diff --git a/frontend/src/components/project/partials/Filters.vue b/frontend/src/components/project/partials/Filters.vue
index 5af1bca5a..96c895b59 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/project/partials/Filters.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/project/partials/Filters.vue
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ import {useRoute} from 'vue-router'
 import type {TaskFilterParams} from '@/services/taskCollection'
 import {useLabelStore} from '@/stores/labels'
 import {useProjectStore} from '@/stores/projects'
-import {FILTER_OPERATORS, transformFilterStringForApi, transformFilterStringFromApi} from '@/helpers/filters'
+import {
+	hasFilterQuery,
+	transformFilterStringForApi,
+	transformFilterStringFromApi,
+} from '@/helpers/filters'
 import FilterInputDocs from '@/components/project/partials/FilterInputDocs.vue'
 
 const props = withDefaults(defineProps<{
@@ -161,8 +165,7 @@ function change(event: 'blur' | 'modelValue' | 'always') {
 	let s = ''
 
 	// When the filter does not contain any filter tokens, assume a simple search and redirect the input
-	const hasFilterQueries = FILTER_OPERATORS.find(o => filter.includes(o)) || false
-	if (!hasFilterQueries) {
+	if (!hasFilterQuery(filter)) {
 		s = filter
 	}
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/project/views/ViewEditForm.vue b/frontend/src/components/project/views/ViewEditForm.vue
index c457d5244..5bb20b5cb 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/project/views/ViewEditForm.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/project/views/ViewEditForm.vue
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import type {IProjectView} from '@/modelTypes/IProjectView'
+import type {IFilter} from '@/modelTypes/ISavedFilter'
 import XButton from '@/components/input/Button.vue'
 import FilterInput from '@/components/project/partials/FilterInput.vue'
 import {ref, onBeforeMount} from 'vue'
-import {transformFilterStringForApi, transformFilterStringFromApi} from '@/helpers/filters'
+import {hasFilterQuery, transformFilterStringForApi, transformFilterStringFromApi} from '@/helpers/filters'
 import {useLabelStore} from '@/stores/labels'
 import {useProjectStore} from '@/stores/projects'
 import FilterInputDocs from '@/components/project/partials/FilterInputDocs.vue'
@@ -33,10 +34,19 @@ onBeforeMount(() => {
 		labelId => labelStore.getLabelById(labelId)?.title || null,
 		projectId => projectStore.projects[projectId]?.title || null,
 	)
+	
+	const filterString = transform(props.modelValue.filter.filter)
+
+	const filter: IFilter = {}
+	if (hasFilterQuery(filterString)) {
+		filter.filter = filterString
+	} else {
+		filter.s = filterString
+	}
 
 	const transformed = {
 		...props.modelValue,
-		filter: transform(props.modelValue.filter),
+		filter,
 		bucketConfiguration: props.modelValue.bucketConfiguration.map(bc => ({
 			title: bc.title,
 			filter: transform(bc.filter),
@@ -57,10 +67,19 @@ function save() {
 			return found?.id || null
 		},
 	)
+	
+	const filterString = transformFilter(view.value?.filter?.filter)
+	
+	const filter: IFilter = {}
+	if (hasFilterQuery(filterString)) {
+		filter.filter = filterString
+	} else {
+		filter.s = filterString
+	}
 
 	emit('update:modelValue', {
 		...view.value,
-		filter: transformFilter(view.value?.filter),
+		filter,
 		bucketConfiguration: view.value?.bucketConfiguration.map(bc => ({
 			title: bc.title,
 			filter: transformFilter(bc.filter),
@@ -141,7 +160,7 @@ function handleBubbleSave() {
 		</div>
 
 		<FilterInput
-			v-model="view.filter"
+			v-model="view.filter.filter"
 			:project-id="view.projectId"
 			:input-label="$t('project.views.filter')"
 			class="mb-1"
diff --git a/frontend/src/helpers/filters.ts b/frontend/src/helpers/filters.ts
index 25733a288..44ae42b60 100644
--- a/frontend/src/helpers/filters.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/helpers/filters.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ export const FILTER_JOIN_OPERATOR = [
 
 export const FILTER_OPERATORS_REGEX = '(&lt;|&gt;|&lt;=|&gt;=|=|!=|not in|in)'
 
+export function hasFilterQuery(filter: string): boolean {
+	return FILTER_OPERATORS.find(o => filter.includes(o)) || false
+}
+
 export function getFilterFieldRegexPattern(field: string): RegExp {
 	return new RegExp('(' + field + '\\s*' + FILTER_OPERATORS_REGEX + '\\s*)([\'"]?)([^\'"&|()<]+\\1?)?', 'ig')
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/modelTypes/IProjectView.ts b/frontend/src/modelTypes/IProjectView.ts
index 4a0565729..9302fc51d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/modelTypes/IProjectView.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/modelTypes/IProjectView.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type {IAbstract} from './IAbstract'
 import type {IProject} from '@/modelTypes/IProject'
+import type {IFilters} from '@/modelTypes/ISavedFilter'
 
 export const PROJECT_VIEW_KINDS = {
 	LIST: 'list',
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ export interface IProjectView extends IAbstract {
 	projectId: IProject['id']
 	viewKind: ProjectViewKind
 
-	filter: string
+	filter: IFilters
 	position: number
 
 	bucketConfigurationMode: ProjectViewBucketConfigurationMode
diff --git a/frontend/src/modelTypes/ISavedFilter.ts b/frontend/src/modelTypes/ISavedFilter.ts
index dd8854535..816aaf886 100644
--- a/frontend/src/modelTypes/ISavedFilter.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/modelTypes/ISavedFilter.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type {IAbstract} from './IAbstract'
 import type {IUser} from './IUser'
 
 // FIXME: what makes this different from TaskFilterParams?
-interface Filters {
+export interface IFilters {
 	sort_by: ('start_date' | 'done' | 'id' | 'position')[],
 	order_by: ('asc' | 'desc')[],
 	filter: string,
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export interface ISavedFilter extends IAbstract {
 	id: number
 	title: string
 	description: string
-	filters: Filters
+	filters: IFilters
 
 	owner: IUser
 	created: Date
diff --git a/frontend/src/models/projectView.ts b/frontend/src/models/projectView.ts
index 559f94818..91aa60bfd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/models/projectView.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/models/projectView.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@ export default class ProjectViewModel extends AbstractModel<IProjectView> implem
 	projectId = 0
 	viewKind: ProjectViewKind =  'list'
 
-	filter = ''
+	filter: IProjectView['filters'] = {
+		sort_by: ['done', 'id'],
+		order_by: ['asc', 'desc'],
+		filter: 'done = false',
+		filter_include_nulls: true,
+		s: '',
+	}
 	position = 0
 	
 	bucketConfiguration = []
diff --git a/pkg/migration/20241118123644.go b/pkg/migration/20241118123644.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5afd83de4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/migration/20241118123644.go
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+// Vikunja is a to-do list application to facilitate your life.
+// Copyright 2018-present Vikunja and contributors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public Licensee as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Affero General Public Licensee for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public Licensee
+// along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package migration
+
+import (
+	"src.techknowlogick.com/xormigrate"
+	"xorm.io/xorm"
+)
+
+type taskCollection20241118123644 struct {
+	Filter string `query:"filter" json:"filter"`
+}
+
+type projectViews20241118123644New struct {
+	ID     int64                         `xorm:"autoincr not null unique pk" json:"id" param:"view"`
+	Filter *taskCollection20241118123644 `xorm:"json null default null" query:"filter" json:"filter"`
+}
+
+func (*projectViews20241118123644New) TableName() string {
+	return "project_views"
+}
+
+type projectViews20241118123644 struct {
+	ID     int64  `xorm:"autoincr not null unique pk" json:"id" param:"view"`
+	Filter string `xorm:"json null default null" query:"filter" json:"filter"`
+}
+
+func (*projectViews20241118123644) TableName() string {
+	return "project_views"
+}
+
+func init() {
+	migrations = append(migrations, &xormigrate.Migration{
+		ID:          "20241118123644",
+		Description: "change filter format",
+		Migrate: func(tx *xorm.Engine) (err error) {
+			oldViews := []*projectViews20241118123644{}
+
+			err = tx.Where("filter != '' AND filter IS NOT NULL").Find(&oldViews)
+			if err != nil {
+				return
+			}
+
+			err = tx.Sync(projectViews20241118123644New{})
+			if err != nil {
+				return
+			}
+
+			for _, view := range oldViews {
+				newView := &projectViews20241118123644New{
+					ID: view.ID,
+					Filter: &taskCollection20241118123644{
+						Filter: view.Filter,
+					},
+				}
+
+				_, err = tx.Where("id = ?", view.ID).Update(newView)
+				if err != nil {
+					return
+				}
+			}
+
+			return
+		},
+		Rollback: func(tx *xorm.Engine) error {
+			return nil
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/models/project.go b/pkg/models/project.go
index ab1940d21..5e13fe9a6 100644
--- a/pkg/models/project.go
+++ b/pkg/models/project.go
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ var FavoritesPseudoProject = Project{
 			Title:     "List",
 			ViewKind:  ProjectViewKindList,
 			Position:  100,
-			Filter:    "done = false",
+			Filter:    &TaskCollection{Filter: "done = false"},
 		},
 		{
 			ID:        -2,
diff --git a/pkg/models/project_view.go b/pkg/models/project_view.go
index bf0711c92..02fbf12b9 100644
--- a/pkg/models/project_view.go
+++ b/pkg/models/project_view.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/web"
+
 	"xorm.io/xorm"
 )
 
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ type ProjectView struct {
 	ViewKind ProjectViewKind `xorm:"not null" json:"view_kind"`
 
 	// The filter query to match tasks by. Check out https://vikunja.io/docs/filters for a full explanation.
-	Filter string `xorm:"text null default null" query:"filter" json:"filter"`
+	Filter *TaskCollection `xorm:"json null default null" query:"filter" json:"filter"`
 	// The position of this view in the list. The list of all views will be sorted by this parameter.
 	Position float64 `xorm:"double null" json:"position"`
 
@@ -273,6 +274,13 @@ func (pv *ProjectView) Create(s *xorm.Session, a web.Auth) (err error) {
 }
 
 func createProjectView(s *xorm.Session, p *ProjectView, a web.Auth, createBacklogBucket bool, addExistingTasksToView bool) (err error) {
+	if p.Filter != nil && p.Filter.Filter != "" {
+		_, err = getTaskFiltersFromFilterString(p.Filter.Filter, p.Filter.FilterTimezone)
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
 	p.ID = 0
 	_, err = s.Insert(p)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -348,6 +356,13 @@ func addTasksToView(s *xorm.Session, a web.Auth, pv *ProjectView, b *Bucket) (er
 // @Failure 500 {object} models.Message "Internal error"
 // @Router /projects/{project}/views/{id} [post]
 func (pv *ProjectView) Update(s *xorm.Session, _ web.Auth) (err error) {
+	if pv.Filter != nil && pv.Filter.Filter != "" {
+		_, err = getTaskFiltersFromFilterString(pv.Filter.Filter, pv.Filter.FilterTimezone)
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Check if the project view exists
 	_, err = GetProjectViewByIDAndProject(s, pv.ID, pv.ProjectID)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -428,7 +443,9 @@ func CreateDefaultViewsForProject(s *xorm.Session, project *Project, a web.Auth,
 		Position:  100,
 	}
 	if createDefaultListFilter {
-		list.Filter = "done = false"
+		list.Filter = &TaskCollection{
+			Filter: "done = false",
+		}
 	}
 	err = createProjectView(s, list, a, createBacklogBucket, true)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/models/task_collection.go b/pkg/models/task_collection.go
index 6830f7276..bdb2e3b01 100644
--- a/pkg/models/task_collection.go
+++ b/pkg/models/task_collection.go
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ type TaskCollection struct {
 	ProjectID     int64 `param:"project" json:"-"`
 	ProjectViewID int64 `param:"view" json:"-"`
 
+	Search string `query:"s" json:"s"`
+
 	// The query parameter to sort by. This is for ex. done, priority, etc.
 	SortBy    []string `query:"sort_by" json:"sort_by"`
 	SortByArr []string `query:"sort_by[]" json:"-"`
@@ -277,11 +279,26 @@ func (tf *TaskCollection) ReadAll(s *xorm.Session, a web.Auth, search string, pa
 			return nil, 0, 0, err
 		}
 
-		if view.Filter != "" {
-			if tf.Filter != "" {
-				tf.Filter = "(" + tf.Filter + ") && (" + view.Filter + ")"
-			} else {
-				tf.Filter = view.Filter
+		if view.Filter != nil {
+			if view.Filter.Filter != "" {
+				if tf.Filter != "" {
+					tf.Filter = "(" + tf.Filter + ") && (" + view.Filter.Filter + ")"
+				} else {
+					tf.Filter = view.Filter.Filter
+				}
+				tf.FilterIncludeNulls = view.Filter.FilterIncludeNulls
+			}
+
+			if view.Filter.FilterTimezone != "" {
+				tf.FilterTimezone = view.Filter.FilterTimezone
+			}
+
+			if view.Filter.FilterIncludeNulls {
+				tf.FilterIncludeNulls = view.Filter.FilterIncludeNulls
+			}
+
+			if view.Filter.Search != "" {
+				search = view.Filter.Search
 			}
 		}