diff --git a/tagstudio/src/qt/widgets/tag_box.py b/tagstudio/src/qt/widgets/tag_box.py
index 653d3c0e..3116618a 100755
--- a/tagstudio/src/qt/widgets/tag_box.py
+++ b/tagstudio/src/qt/widgets/tag_box.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class TagBoxWidget(FieldWidget):
             tag_widget.on_click.connect(
                 lambda tag_id=tag.id: (
                     self.driver.main_window.searchField.setText(f"tag_id:{tag_id}"),
-                    self.driver.filter_items(FilterState(tag_id=tag_id)),
+                    self.driver.filter_items(FilterState(query=f"tag_id:{tag_id}")),
                 )
             )