNotToastValueExpression(tableAlias constants.Table
 	if column.KindDetails == typing.Struct {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("COALESCE(%s, {}) != {'key': '%s'}", colName, constants.ToastUnavailableValuePlaceholder)
 	}
+
 	return fmt.Sprintf("COALESCE(%s, '') != '%s'", colName, constants.ToastUnavailableValuePlaceholder)
 }
 
diff --git a/clients/mssql/store.go b/clients/mssql/store.go
index ebdd0e330..72d220c61 100644
--- a/clients/mssql/store.go
+++ b/clients/mssql/store.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package mssql
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
 	_ "github.com/microsoft/go-mssqldb"
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ func (s *Store) GetTableConfig(tableData *optimization.TableData) (*types.DwhTab
 }
 
 func LoadStore(cfg config.Config) (*Store, error) {
-	store, err := db.Open("mssql", cfg.MSSQL.DSN())
+	store, err := db.Open("mssql", fmt.Sprintf("%s&encrypt=disable", cfg.MSSQL.DSN()))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/clients/shared/merge.go b/clients/shared/merge.go
index 2d4fb20d2..2aadf03be 100644
--- a/clients/shared/merge.go
+++ b/clients/shared/merge.go
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ func Merge(ctx context.Context, dwh destination.DataWarehouse, tableData *optimi
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to generate merge statements: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	fmt.Println("mergeStatements", mergeStatements)
+
 	if err = destination.ExecStatements(dwh, mergeStatements); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to execute merge statements: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/models/event/event.go b/models/event/event.go
index 9dc1ba7b6..a56125040 100644
--- a/models/event/event.go
+++ b/models/event/event.go
@@ -224,8 +224,22 @@ func (e *Event) Save(cfg config.Config, inMemDB *models.DatabaseData, tc kafkali
 					toastedCol = true
 				}
 			}
+
+			valArray, isOk := val.([]any)
+			if isOk {
+				if len(valArray) == 1 {
+					if _, isOk = valArray[0].(string); isOk {
+						if valArray[0] == constants.ToastUnavailableValuePlaceholder {
+							val = constants.ToastUnavailableValuePlaceholder
+							toastedCol = true
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
+		fmt.Println("toastedCol", toastedCol, "val", val)
+
 		if toastedCol {
 			err := inMemoryColumns.UpsertColumn(newColName, columns.UpsertColumnArg{
 				ToastCol: typing.ToPtr(true),