diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Salesforce/GenericFunctions.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Salesforce/GenericFunctions.ts
index dee94afbb6..c01af004b8 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Salesforce/GenericFunctions.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Salesforce/GenericFunctions.ts
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ export function getDefaultFields(sobject: string) {
 export function getQuery(options: IDataObject, sobject: string, returnAll: boolean, limit = 0) {
 	const fields: string[] = [];
 	if (options.fields) {
-		fields.push.apply(fields, (options.fields as string).split(','));
+		fields.push.apply(fields, options.fields.toString().split(','));
 	} else {
 		fields.push.apply(fields, (getDefaultFields(sobject) as string || 'id').split(','));
 	}