diff --git a/integrationTest/test/command/verify/verify.ts b/integrationTest/test/command/verify/verify.ts
index 52198a635f..cc669c0db5 100644
--- a/integrationTest/test/command/verify/verify.ts
+++ b/integrationTest/test/command/verify/verify.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import { readScoreResult } from '../../../helpers';
 
 describe('After running stryker with the command test runner', () => {
-  it('should report 69% mutation score', async () => {
+  it('should report 64% mutation score', async () => {
     const scoreResult = await readScoreResult(path.resolve('reports', 'mutation', 'events'));
     expect(scoreResult.killed).eq(16);
     expect(scoreResult.noCoverage).eq(0);
-    expect(scoreResult.mutationScore).greaterThan(69).and.lessThan(70);
+    expect(scoreResult.mutationScore).eq(64);
   });
 
   it('should write to a log file', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/stryker-javascript-mutator/src/mutators/ConditionalExpressionMutator.ts b/packages/stryker-javascript-mutator/src/mutators/ConditionalExpressionMutator.ts
index 50cfcd2fa5..03c84efecf 100644
--- a/packages/stryker-javascript-mutator/src/mutators/ConditionalExpressionMutator.ts
+++ b/packages/stryker-javascript-mutator/src/mutators/ConditionalExpressionMutator.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,55 @@
 import * as types from '@babel/types';
 import NodeMutator from './NodeMutator';
 import NodeGenerator from '../helpers/NodeGenerator';
+import { NodeWithParent } from '../helpers/ParentNode';
 
 /**
  * Represents a mutator which can remove the conditional clause from statements.
  */
 export default class ConditionalExpressionMutator implements NodeMutator {
+  private readonly validOperators: string[] = [
+    '!=',
+    '!==',
+    '&&',
+    '<',
+    '<=',
+    '==',
+    '===',
+    '>',
+    '>=',
+    '||',
+  ];
+
   public name = 'ConditionalExpression';
 
-  constructor() { }
+  constructor() {}
+
+  private hasValidParent(node: NodeWithParent): boolean {
+    return (
+      !node.parent ||
+      !(
+        types.isForStatement(node.parent) ||
+        types.isWhileStatement(node.parent) ||
+        types.isIfStatement(node.parent) ||
+        types.isDoWhileStatement(node.parent)
+      )
+    );
+  }
+
+  private isValidOperator(operator: string): boolean {
+    return this.validOperators.indexOf(operator) !== -1;
+  }
 
   public mutate(node: types.Node): types.Node[] | void {
-    if (types.isConditionalExpression(node)) {
-        return [
-          NodeGenerator.createBooleanLiteralNode(node.test, false),
-          NodeGenerator.createBooleanLiteralNode(node.test, true)
-        ];
+    if (
+      (types.isBinaryExpression(node) || types.isLogicalExpression(node)) &&
+      this.hasValidParent(node) &&
+      this.isValidOperator(node.operator)
+    ) {
+      return [
+        NodeGenerator.createBooleanLiteralNode(node, false),
+        NodeGenerator.createBooleanLiteralNode(node, true),
+      ];
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/stryker-mutator-specification/src/ConditionalExpressionMutatorSpec.ts b/packages/stryker-mutator-specification/src/ConditionalExpressionMutatorSpec.ts
index 65661aed34..be6b6e9388 100644
--- a/packages/stryker-mutator-specification/src/ConditionalExpressionMutatorSpec.ts
+++ b/packages/stryker-mutator-specification/src/ConditionalExpressionMutatorSpec.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,60 @@ export default function ConditionalExpressionMutatorSpec(name: string, expectMut
       expect(name).eq('ConditionalExpression');
     });
 
-    it('should replace conditional expressions', () => {
+    it('should mutate ternary operator', () => {
       expectMutation('a < 3? b : c', 'false? b : c', 'true? b : c');
     });
+
+    it('should mutate < and >', () => {
+      expectMutation('a < b', 'true', 'false');
+      expectMutation('a > b', 'true', 'false');
+    });
+
+    it('should mutate <= and >=', () => {
+      expectMutation('a <= b', 'true', 'false');
+      expectMutation('a >= b', 'true', 'false');
+    });
+
+    it('should mutate == and ===', () => {
+      expectMutation('a == b', 'true', 'false');
+      expectMutation('a === b', 'true', 'false');
+    });
+
+    it('should mutate != and !==', () => {
+      expectMutation('a != b', 'true', 'false');
+      expectMutation('a !== b', 'true', 'false');
+    });
+
+    it('should mutate && and ||', () => {
+      expectMutation('a && b', 'true', 'false');
+      expectMutation('a || b', 'true', 'false');
+    });
+
+    it('should not mutate + and -', () => {
+      expectMutation('a + b');
+      expectMutation('a - b');
+    });
+
+    it('should not mutate *, % and /', () => {
+      expectMutation('a * b');
+      expectMutation('a / b');
+      expectMutation('a % b');
+    });
+
+    it('should not mutate `if statement`', () => {
+      expectMutation('if (a < 6) { a++ }');
+    });
+
+    it('should not mutate `for statement`', () => {
+      expectMutation('for(let i=0;i<10; i++) { console.log(); }');
+    });
+
+    it('should not mutate `while statement`', () => {
+      expectMutation('while(a < b) { console.log(); }');
+    });
+
+    it('should not mutate `do while statement`', () => {
+      expectMutation('do { console.log(); } while(a < b);');
+    });
   });
 }
diff --git a/packages/stryker-typescript/src/mutator/ConditionalExpressionMutator.ts b/packages/stryker-typescript/src/mutator/ConditionalExpressionMutator.ts
index 0c1bd2c37d..0dee50a723 100644
--- a/packages/stryker-typescript/src/mutator/ConditionalExpressionMutator.ts
+++ b/packages/stryker-typescript/src/mutator/ConditionalExpressionMutator.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,47 @@
 import * as ts from 'typescript';
 import NodeMutator, { NodeReplacement } from './NodeMutator';
 
-export default class ConditionalExpressionMutator extends NodeMutator<ts.ConditionalExpression> {
+export default class ConditionalExpressionMutator extends NodeMutator<ts.BinaryExpression> {
   public name = 'ConditionalExpression';
 
-  public guard(node: ts.Node): node is ts.ConditionalExpression {
-    return node.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.ConditionalExpression;
+  public guard(node: ts.Node): node is ts.BinaryExpression {
+    return node.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.BinaryExpression;
   }
 
-  protected identifyReplacements(node: ts.ConditionalExpression): NodeReplacement[] {
+  private isInvalidParent(parent: ts.Node): boolean {
+    switch (parent.kind) {
+      case ts.SyntaxKind.IfStatement:
+      case ts.SyntaxKind.ForStatement:
+      case ts.SyntaxKind.WhileStatement:
+      case ts.SyntaxKind.DoStatement:
+      case ts.SyntaxKind.LiteralType:
+        return true;
+      default:
+        return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private isInvalidOperator(operatorToken: ts.BinaryOperatorToken): boolean {
+    switch (operatorToken.kind) {
+      case ts.SyntaxKind.PlusToken:
+      case ts.SyntaxKind.MinusToken:
+      case ts.SyntaxKind.SlashToken:
+      case ts.SyntaxKind.AsteriskToken:
+      case ts.SyntaxKind.PercentToken:
+        return true;
+      default:
+        return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  protected identifyReplacements(node: ts.BinaryExpression): NodeReplacement[] {
+    if ((node.parent && this.isInvalidParent(node.parent)) || this.isInvalidOperator(node.operatorToken)) {
+      return [];
+    }
+
     return [
-      { node: node.condition, replacement: 'false' },
-      { node: node.condition, replacement: 'true' }
+      { node, replacement: 'false' },
+      { node, replacement: 'true' }
     ];
   }