diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/ui/NavigationDrawerFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/ui/NavigationDrawerFragment.java
index ac2571362..22b507891 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/ui/NavigationDrawerFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/ui/NavigationDrawerFragment.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import androidx.core.view.GravityCompat;
 import androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout;
 import androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout.SimpleDrawerListener;
 import androidx.fragment.app.FragmentActivity;
+import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelProviders;
 import androidx.recyclerview.widget.LinearLayoutManager;
 import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.activity.MainActivity;
@@ -159,6 +160,9 @@ public class NavigationDrawerFragment extends InjectingFragment {
             }
           }
         });
+    if (item instanceof Filter) {
+      ViewModelProviders.of(getActivity()).get(TaskListViewModel.class).setFilter((Filter) item);
+    }
     close();
   }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/ui/TaskListViewModel.java b/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/ui/TaskListViewModel.java
index e2c926916..59aba5184 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/ui/TaskListViewModel.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/ui/TaskListViewModel.java
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ public class TaskListViewModel extends ViewModel implements Observer<PagedList<T
   private CompositeDisposable disposable = new CompositeDisposable();
   private LiveData<PagedList<TaskContainer>> internal;
 
+  public void setFilter(@NonNull Filter filter) {
+    setFilter(filter, manualSort);
+  }
+
   public void setFilter(@NonNull Filter filter, boolean manualSort) {
     if (!filter.equals(this.filter)
         || !filter.getSqlQuery().equals(this.filter.getSqlQuery())