diff --git a/lib-new/GraphDatabase.coffee b/lib-new/GraphDatabase.coffee
index 0a9b05b..5f3df4b 100644
--- a/lib-new/GraphDatabase.coffee
+++ b/lib-new/GraphDatabase.coffee
@@ -235,7 +235,8 @@ module.exports = class GraphDatabase
                     {query, params, lean} = query
 
                     # NOTE: Lowercase 'rest' matters here for parsing.
-                    formats.push format = if lean then 'row' else 'rest'
+                    format = if lean is true then 'row' else (lean or 'rest')
+                    formats.push format
 
                     # NOTE: Braces needed by CoffeeLint for now.
                     # https://github.com/clutchski/coffeelint/issues/459
@@ -285,8 +286,10 @@ module.exports = class GraphDatabase
                     # parse nodes & relationships into object instances if this
                     # query didn't request a raw format. Phew!
                     $(data).pluck(format).map (row) ->
-                        result = {}
+                        if format is 'graph'
+                            return row
 
+                        result = {}
                         for column, j in columns
                             result[column] = row[j]
 
diff --git a/test-new/cypher._coffee b/test-new/cypher._coffee
index 45feacc..12f2afa 100644
--- a/test-new/cypher._coffee
+++ b/test-new/cypher._coffee
@@ -189,6 +189,24 @@ describe 'GraphDatabase::cypher', ->
             r: TEST_REL.properties
         ]
 
+    it 'should support graph format results', (_) ->
+        results = DB.cypher
+            query: '''
+                START a = node({idA})
+                MATCH (a) -[r]-> (b)
+                RETURN a, b, r
+            '''
+            params:
+                idA: TEST_NODE_A._id
+            lean: 'graph'
+        , _
+
+        expect(results).to.eql [
+            a: TEST_NODE_A.properties
+            b: TEST_NODE_B.properties
+            r: TEST_REL.properties
+        ]
+
     it 'should support simple batching', (_) ->
         results = DB.cypher [
             query: '''