diff --git a/frontend/src/helpers/filters.test.ts b/frontend/src/helpers/filters.test.ts
index 6f04f5757..2a71d9f9f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/helpers/filters.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/helpers/filters.test.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ describe('Filter Transformation', () => {
 		'labels': 'labels',
 	}
 
-	describe('For api', () => {
+	describe('For API', () => {
 		for (const c in fieldCases) {
 			it('should transform all filter params for ' + c + ' to snake_case', () => {
 				const transformed = transformFilterStringForApi(c + ' = ipsum', nullTitleToIdResolver, nullTitleToIdResolver)
@@ -97,6 +97,16 @@ describe('Filter Transformation', () => {
 
 			expect(transformed).toBe('project in 1, 2')
 		})
+
+		it('should resolve projects at the correct position', () => {
+			const transformed = transformFilterStringForApi(
+				'project = pr',
+				nullTitleToIdResolver,
+				(title: string) => 1,
+			)
+
+			expect(transformed).toBe('project = 1')
+		})
 	})
 
 	describe('To API', () => {
@@ -138,7 +148,7 @@ describe('Filter Transformation', () => {
 
 			expect(transformed).toBe('labels = lorem && dueDate = now && labels = ipsum')
 		})
-		
+
 		it('should correctly resolve multiple labels in', () => {
 			const transformed = transformFilterStringFromApi(
 				'labels in 1, 2',
diff --git a/frontend/src/helpers/filters.ts b/frontend/src/helpers/filters.ts
index 4a15696e3..7f9a39e10 100644
--- a/frontend/src/helpers/filters.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/helpers/filters.ts
@@ -108,12 +108,19 @@ export function transformFilterStringForApi(
 					keywords = keyword.trim().split(',').map(k => k.trim())
 				}
 
+				let replaced = keyword
+
 				keywords.forEach(k => {
 					const projectId = projectResolver(k)
 					if (projectId !== null) {
-						filter = filter.replace(k, String(projectId))
+						replaced = replaced.replace(k, String(projectId))
 					}
 				})
+
+				const actualKeywordStart = (match?.index || 0) + prefix.length
+				filter = filter.substring(0, actualKeywordStart) +
+					replaced +
+					filter.substring(actualKeywordStart + keyword.length)
 			}
 		}
 	})