diff --git a/js/widgets/widget-filter.js b/js/widgets/widget-filter.js
index 6e8572c9..53e66ecb 100644
--- a/js/widgets/widget-filter.js
+++ b/js/widgets/widget-filter.js
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ ts.filter = {
 				}
 				if ((wo.filter_$anyMatch && wo.filter_$anyMatch.length) || filters[c.columns]) {
 					data.anyMatchFlag = true;
-					data.anyMatchFilter = wo.filter_$anyMatch && ts.filter.getLatestSearch( wo.filter_$anyMatch ).val() || filters[c.columns] || '';
+					data.anyMatchFilter = wo.filter_$anyMatch && ts.filter.getLatestSearch( wo.filter_$anyMatch ).val() || ('' + filters[c.columns]) || '';
 					if (c.sortLocaleCompare) {
 						// replace accents
 						data.anyMatchFilter = ts.replaceAccents(data.anyMatchFilter);