diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 03faccaa..f5dca52d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -135,15 +135,15 @@ but for example, if you need to just filter your data without paging or sorting
 | --------------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
 | Equal                 | `==`     | `"FieldName ==Value"`                                      |
 | NotEqual              | `!=`     | `"FieldName !=Value"`                                      |
-| LessThan              | `<<`     | `"FieldName <<Value"`                                      |
-| GreaterThan           | `>>`     | `"FieldName >>Value"`                                      |
+| LessThan              | `<`      | `"FieldName < Value"`                                      |
+| GreaterThan           | `>`      | `"FieldName > Value"`                                      |
 | GreaterThanOrEqual    | `>=`     | `"FieldName >=Value"`                                      |
 | LessThanOrEqual       | `<=`     | `"FieldName <=Value"`                                      |
 | Contains - Like       | `=*`     | `"FieldName =*Value"`                                      |
 | NotContains - NotLike | `!*`     | `"FieldName !*Value"`                                      |
 | AND - &&              | `,`      | `"FirstName ==Value, LastName ==Value2"`                   |
 | OR - &#124;&#124;     | <code>&#124;</code>  | <code>"FirstName==Value&#124;LastName==Value2"</code>
-| Parenthesis           | `()`     | <code>"(FirstName=*Jo,Age<<30)&#124;(FirstName!=Hn,Age>>30)"</code> |
+| Parenthesis           | `()`     | <code>"(FirstName=*Jo,Age<30)&#124;(FirstName!=Hn,Age>30)"</code> |
 
 we can easily create complex queries using Parenthesis`()` with AND (`,`) + OR (`|`) operators.
 
diff --git a/src/Benchmarks/Program.cs b/src/Benchmarks/Program.cs
index 32105f19..12b9da1b 100644
--- a/src/Benchmarks/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Benchmarks/Program.cs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public void NativeLinQ()
          public void Gridify()
          {
             Ds .ApplyFiltering("Name=*a").Consume(Consumer);
-            Ds .ApplyFiltering("Id>>5").Consume(Consumer);
+            Ds .ApplyFiltering("Id>5").Consume(Consumer);
             Ds .ApplyFiltering("Name==Ali").Consume(Consumer);
          }
 
diff --git a/src/Core/SyntaxTree/Lexer.cs b/src/Core/SyntaxTree/Lexer.cs
index 73eca42b..8ac70065 100644
--- a/src/Core/SyntaxTree/Lexer.cs
+++ b/src/Core/SyntaxTree/Lexer.cs
@@ -53,14 +53,12 @@ public SyntaxToken NextToken()
                return new SyntaxToken(SyntaxKind.NotEqual, _position += 2, "!=");
             case '!' when peek == '*':
                return new SyntaxToken(SyntaxKind.NotLike, _position += 2, "!*");
-            case '<' when peek == '<':
-               return new SyntaxToken(SyntaxKind.LessThan, _position += 2, "<<");
-            case '>' when peek == '>':
-               return new SyntaxToken(SyntaxKind.GreaterThan, _position += 2, ">>");
-            case '<' when peek == '=':
-               return new SyntaxToken(SyntaxKind.LessOrEqualThan, _position += 2, "<=");
-            case '>' when peek == '=':
-               return new SyntaxToken(SyntaxKind.GreaterOrEqualThan, _position += 2, ">=");
+            case '<':
+               return peek == '=' ? new SyntaxToken(SyntaxKind.LessOrEqualThan, _position += 2, "<=") :
+                  new SyntaxToken(SyntaxKind.LessThan, _position++, "<");
+            case '>':
+               return peek == '=' ? new SyntaxToken(SyntaxKind.GreaterOrEqualThan, _position += 2, ">=") : 
+                  new SyntaxToken(SyntaxKind.GreaterThan, _position++, ">");
          }
 
          if (char.IsLetter(Current) && !_waitingForValue)
diff --git a/test/Core.Tests/GridifyExtensionsShould.cs b/test/Core.Tests/GridifyExtensionsShould.cs
index 1aa59515..4e03d58e 100644
--- a/test/Core.Tests/GridifyExtensionsShould.cs
+++ b/test/Core.Tests/GridifyExtensionsShould.cs
@@ -274,9 +274,9 @@ public void ApplyFiltering_CustomConvertor()
       public void ApplyFiltering_MultipleCondition()
       {
          var actual = _fakeRepository.AsQueryable()
-            .ApplyFiltering("name==Jack|name==Rose|id>>7")
+            .ApplyFiltering("name==Jack|name==Rose|id>=7")
             .ToList();
-         var expected = _fakeRepository.Where(q => q.Name == "Jack" || q.Name == "Rose" || q.Id > 7).ToList();
+         var expected = _fakeRepository.Where(q => q.Name == "Jack" || q.Name == "Rose" || q.Id >= 7).ToList();
          Assert.Equal(expected.Count, actual.Count);
          Assert.Equal(expected, actual);
          Assert.True(actual.Any());
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ public void ApplyFiltering_MultipleCondition()
       public void ApplyFiltering_ComplexWithParenthesis()
       {
          var actual = _fakeRepository.AsQueryable()
-            .ApplyFiltering("(name=*J|name=*S),(Id<<5)")
+            .ApplyFiltering("(name=*J|name=*S),(Id<5)")
             .ToList();
          var expected = _fakeRepository.Where(q => (q.Name.Contains("J") || q.Name.Contains("S")) && q.Id < 5).ToList();
          Assert.Equal(expected.Count, actual.Count);
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ public void ApplyFiltering_ComplexWithParenthesis()
       public void ApplyFiltering_NestedParenthesisWithSpace()
       {
          // we shouldn't add spaces for values 
-         var gq = new GridifyQuery {Filter = " ( name =*J| ( name =*S , Id <<5 ) )"};
+         var gq = new GridifyQuery {Filter = " ( name =*J| ( name =*S , Id <5 ) )"};
          var actual = _fakeRepository.AsQueryable()
             .ApplyFiltering(gq)
             .ToList();