diff --git a/atdb/docs/ATDB-LDV GUI.png b/atdb/docs/ATDB-LDV GUI.png
index ccb21aab25225cf9a34ec2f64fc6b4b04c77acf1..e393889c1811c5024d6f1eaedf94080867818784 100644
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diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/query/query.html b/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/query/query.html
index 3bc2ad1d90fec179f8e31b00fb8eb220bdcb08a8..2514b9ce3d3dad01ea6eb20d5e589d2de47fe5ce 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/query/query.html
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/query/query.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <!doctype html>
 <html>
     <head>
-        <title>Query</title>
+        <title>Query </title>
          <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" />
     </head>
     <body>
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/query/set_multi_status_panel.html b/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/query/set_multi_status_panel.html
index 2d586db24ee973fb232cea307ff70b60e8fbfa50..2d3a71bedc791f37ed581e69d2d40ce2627cccd7 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/query/set_multi_status_panel.html
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/query/set_multi_status_panel.html
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
                      <a href="{% url 'task-multi-hold' 'hold' %}" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-pause"></i> hold</a>&nbsp;
                      <a href="{% url 'task-multi-hold' 'resume' %}" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-play"></i> start</a>&nbsp;
 
-                     <a href="{% url 'task-multi-setstatus' 'defined' %}" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> defined</a>&nbsp;
-                     <a href="{% url 'task-multi-setstatus' 'staged' %}" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> staged</a>&nbsp;
-                     <a href="{% url 'task-multi-setstatus' 'processed' %}" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> processed</a>&nbsp;
-                     <a href="{% url 'task-multi-setstatus' 'validated' %}" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> validated</a>&nbsp;
-                     <a href="{% url 'task-multi-setstatus' 'scrubbed' %}" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> scrubbed</a>&nbsp;
-                     <a href="{% url 'task-multi-setstatus' 'archived' %}" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> archived</a>&nbsp;
-                     <a href="{% url 'task-multi-setstatus' 'finished' %}" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> finished</a>&nbsp;
+                     <a href="{% url 'task-multi-setstatus' 'defined' request.GET %}" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> defined</a>&nbsp;
+                     <a href="{% url 'task-multi-setstatus' 'staged' request.GET %}" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> staged</a>&nbsp;
+                     <a href="{% url 'task-multi-setstatus' 'processed' request.GET %}" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> processed</a>&nbsp;
+                     <a href="{% url 'task-multi-setstatus' 'validated' request.GET %}" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> validated</a>&nbsp;
+                     <a href="{% url 'task-multi-setstatus' 'scrubbed' request.GET %}" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> scrubbed</a>&nbsp;
+                     <a href="{% url 'task-multi-setstatus' 'archived' request.GET %}" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> archived</a>&nbsp;
+                     <a href="{% url 'task-multi-setstatus' 'finished' request.GET %}" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> finished</a>&nbsp;
                     </tr>
                  </table>
                  {% endif %}
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/query/status_buttons_per_row.html b/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/query/status_buttons_per_row.html
index f5541daf11ddd4045bac62565437761fcb3c9f9e..72f2e697972bf3ef43bf1715f3de3a48eed023ca 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/query/status_buttons_per_row.html
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/query/status_buttons_per_row.html
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 
 {% if user.is_staff %}
- <a href="{% url 'task-setstatus' record.pk 'defined' '1' %}" class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> defined</a>
- <a href="{% url 'task-setstatus' record.pk 'staged' '1' %}" class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> staged</a>&nbsp;
- <a href="{% url 'task-setstatus' record.pk 'fetched' '1' %}" class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> fetched</a>&nbsp;
- <a href="{% url 'task-setstatus' record.pk 'processed' '1' %}" class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> processed</a>
- <a href="{% url 'task-setstatus' record.pk 'stored' '1' %}" class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> stored</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
- <a href="{% url 'task-setstatus' record.pk 'validated' '1' %}" class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> validated</a>&nbsp;
- <a href="{% url 'task-setstatus' record.pk 'scrubbed' '1' %}" class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> scrubbed</a>&nbsp;
- <a href="{% url 'task-setstatus' record.pk 'archived' '1' %}" class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> archived</a>
- <a href="{% url 'task-setstatus' record.pk 'finished' '1' %}" class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> finished</a>
+ <a href="{% url 'task-setstatus' record.pk 'defined' request.GET %}" class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> defined</a>
+ <a href="{% url 'task-setstatus' record.pk 'staged' request.GET %}" class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> staged</a>&nbsp;
+ <a href="{% url 'task-setstatus' record.pk 'fetched' request.GET %}" class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> fetched</a>&nbsp;
+ <a href="{% url 'task-setstatus' record.pk 'processed' request.GET %}" class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> processed</a>
+ <a href="{% url 'task-setstatus' record.pk 'stored' request.GET %}" class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> stored</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+ <a href="{% url 'task-setstatus' record.pk 'validated' request.GET %}" class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> validated</a>&nbsp;
+ <a href="{% url 'task-setstatus' record.pk 'scrubbed' request.GET %}" class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> scrubbed</a>&nbsp;
+ <a href="{% url 'task-setstatus' record.pk 'archived' request.GET %}" class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> archived</a>
+ <a href="{% url 'task-setstatus' record.pk 'finished' request.GET %}" class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> finished</a>
 
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html b/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html
index cf17fba983f530a092ccf04a26c7d88f90bbbd26..20f2239973f81aac878c479966f336a0e408a092 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 (28 oct 2021 - 14:00)
+    <p class="footer"> Version 1.0.0 (29 oct 2021 - 12:00)
 
 </div>
 
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/urls.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/urls.py
index 074841362a6208514fbb1000057b95a6ce1a7676..a940de3ce5a942eb018ab3e4b79147bc66f21356 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/urls.py
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/urls.py
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path('tasks/set_filter/<filter>', views.TaskSetFilter, name='task-set-filter'),
     path('tasks/set_active_filter', views.TaskSetActiveFilter, name='task-set-active-filter'),
     path('tasks/task-set-onhold-filter/<onhold>', views.TaskSetOnHoldFilter, name='task-set-onhold-filter'),
-    path('tasks/<int:pk>/set_status/<new_status>/<page>', views.TaskSetStatusTables2, name = 'task-setstatus'),
-    path('tasks/set_status_multi/<new_status>', views.TaskMultiStatus, name='task-multi-setstatus'),
+    path('tasks/<int:pk>/set_status/<new_status>/<query_params>', views.TaskSetStatusTables2, name = 'task-setstatus'),
+    path('tasks/set_status_multi/<new_status>/<query_params>', views.TaskMultiStatus, name='task-multi-setstatus'),
     path('tasks/set_multi_hold/<onhold>', views.TaskMultiHold, name='task-multi-hold'),
 
     path('tasks/<int:pk>/hold/<hold_it>/<page>', views.Hold, name='task-hold-resume'),
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py
index 4fd71599493820e2571710489ed2ee0a73b7a575..76f2ec46f2c0ebadfdd1e96d08cf3bcae8c491e7 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 
 import logging
+import json
 
 from . import config
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 
 from django.views.generic import ListView
 from django.contrib import messages
+from django.http import QueryDict
 
 from rest_framework import generics, pagination
 from rest_framework.response import Response
@@ -14,14 +16,12 @@ import django_filters
 from django_filters import rest_framework as filters
 from django_filters.views import FilterView
 from django_tables2.views import SingleTableMixin
+from django_tables2 import SingleTableView
 
 from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
 from django.core.paginator import Paginator, EmptyPage, PageNotAnInteger
 
-from django_tables2 import SingleTableView
-
 from django.conf import settings
-
 from .models import Task, Status, Workflow, LogEntry, Configuration, Job
 from .tables import TaskTable
 
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ class QueryView(SingleTableMixin, FilterView):
     def get_table_data(self):
 
         # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7763115/django-passing-data-between-views
-
         count = self.object_list.count()
 
         try:
@@ -149,9 +148,6 @@ class QueryView(SingleTableMixin, FilterView):
         return self.object_list
 
 
-
-
-
 # ---------- GUI Views -----------
 
 class IndexView(ListView):
@@ -541,17 +537,45 @@ def SortTasks(request,sort):
     return redirect('/atdb')
 
 
+def convert_query_params_to_url(query_params):
+    # to keep the state of the current query,
+    # loop through the current query_params and send them back into the next request
+
+    # because the query_params come in as a QueryDict converted to a string
+    # it needs some converting to a json string that can be loaded into a dict
+
+    s = query_params.replace('<QueryDict: ','')[:-1]
+    s = s.replace('[','')
+    s = s.replace(']', '')
+    s = s.replace('\'', '"')
+
+    # read the constructed json as a dict
+    d = json.loads(s)
+
+    # construct the dict to a proper url
+    params = ""
+    for key in d:
+        params = params + "&" + key + "=" + d[key]
+        print(params)
+
+    return params
+
+
 @login_required
-def TaskSetStatusTables2(request,pk,new_status,page):
+def TaskSetStatusTables2(request,pk,new_status,query_params):
     model = Task
     task = Task.objects.get(pk=pk)
     task.new_status = new_status
     task.save()
-    return redirect('/atdb/query/?page='+page)
+
+    current_query_params = convert_query_params_to_url(query_params)
+    #current_query_params = "id=&id__gte=&id__lte=&workflow__id=&filter=%09test&filter__icontains=&priority=&priority__gte=&priority__lte=&status__icontains=&status__in=&project=&project__icontains=&sas_id=&sas_id__icontains=&resume=unknown"
+    return redirect('/atdb/query/?' + current_query_params)
+
 
 
 @login_required
-def TaskMultiStatus(request, new_status):
+def TaskMultiStatus(request, new_status, query_params):
     # get the list of id's from the session
     query_list_of_ids = request.session['query_list_of_ids']
     count = len(query_list_of_ids)
@@ -562,7 +586,14 @@ def TaskMultiStatus(request, new_status):
             task = Task.objects.get(id=id[0])
             task.new_status = new_status
             task.save()
-        return redirect('/atdb/query')
+
+        current_query_params = request.session['current_query_params']
+        return redirect('/atdb/query?'+current_query_params)
+
+    # add the current query parameters to the session so that they survive
+    # the request/response to the confirmation page (which has other query parameters)
+    current_query_params = convert_query_params_to_url(query_params)
+    request.session['current_query_params'] = current_query_params
 
     return render(request, "query/confirm_multi_change.html",{'new_value': new_status, 'count' : count})