diff --git a/src/honey/sql.cljc b/src/honey/sql.cljc
index ff3e90d..974e2d4 100644
--- a/src/honey/sql.cljc
+++ b/src/honey/sql.cljc
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@
 
 (defn- format-values [k xs]
   (let [first-xs (when (sequential? xs) (first (drop-while ident? xs)))]
-    (cond (contains? #{:default 'default} xs)
+    (cond (or (identical? :default xs) (= 'default xs))
           [(str (sql-kw xs) " " (sql-kw k))]
           (empty? xs)
           [(str (sql-kw k) " ()")]
diff --git a/test/honey/sql_test.cljc b/test/honey/sql_test.cljc
index 987b7fb..09a4bd2 100644
--- a/test/honey/sql_test.cljc
+++ b/test/honey/sql_test.cljc
@@ -260,6 +260,14 @@
   (is (= (format {:insert-into [:foo :bar] :values [{:foo/id 1}]})
          ["INSERT INTO foo AS bar (id) VALUES (?)" 1])))
 
+(deftest insert-into-unhashable
+  (let [unhashable
+        (reify Object
+          (toString [_] "Unhashable")
+          (hashCode [_] (throw (ex-info "Unimplemented `hashCode`!" {}))))]
+    (is (= (format {:insert-into [[:lift unhashable]]})
+           ["INSERT INTO ?" unhashable]))))
+
 (deftest exists-test
   ;; EXISTS should never have been implemented as SQL syntax: it's an operator!
   #_(is (= (format {:exists {:select [:a] :from [:foo]}})