diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/services/document-list-view.service.ts b/src-ui/src/app/services/document-list-view.service.ts
index d2fbf4efe..b7ec2708d 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/services/document-list-view.service.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/services/document-list-view.service.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { PaperlessDocument } from '../data/paperless-document'
 import { PaperlessSavedView } from '../data/paperless-saved-view'
 import { SETTINGS_KEYS } from '../data/paperless-uisettings'
 import { DOCUMENT_LIST_SERVICE } from '../data/storage-keys'
-import { generateParams, getStateFromQueryParams } from '../utils/query-params'
+import { generateParams, parseParams } from '../utils/query-params'
 import { DocumentService, DOCUMENT_SORT_FIELDS } from './rest/document.service'
 import { SettingsService } from './settings.service'
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ export class DocumentListViewService {
   loadFromQueryParams(queryParams: ParamMap) {
     const paramsEmpty: boolean = queryParams.keys.length == 0
     let newState: ListViewState = this.listViewStates.get(null)
-    if (!paramsEmpty) newState = getStateFromQueryParams(queryParams)
+    if (!paramsEmpty) newState = parseParams(queryParams)
     if (newState == undefined) newState = this.defaultListViewState() // if nothing in local storage
 
     this.activeListViewState.filterRules = newState.filterRules
@@ -200,12 +200,7 @@ export class DocumentListViewService {
           if (updateQueryParams && !this._activeSavedViewId) {
             let base = ['/documents']
             this.router.navigate(base, {
-              queryParams: generateParams(
-                activeListViewState.filterRules,
-                activeListViewState.sortField,
-                activeListViewState.sortReverse,
-                activeListViewState.currentPage
-              ),
+              queryParams: generateParams(activeListViewState),
             })
           }
 
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/utils/query-params.ts b/src-ui/src/app/utils/query-params.ts
index 5c5dae8d5..6af44e8c9 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/utils/query-params.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/utils/query-params.ts
@@ -7,23 +7,17 @@ const SORT_FIELD_PARAMETER = 'sort'
 const SORT_REVERSE_PARAMETER = 'reverse'
 const PAGE_PARAMETER = 'page'
 
-export function generateParams(
-  filterRules: FilterRule[],
-  sortField: string,
-  sortReverse: boolean,
-  currentPage: number
-): Params {
-  let params = {}
-  params[SORT_FIELD_PARAMETER] = sortField
-  params[SORT_REVERSE_PARAMETER] = sortReverse ? 1 : undefined
-  params[PAGE_PARAMETER] = isNaN(currentPage) ? 1 : currentPage
-  return {
-    ...queryParamsFromFilterRules(filterRules),
-    ...params,
-  }
+export function generateParams(viewState: ListViewState): Params {
+  let params = queryParamsFromFilterRules(viewState.filterRules)
+  params[SORT_FIELD_PARAMETER] = viewState.sortField
+  params[SORT_REVERSE_PARAMETER] = viewState.sortReverse ? 1 : undefined
+  params[PAGE_PARAMETER] = isNaN(viewState.currentPage)
+    ? 1
+    : viewState.currentPage
+  return params
 }
 
-export function getStateFromQueryParams(queryParams: ParamMap): ListViewState {
+export function parseParams(queryParams: ParamMap): ListViewState {
   let filterRules = filterRulesFromQueryParams(queryParams)
   let sortField = queryParams.get(SORT_FIELD_PARAMETER)
   let sortReverse =