diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/base.html b/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/base.html
index 2e7799d65a1d4aa182147a006f744286e942ff9f..cfe0a241ee5ba90e96da266f7857fa4bd96f15c8 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/base.html
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/base.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 {% load static %}
-
+{% load atdb_extra_tags %}
 
 <html lang="en">
 <head>
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@
                 <li><a class="nav-link" href="{% url 'dashboard' 'active_nores_nofilter' %}">Dashboard</a></li>
 
                 <li><a class="nav-link" href="{% url 'query' %}">Filter</a></li>
-
+{% comment %}
+                <li><a class="nav-link" href="{% url 'query2' request|current_query_params %}">Filter2</a></li>
+{% endcomment %}
                 <li><a class="nav-link" href="{% url 'monitoring' %}">Monitoring</a></li>
 
                 <li><a class="nav-link" href="{% url 'diagram' %}">Diagram</a></li>
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html b/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html
index 1187bbc5b849a3ecfc487c03bf39d48b8177923f..5a3e8dcff4cc50a77f3ae53abc6f8d130745174b 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         {% include 'taskdatabase/pagination.html' %}
        </div>
     </div>
-    <p class="footer"> Version 1.0.0 (7 feb 2021 - 15:00)
+    <p class="footer"> Version 1.0.0 (8 feb 2021 - 15:00)
 
 </div>
 
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/templatetags/__init__.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/templatetags/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/templatetags/atdb_extra_tags.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/templatetags/atdb_extra_tags.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f41778c41d0cf2493352d74591f26219769c8d93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/templatetags/atdb_extra_tags.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from django import template
+
+register = template.Library()
+
+@register.filter
+def expand_list(list):
+    s = ''
+    for key, value in list:
+        s = s + '&' + key + '=' + value
+    return s
+
+@register.filter
+def current_query_params(request):
+    # expands the current query parameters into a string like:
+    # ?id=&status__icontains=defining&sas_id=178677
+    params = "?"+request.session['current_query_params'][1:]
+    return params
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/urls.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/urls.py
index 47ab03e1a24b7fb6f30a7406f87c6ac813d87947..e881851e89c2b92ba3ed002227e868a85eccac56 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/urls.py
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/urls.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
 
     path('workflow_details/<id>/', views.WorkflowDetails, name='workflow-details'),
     path('query/', views.QueryView.as_view(), name='query'),
-    # path('dashboard/', views.DashboardView.as_view(), name='dashboard'),
+    #path('query2/<query_params>', views.QueryView.as_view(), name='query2'),
 
     # path('monitoring/', views.MonitoringView.as_view(), name='monitoring'),
     path('monitoring/', views.ShowMonitoring, name='monitoring'),
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py
index 2b06e3b23d094a6bffabc57545efe2e35f36ddc1..3161ae9e708470e1584c6d2c93f713c4cd6b210b 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ class MonitorFilter(filters.FilterSet):
         }
 
 # ---------- Tables2 Views (experimental) -----------
-# implementation with tables2: http://localhost:8000/atdb/tables2
 class QueryView(SingleTableMixin, FilterView):
     table_class = TaskTable
     model = Task
@@ -165,6 +164,9 @@ class QueryView(SingleTableMixin, FilterView):
         # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7763115/django-passing-data-between-views
         count = self.object_list.count()
 
+        # q: how do I apply this before getting into get_table_data?
+        # current_query_params = self.request.session['current_query_params']
+
         try:
             limit = int(Configuration.objects.get(key='multi_change_limit').value)
         except:
@@ -178,6 +180,7 @@ class QueryView(SingleTableMixin, FilterView):
 
         # store on the session
         self.request.session['filtered_tasks_as_list'] = filtered_tasks_as_list
+
         return self.object_list