diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.html
index a0e833c98..b09491683 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.html
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         </div>
       </div>
       <div *ngIf="selectionModel.items" class="items">
-        <ng-container *ngFor="let item of (editing ? selectionModel.itemsSorted : selectionModel.items) | filter: filterText">
+        <ng-container *ngFor="let item of selectionModel.itemsSorted | filter: filterText">
           <app-toggleable-dropdown-button *ngIf="allowSelectNone || item.id" [item]="item" [state]="selectionModel.get(item.id)" (toggle)="selectionModel.toggle(item.id)"></app-toggleable-dropdown-button>
         </ng-container>
       </div>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.ts
index b51923c27..3481b1227 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,13 @@ export class FilterableDropdownSelectionModel {
   items: MatchingModel[] = []
 
   get itemsSorted(): MatchingModel[] {
+    // TODO: this is getting called very often
     return this.items.sort((a,b) => {
-      if (this.getNonTemporary(a.id) == ToggleableItemState.NotSelected && this.getNonTemporary(b.id) != ToggleableItemState.NotSelected) {
+      if (a.id == null && b.id != null) {
+        return -1
+      } else if (a.id != null && b.id == null) {
+        return 1
+      } else if (this.getNonTemporary(a.id) == ToggleableItemState.NotSelected && this.getNonTemporary(b.id) != ToggleableItemState.NotSelected) {
         return 1
       } else if (this.getNonTemporary(a.id) != ToggleableItemState.NotSelected && this.getNonTemporary(b.id) == ToggleableItemState.NotSelected) {
         return -1
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 02a51238d..415f9d459 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
@@ -14,17 +14,20 @@
           [(selectionModel)]="tagSelectionModel"
           (selectionModelChange)="updateRules()"
           [multiple]="true"
+          (open)="onTagsDropdownOpen()"
           [allowSelectNone]="true"></app-filterable-dropdown>
         <app-filterable-dropdown class="mr-2 mr-md-3" title="Correspondent" icon="person-fill" i18n-title
           filterPlaceholder="Filter correspondents" i18n-filterPlaceholder
           [items]="correspondents"
           [(selectionModel)]="correspondentSelectionModel"
           (selectionModelChange)="updateRules()"
+          (open)="onCorrespondentDropdownOpen()"
           [allowSelectNone]="true"></app-filterable-dropdown>
         <app-filterable-dropdown class="mr-2 mr-md-3" title="Document type" icon="file-earmark-fill" i18n-title
           filterPlaceholder="Filter document types" i18n-filterPlaceholder
           [items]="documentTypes"
           [(selectionModel)]="documentTypeSelectionModel"
+          (open)="onDocumentTypeDropdownOpen()"
           (selectionModelChange)="updateRules()"
           [allowSelectNone]="true"></app-filterable-dropdown>
         <app-date-dropdown class="mr-2 mr-md-3"
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 febb9dd84..a9111bc9f 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
@@ -210,4 +210,15 @@ export class FilterEditorComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     this.documentTypeSelectionModel.toggle(documentTypeId)
   }
 
+  onTagsDropdownOpen() {
+    this.tagSelectionModel.apply()
+  }
+
+  onCorrespondentDropdownOpen() {
+    this.correspondentSelectionModel.apply()
+  }
+
+  onDocumentTypeDropdownOpen() {
+    this.documentTypeSelectionModel.apply()
+  }
 }