diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/models.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/models.py
index 05ac8d4beb93245e9c15683a3d1d77e1afb886dd..72101397de590768fcd1df373914f1a5f10a07af 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/models.py
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/models.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class Workflow(models.Model):
 class Task(models.Model):
 
     # Task control properties
-    task_type = models.CharField(max_length=20, default="task")
+    task_type = models.CharField(max_length=20, default="regular")
     filter = models.CharField(max_length=30, blank=True, null=True)
     new_status = models.CharField(max_length=50, default="defining", null=True)
     status = models.CharField(db_index=True, default="unknown", max_length=50,blank=True, null=True)
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/services/algorithms.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/services/algorithms.py
index 7baaa014d0599d4efdc2ca453207b966cfeaada7..511f021e09bb29818a71e9c741769824c4c91830 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/services/algorithms.py
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/services/algorithms.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def get_size(status_list, type):
         field = 'size_to_process'
 
     query = field + '__sum'
-    tasks = Task.objects.filter(status__in=status_list)
+    tasks = Task.objects.filter(status__in=status_list).filter(task_type='regular')
     sum_value = tasks.aggregate(Sum(field))[query]
 
     if sum_value == None:
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def aggregate_resources_tasks(selection):
 
     # get all active tasks
     if 'active' in selection:
-        active_tasks = Task.objects.filter(status__in=settings.ACTIVE_STATUSSES)
+        active_tasks = Task.objects.filter(status__in=settings.ACTIVE_STATUSSES).filter(task_type='regular')
 
         # retrieve all unique workflows from the active tasks
         active_workflows = active_tasks.values('workflow').distinct()
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ def aggregate_resources_tasks(selection):
         # get the numbers for this workflow
 
         # all tasks for this workflow for the 'grand total'
-        tasks_per_workflow = Task.objects.filter(workflow=workflow)
+        tasks_per_workflow = Task.objects.filter(workflow=workflow).filter(task_type='regular')
         nr_of_tasks_per_workflow = tasks_per_workflow.count()
 
         sum_size_to_process = tasks_per_workflow.aggregate(Sum('size_to_process'))
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ def aggregate_resources_logs(selection):
 
     # get all active tasks
     if 'active' in selection:
-        active_tasks = Task.objects.filter(status__in=settings.ACTIVE_STATUSSES)
+        active_tasks = Task.objects.filter(status__in=settings.ACTIVE_STATUSSES).filter(task_type='regular')
 
         # retrieve all unique workflows from the active tasks
         active_workflows = active_tasks.values('workflow').distinct()
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ def aggregate_resources_logs_version1():
     records = []
 
     # get all active tasks
-    active_tasks = Task.objects.filter(status__in=settings.ACTIVE_STATUSSES)
+    active_tasks = Task.objects.filter(status__in=settings.ACTIVE_STATUSSES).filter(task_type='regular')
     active_tasks_count = active_tasks.count()
 
     # retrieve all unique workflows
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ def aggregate_resources_logs_version1():
 def construct_link_to_tasks_api(request, status, workflow_id, count):
     link = str(count)
     try:
-        if status in settings.ACTIVE_STATUSSES:
+        if status in settings.ALL_STATUSSES:
             query = "?status=" + status + "&workflow__id=" + str(workflow_id)
         else:
             if 'failed' in status:
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html b/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html
index aca28baaf862e006415126026c5fb5aaa9360f7a..b2908432dacaa343ab24c336815b7feb37e83812 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         {% include 'taskdatabase/pagination.html' %}
        </div>
     </div>
-    <p class="footer"> Version 1.0.0 (17 jan 2021 - 15:00)
+    <p class="footer"> Version 1.0.0 (18 jan 2021 - 13:00)
 
 </div>
 
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/urls.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/urls.py
index 236a3a1e50c2d9ded38aae7d99cbcd8711509578..553d5c967f0ebbebc843d1a0ad8ea8acc5ef400d 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/urls.py
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/urls.py
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path('tasks/<int:pk>/', views.TaskDetailsViewAPI.as_view(), name='task-detail-view-api'),
     path('tasks-fast/', views.TaskListViewAPIFast.as_view(), name='tasks-api-fast'),
     path('tasks-fast/<int:pk>/', views.TaskDetailsViewAPIFast.as_view(), name='task-detail-view-api-fast'),
+    path('postprocessing-tasks/', views.PostProcessingTaskListViewAPI.as_view(), name='postprocessing-tasks-api'),
+    path('all-tasks/', views.AllTaskListViewAPI.as_view(), name='all-tasks-api'),
 
     path('workflows/', views.WorkflowListViewAPI.as_view(), name='workflows-api'),
     path('workflows/<int:pk>/', views.WorkflowDetailsViewAPI.as_view(), name='workflow-detail-view-api'),
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py
index 42c60a8347954267475e417555f80c385ba8a19e..82f5b18b45c3cfefdbe77a7cae9eb57b8cb43822 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class TaskFilter(filters.FilterSet):
         model = Task
 
         fields = {
+            'task_type': ['exact', 'icontains', 'in'],
             'creationTime': ['icontains'],
             'filter': ['exact', 'icontains'],
             'workflow__id' : ['exact', 'icontains'],
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ class TaskFilterQueryPage(filters.FilterSet):
 
         fields = {
             'id': ['exact', 'gte', 'lte'],
+            #'task_type': ['exact','in'],
             'workflow__id': ['exact'],
             'filter': ['exact', 'icontains'],
             'priority': ['exact', 'gte', 'lte'],
@@ -204,6 +206,9 @@ class IndexView(ListView):
         if (search_box is not None):
             tasks = get_searched_tasks(search_box, sort)
 
+        # only return the 'regular' tasks, and not the 'postprocessing' tasks in the GUI
+        tasks = tasks.filter(task_type='regular')
+
         paginator = Paginator(tasks, config.TASKS_PER_PAGE)  # Show 50 tasks per page
         page = self.request.GET.get('page')
 
@@ -226,9 +231,6 @@ class IndexView(ListView):
 
         return tasks
 
-def get_searched_tasks_only_status(search, sort):
-    tasks = Task.objects.filter(status__in=search).order_by(sort)
-    return tasks
 
 def get_searched_tasks(search, sort):
     tasks = Task.objects.filter(
@@ -329,7 +331,46 @@ class DiagramView(ListView):
 # ---------- REST API views -----------
 
 # example: /atdb/tasks/
+# this shows only 'regular' tasks and not 'postprocessing' tasks
+# the endpoint it kept 'tasks' for backward compatibility reasons.
 class TaskListViewAPI(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
+    """
+    A pagination list of tasks, unsorted.
+    """
+    model = Task
+    queryset = Task.objects.filter(task_type='regular').order_by('-priority','id')
+    #serializer_class = TaskSerializer
+
+    # using the Django Filter Backend - https://django-filter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html
+    filter_backends = (filters.DjangoFilterBackend,)
+    filter_class = TaskFilter
+
+    def get_serializer_class(self):
+        if self.request.method in ['GET']:
+            return TaskReadSerializer
+        else:
+            return TaskWriteSerializer
+
+class PostProcessingTaskListViewAPI(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
+    """
+    A pagination list of tasks, unsorted.
+    """
+    model = Task
+    queryset = Task.objects.filter(task_type='postprocessing').order_by('-priority','id')
+    #serializer_class = TaskSerializer
+
+    # using the Django Filter Backend - https://django-filter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html
+    filter_backends = (filters.DjangoFilterBackend,)
+    filter_class = TaskFilter
+
+    def get_serializer_class(self):
+        if self.request.method in ['GET']:
+            return TaskReadSerializer
+        else:
+            return TaskWriteSerializer
+
+# all tasks
+class AllTaskListViewAPI(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
     """
     A pagination list of tasks, unsorted.
     """