diff --git a/src/qqq/components/query/BasicAndAdvancedQueryControls.tsx b/src/qqq/components/query/BasicAndAdvancedQueryControls.tsx
index 65090d3..563d002 100644
--- a/src/qqq/components/query/BasicAndAdvancedQueryControls.tsx
+++ b/src/qqq/components/query/BasicAndAdvancedQueryControls.tsx
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ const BasicAndAdvancedQueryControls = forwardRef((props: BasicAndAdvancedQueryCo
       let counter = 0;
 
       return (
-         <Box display="flex" flexWrap="wrap" fontSize="0.875rem">
+         <React.Fragment>
             {thisQueryFilter.criteria?.map((criteria, i) =>
             {
                const {criteriaIsValid} = validateCriteria(criteria, null);
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ const BasicAndAdvancedQueryControls = forwardRef((props: BasicAndAdvancedQueryCo
                   </React.Fragment>
                );
             }))}
-         </Box>
+         </React.Fragment>
       );
    };
 
@@ -821,7 +821,9 @@ const BasicAndAdvancedQueryControls = forwardRef((props: BasicAndAdvancedQueryCo
                            pb={"0.125rem"}
                            boxShadow={"inset 0px 0px 4px 2px #EFEFED"}
                         >
-                           {queryToAdvancedString(queryFilter)}
+                           <Box display="flex" flexWrap="wrap" fontSize="0.875rem">
+                              {queryToAdvancedString(queryFilter)}
+                           </Box>
                         </Box>
                      }
                   </Box>
diff --git a/src/qqq/pages/records/query/RecordQuery.tsx b/src/qqq/pages/records/query/RecordQuery.tsx
index 5fd5abc..24c7c63 100644
--- a/src/qqq/pages/records/query/RecordQuery.tsx
+++ b/src/qqq/pages/records/query/RecordQuery.tsx
@@ -447,9 +447,19 @@ function RecordQuery({table, launchProcess}: Props): JSX.Element
             }
          }
       }
+
+      /////////////////////////////////////////
+      // recursively prep subfilters as well //
+      /////////////////////////////////////////
+      let subFilters = [] as QQueryFilter[];
+      for (let j = 0; j < sourceFilter?.subFilters?.length; j++)
+      {
+         subFilters.push(prepQueryFilterForBackend(sourceFilter.subFilters[j]));
+      }
+
+      filterForBackend.subFilters = subFilters;
       filterForBackend.skip = pageNumber * rowsPerPage;
       filterForBackend.limit = rowsPerPage;
-
       return filterForBackend;
    };
 
diff --git a/src/qqq/utils/qqq/FilterUtils.tsx b/src/qqq/utils/qqq/FilterUtils.tsx
index d72570a..f7d5575 100644
--- a/src/qqq/utils/qqq/FilterUtils.tsx
+++ b/src/qqq/utils/qqq/FilterUtils.tsx
@@ -159,6 +159,14 @@ class FilterUtils
 
          criteria.values = values;
       }
+
+      ////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      // recursively clean values in any subfilters //
+      ////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      for (let j = 0; j < queryFilter?.subFilters?.length; j++)
+      {
+         await FilterUtils.cleanupValuesInFilerFromQueryString(qController, tableMetaData, queryFilter.subFilters[j]);
+      }
    }