diff --git a/application/controllers/components/Filter.php b/application/controllers/components/Filter.php
index bde7d7ed7..e7c44bb97 100644
--- a/application/controllers/components/Filter.php
+++ b/application/controllers/components/Filter.php
@@ -41,7 +41,14 @@ class Filter extends FHC_Controller
 	 */
 	public function getFilter()
 	{
-		$this->outputJsonSuccess($this->filtercmptlib->getSession());
+		$session = $this->filtercmptlib->getSession();
+		if (is_object($session)) {
+			// If stdClass it is an retval object
+			if (isError($session))
+				$this->output->set_status_header(REST_Controller::HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+			$this->outputJson($session);
+		} else
+			$this->outputJsonSuccess($session);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/application/libraries/FilterCmptLib.php b/application/libraries/FilterCmptLib.php
index 8b13ae3e5..fac6aaf63 100644
--- a/application/libraries/FilterCmptLib.php
+++ b/application/libraries/FilterCmptLib.php
@@ -176,6 +176,12 @@ class FilterCmptLib
 		// Read the all session for this filter component
 		$session = $this->getSession();
 
+		// Was there an error before?
+		if (is_object($session)) {
+			$this->_setSession(null);
+			$session = null;
+		}
+
 		// If session is NOT empty -> a filter was already loaded
 		if ($session != null)
 		{
@@ -266,6 +272,11 @@ class FilterCmptLib
 					);
 				}
 			}
+			else
+			{
+				$this->_setSession(error('Entries in the DB missing!'));
+				return;
+			}
 		}
 
 		// NOTE: latest operations to be performed in the session to be shure that they are always present
diff --git a/public/js/components/filter/Filter.js b/public/js/components/filter/Filter.js
index bbee7f4c1..31ddd43ff 100644
--- a/public/js/components/filter/Filter.js
+++ b/public/js/components/filter/Filter.js
@@ -296,7 +296,9 @@ export const CoreFilterCmpt = {
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				console.error(CoreRESTClient.getError(response));
+				// NOTE(chris): this should never happen -> error should have been
+				// catched before by the Fetch component.
+				console.error(response.retval);
 			}
 		},
 		/**