diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.html
index 1fbe53d67..c61f36c3f 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
               <button *ngFor="let t of textFilterTargets" ngbDropdownItem [class.active]="textFilterTarget == t.id" (click)="changeTextFilterTarget(t.id)">{{t.name}}</button>
             </div>
           </div>
-          <input class="form-control form-control-sm" type="text" [(ngModel)]="textFilter" [readonly]="textFilterTarget == 'fulltext-morelike'">
+          <input #textFilterInput class="form-control form-control-sm" type="text" [(ngModel)]="textFilter" [readonly]="textFilterTarget == 'fulltext-morelike'">
          </div>
      </div>
   </div>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.ts
index a4463a64b..777c92e07 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component, EventEmitter, Input, Output, OnInit, OnDestroy } from '@angular/core';
+import { Component, EventEmitter, Input, Output, OnInit, OnDestroy, ViewChild, ElementRef } from '@angular/core';
 import { PaperlessTag } from 'src/app/data/paperless-tag';
 import { PaperlessCorrespondent } from 'src/app/data/paperless-correspondent';
 import { PaperlessDocumentType } from 'src/app/data/paperless-document-type';
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ export class FilterEditorComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     private documentService: DocumentService
   ) { }
 
+  @ViewChild("textFilterInput")
+  textFilterInput: ElementRef
+
   tags: PaperlessTag[] = []
   correspondents: PaperlessCorrespondent[] = []
   documentTypes: PaperlessDocumentType[] = []
@@ -330,6 +333,7 @@ export class FilterEditorComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
       this._textFilter = ""
     }
     this.textFilterTarget = target
+    this.textFilterInput.nativeElement.focus()
     this.updateRules()
   }
 }