diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/dashboard/widgets/statistics-widget/statistics-widget.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/dashboard/widgets/statistics-widget/statistics-widget.component.html
index 348e0134c..ef2b47b02 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/dashboard/widgets/statistics-widget/statistics-widget.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/dashboard/widgets/statistics-widget/statistics-widget.component.html
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
           <div class="d-flex flex-wrap align-items-start">
             @for (filetype of statistics?.document_file_type_counts; track filetype; let i = $index) {
               <div class="d-flex">
-                <div class="text-nowrap me-2" [class.cursor-pointer]="filetype.mime_type !== 'Other'" (click)="filterByFileType(filetype)">
+                <div class="text-nowrap me-2" [class.cursor-pointer]="!filetype.is_other" (click)="filterByFileType(filetype)">
                   <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-primary d-inline-block p-0 me-1" [style.opacity]="getItemOpacity(i)"></span>
                   <small class="text-nowrap"><span class="fw-bold">{{ getFileTypeExtension(filetype) }}</span>&nbsp;<span class="text-muted">({{getFileTypePercent(filetype) | number: '1.0-1'}}%)</span></small>
                 </div>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/dashboard/widgets/statistics-widget/statistics-widget.component.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/dashboard/widgets/statistics-widget/statistics-widget.component.spec.ts
index 9a666aa1e..24dc34bbe 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/dashboard/widgets/statistics-widget/statistics-widget.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/dashboard/widgets/statistics-widget/statistics-widget.component.spec.ts
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ describe('StatisticsWidgetComponent', () => {
     component.filterByFileType({
       mime_type: 'Other',
       mime_type_count: 160,
+      is_other: true,
     })
     expect(qfSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/dashboard/widgets/statistics-widget/statistics-widget.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/dashboard/widgets/statistics-widget/statistics-widget.component.ts
index a458ddc80..95bd4e6ce 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/dashboard/widgets/statistics-widget/statistics-widget.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/dashboard/widgets/statistics-widget/statistics-widget.component.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export interface Statistics {
 interface DocumentFileType {
   mime_type: string
   mime_type_count: number
+  is_other?: boolean
 }
 
 @Component({
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ export class StatisticsWidgetComponent
             statistics.document_file_type_counts.slice(0, fileTypeMax)
           statistics.document_file_type_counts.push({
             mime_type: $localize`Other`,
+            is_other: true,
             mime_type_count: others.reduce(
               (currentValue, documentFileType) =>
                 documentFileType.mime_type_count + currentValue,
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ export class StatisticsWidgetComponent
   }
 
   filterByFileType(filetype: DocumentFileType) {
-    if (filetype.mime_type === 'Other') return
+    if (filetype.is_other) return
     this.documentListViewService.quickFilter([
       {
         rule_type: FILTER_MIME_TYPE,