diff --git a/src/client/types/expression.type-renderer.jsx b/src/client/types/expression.type-renderer.jsx
index 28db70d..d5ddb6b 100644
--- a/src/client/types/expression.type-renderer.jsx
+++ b/src/client/types/expression.type-renderer.jsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {makeCompilable} from '@avocado/behavior';
+import {makeCompilable, description as typeDescription} from '@avocado/behavior';
 import {compose} from '@avocado/core';
 import contempo from 'contempo';
 import React from 'react';
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const decorate = compose(
   contempo(require('./expression.raw.scss')),
 );
 
-const Traversal = (props) => {
+const Expression = (props) => {
   const {
     context,
     onChange = () => {},
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ const Traversal = (props) => {
                     <span className="key" data-op-key={op.key}>
                       <select
                         onChange={(event) => {
+                          if ('<literal>' === event.target.value) {
+                            const {defaultLiteral} = typeDescription(type, undefined);
+                            onChange({type: 'literal', value: defaultLiteral}, event);
+                            return;
+                          }
                           const newSteps = [
                             ...ops.slice(0, i),
                             {
@@ -46,7 +51,7 @@ const Traversal = (props) => {
                               key: event.target.value,
                             },
                           ];
-                          return onChange({
+                          onChange({
                             ...value,
                             ops: defaultOps(context, type, newSteps),
                             value: undefined,
@@ -55,7 +60,7 @@ const Traversal = (props) => {
                         value={op.key}
                       >
                         {
-                          options
+                          [...options, '<literal>']
                             .sort((l, r) => (l.toLowerCase() < r.toLowerCase() ? -1 : 1))
                             .map((option) => <option key={option}>{option}</option>)
                         }
@@ -133,11 +138,11 @@ const Traversal = (props) => {
   );
 };
 
-Traversal.propTypes = {
+Expression.propTypes = {
   ...propTypes,
 };
 
 export default {
   type: 'expression',
-  Component: decorate(Traversal),
+  Component: decorate(Expression),
 };