diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/subtasks/SubtasksHelper.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/subtasks/SubtasksHelper.kt
index 223bc7947..cf6d6028e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/subtasks/SubtasksHelper.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/subtasks/SubtasksHelper.kt
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ class SubtasksHelper @Inject constructor(
         private val taskDao: TaskDao,
         private val tagDataDao: TagDataDao,
         private val taskListMetadataDao: TaskListMetadataDao) {
+
     suspend fun applySubtasksToWidgetFilter(
             filter: Filter,
             preferences: QueryPreferences,
-            originalQuery: String
-    ): String {
-        var query = originalQuery
+    ) {
         if (filter is AstridOrderingFilter && preferences.isAstridSort) {
+            var query = filter.sql!!
             val tagData = tagDataDao.getTagByName(filter.title!!)
             val tlm = when {
                 tagData != null ->
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ class SubtasksHelper @Inject constructor(
                 filter.filterOverride = query
             }
         }
-        return query
     }
 
     private suspend fun getOrderString(tagData: TagData?, tlm: TaskListMetadata?): String {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/widget/TasksWidgetViewFactory.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/widget/TasksWidgetViewFactory.kt
index 4398cec8f..3d80dba5e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/widget/TasksWidgetViewFactory.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/widget/TasksWidgetViewFactory.kt
@@ -261,11 +261,8 @@ internal class TasksWidgetViewFactory(
     private fun getTask(position: Int): TaskContainer? = tasks.getItem(position)
 
     private suspend fun getQuery(filter: Filter): List<String> {
-        val queries = getQuery(widgetPreferences, filter)
-        val last = queries.size - 1
-        queries[last] =
-            subtasksHelper.applySubtasksToWidgetFilter(filter, widgetPreferences, queries[last])
-        return queries
+        subtasksHelper.applySubtasksToWidgetFilter(filter, widgetPreferences)
+        return getQuery(widgetPreferences, filter)
     }
 
     private fun formatDueDate(row: RemoteViews, task: TaskContainer) = with(row) {