diff --git a/cmd/commands_test.go b/cmd/commands_test.go
index 5ad441d4..2099111d 100644
--- a/cmd/commands_test.go
+++ b/cmd/commands_test.go
@@ -397,6 +397,78 @@ func TestReadScalarLengthCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	test.AssertResult(t, "4\n", result.Output)
 }
 
+func TestReadDoubleQuotedStringCmd(t *testing.T) {
+	content := `name: "meow face"`
+	filename := test.WriteTempYamlFile(content)
+	defer test.RemoveTempYamlFile(filename)
+
+	cmd := getRootCommand()
+	result := test.RunCmd(cmd, fmt.Sprintf("read %s name", filename))
+	if result.Error != nil {
+		t.Error(result.Error)
+	}
+	test.AssertResult(t, "meow face\n", result.Output)
+}
+
+func TestReadSingleQuotedStringCmd(t *testing.T) {
+	content := `name: 'meow face'`
+	filename := test.WriteTempYamlFile(content)
+	defer test.RemoveTempYamlFile(filename)
+
+	cmd := getRootCommand()
+	result := test.RunCmd(cmd, fmt.Sprintf("read %s name", filename))
+	if result.Error != nil {
+		t.Error(result.Error)
+	}
+	test.AssertResult(t, "meow face\n", result.Output)
+}
+
+func TestReadQuotedMultinlineStringCmd(t *testing.T) {
+	content := `test: |
+  abcdefg    
+  hijklmno
+`
+	filename := test.WriteTempYamlFile(content)
+	defer test.RemoveTempYamlFile(filename)
+
+	cmd := getRootCommand()
+	result := test.RunCmd(cmd, fmt.Sprintf("read %s test", filename))
+	if result.Error != nil {
+		t.Error(result.Error)
+	}
+	expectedOutput := `abcdefg    
+hijklmno
+
+`
+	test.AssertResult(t, expectedOutput, result.Output)
+}
+
+func TestReadBooleanCmd(t *testing.T) {
+	content := `name: true`
+	filename := test.WriteTempYamlFile(content)
+	defer test.RemoveTempYamlFile(filename)
+
+	cmd := getRootCommand()
+	result := test.RunCmd(cmd, fmt.Sprintf("read %s name", filename))
+	if result.Error != nil {
+		t.Error(result.Error)
+	}
+	test.AssertResult(t, "true\n", result.Output)
+}
+
+func TestReadNumberCmd(t *testing.T) {
+	content := `name: 32.13`
+	filename := test.WriteTempYamlFile(content)
+	defer test.RemoveTempYamlFile(filename)
+
+	cmd := getRootCommand()
+	result := test.RunCmd(cmd, fmt.Sprintf("read %s name", filename))
+	if result.Error != nil {
+		t.Error(result.Error)
+	}
+	test.AssertResult(t, "32.13\n", result.Output)
+}
+
 func TestReadDeepSplatCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd := getRootCommand()
 	result := test.RunCmd(cmd, "read -p pv ../examples/sample.yaml b.**")
diff --git a/cmd/utils.go b/cmd/utils.go
index bd5a88c7..879630c5 100644
--- a/cmd/utils.go
+++ b/cmd/utils.go
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ func transformNode(node *yaml.Node) *yaml.Node {
 
 func printNode(node *yaml.Node, writer io.Writer) error {
 	var encoder yqlib.Encoder
+	if node.Kind == yaml.ScalarNode {
+		return writeString(writer, node.Value+"\n")
+	}
 	if outputToJSON {
 		encoder = yqlib.NewJsonEncoder(writer, prettyPrint, indent)
 	} else {
diff --git a/cmd/version.go b/cmd/version.go
index 02b46d8d..5b843f04 100644
--- a/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cmd/version.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var (
 	GitDescribe string
 
 	// Version is main version number that is being run at the moment.
-	Version = "3.2.0"
+	Version = "3.2.1"
 
 	// VersionPrerelease is a pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 	// then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 6bf1f8e6..a2a949d9 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: yq
-version: '3.2.0'
+version: '3.2.1'
 summary: A lightweight and portable command-line YAML processor
 description: |
   The aim of the project is to be the jq or sed of yaml files.