diff --git a/frontend/src/components/project/partials/FilterInput.vue b/frontend/src/components/project/partials/FilterInput.vue
index 518d71033..a3139b3f0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/project/partials/FilterInput.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/project/partials/FilterInput.vue
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ function handleFieldInput() {
 					autocompleteResults.value = projectStore.searchProject(search)
 				}
 				autocompleteMatchText.value = keyword
-				autocompleteMatchPosition.value = prefix.length - 1 + keyword.replace(search, '').length
+				autocompleteMatchPosition.value = match.index + prefix.length - 1 + keyword.replace(search, '').length
 			}
 		}
 	})
diff --git a/frontend/src/helpers/filters.test.ts b/frontend/src/helpers/filters.test.ts
index 2a71d9f9f..502362926 100644
--- a/frontend/src/helpers/filters.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/helpers/filters.test.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,16 @@ describe('Filter Transformation', () => {
 
 			expect(transformed).toBe('project = 1')
 		})
+		
+		it('should resolve project and labels independently', () => {
+			const transformed = transformFilterStringForApi(
+				'project = lorem && labels = ipsum',
+				multipleDummyResolver,
+				multipleDummyResolver,
+			)
+
+			expect(transformed).toBe('project = 1 && labels = 2')
+		})
 	})
 
 	describe('To API', () => {