diff --git a/cli/src/main.rs b/cli/src/main.rs
index 01d899f..96ff4b8 100644
--- a/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ enum Commands {
         // The attribute.
         attribute: String,
         // The value.
-        value: EntryValue,
+        value: String,
         /// Output format
         #[arg(short, long, default_value = "tsv")]
         format: OutputFormat,
@@ -201,16 +201,14 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
             let url = url.unwrap_or("http://localhost:8093".parse().unwrap());
             let api_url = url.join("/api/obj")?;
 
-            if let EntryValue::Invalid = value {
-                return Err(anyhow!("Invalid entry value."));
-            }
-
             let entity = match entity {
                 entity if entity.starts_with('=') => hash_path(&entity[1..])?.to_string(),
                 entity if entity.starts_with("http") => Address::Url(entity).to_string(),
                 _ => entity,
             };
 
+            let value = EntryValue::guess_from(value);
+
             let body = json!({
                "entity": entity,
                "attribute": attribute,