diff --git a/frontend/src/components/project/partials/Filters.vue b/frontend/src/components/project/partials/Filters.vue
index 609bb1fd7..5ed6a7a27 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/project/partials/Filters.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/project/partials/Filters.vue
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 			ref="filterInputRef"
 			v-model="filterQuery"
 			:project-id="projectId"
+			class="mbe-2"
 			@update:modelValue="() => change('modelValue')"
 		/>
-		<pre>{{ filterQuery }}</pre>
 		<div 
 			v-if="filterFromView"
-			class="tw-text-sm tw-mbe-2"
+			class="tw-text-sm mbe-2"
 		>
 			{{ $t('filters.fromView') }}
 			<code>{{ filterFromView }}</code><br>
diff --git a/frontend/src/helpers/filters.test.ts b/frontend/src/helpers/filters.test.ts
index 32b803337..2fc095521 100644
--- a/frontend/src/helpers/filters.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/helpers/filters.test.ts
@@ -189,6 +189,182 @@ describe('Filter Transformation', () => {
 		})
 	})
 
+	describe('Special Characters', () => {
+		const apostropheResolver = (title: string) => {
+			switch (title.toLowerCase()) {
+				case "john's task":
+					return 1
+				case "mary's project":
+					return 2
+				case "user's label":
+					return 3
+				case "it's working":
+					return 4
+				default:
+					return null
+			}
+		}
+
+		const apostropheIdResolver = (id: number) => {
+			switch (id) {
+				case 1:
+					return "John's Task"
+				case 2:
+					return "Mary's Project"
+				case 3:
+					return "User's Label"
+				case 4:
+					return "It's Working"
+				default:
+					return null
+			}
+		}
+
+		describe('Apostrophes in quoted values', () => {
+			it('should handle double-quoted labels with apostrophes', () => {
+				const transformed = transformFilterStringForApi(
+					'labels = "John\'s Task"',
+					apostropheResolver,
+					nullTitleToIdResolver,
+				)
+
+				expect(transformed).toBe('labels = 1')
+			})
+
+			it('should handle single-quoted labels with apostrophes', () => {
+				const transformed = transformFilterStringForApi(
+					"labels = 'Mary\\'s Project'",
+					apostropheResolver,
+					nullTitleToIdResolver,
+				)
+
+				expect(transformed).toBe('labels = 2')
+			})
+
+			it('should handle projects with apostrophes in double quotes', () => {
+				const transformed = transformFilterStringForApi(
+					'project = "User\'s Label"',
+					nullTitleToIdResolver,
+					apostropheResolver,
+				)
+
+				expect(transformed).toBe('project = 3')
+			})
+		})
+
+		describe('Apostrophes in unquoted values', () => {
+			it('should handle unquoted labels with apostrophes', () => {
+				const transformed = transformFilterStringForApi(
+					'labels = John\'s',
+					(title: string) => title === 'John\'s' ? 1 : null,
+					nullTitleToIdResolver,
+				)
+
+				expect(transformed).toBe('labels = 1')
+			})
+
+			it('should handle unquoted projects with apostrophes', () => {
+				const transformed = transformFilterStringForApi(
+					'project = Mary\'s',
+					nullTitleToIdResolver,
+					(title: string) => title === 'Mary\'s' ? 2 : null,
+				)
+
+				expect(transformed).toBe('project = 2')
+			})
+		})
+
+		describe('Multiple values with apostrophes', () => {
+			it('should handle multiple labels with apostrophes using in operator', () => {
+				const transformed = transformFilterStringForApi(
+					'labels in "John\'s Task", "Mary\'s Project"',
+					apostropheResolver,
+					nullTitleToIdResolver,
+				)
+
+				expect(transformed).toBe('labels in 1, 2')
+			})
+
+			it('should handle multiple labels with apostrophes using not in operator', () => {
+				const transformed = transformFilterStringForApi(
+					'labels not in "User\'s Label", "It\'s Working"',
+					apostropheResolver,
+					nullTitleToIdResolver,
+				)
+
+				expect(transformed).toBe('labels not in 3, 4')
+			})
+
+			it('should handle mixed quoted and unquoted values with apostrophes', () => {
+				const mixedResolver = (title: string) => {
+					if (title === "John's Task") return 1
+					if (title === "Mary's") return 2
+					return null
+				}
+
+				const transformed = transformFilterStringForApi(
+					'labels in "John\'s Task", Mary\'s',
+					mixedResolver,
+					nullTitleToIdResolver,
+				)
+
+				expect(transformed).toBe('labels in 1, 2')
+			})
+		})
+
+		it('should handle apostrophes in complex filter queries', () => {
+			const transformed = transformFilterStringForApi(
+				'labels = "John\'s Task" && project = "Mary\'s Project" || priority = 1',
+				apostropheResolver,
+				apostropheResolver,
+			)
+
+			expect(transformed).toBe('labels = 1 && project = 2 || priority = 1')
+		})
+
+		describe('Reverse transformation with apostrophes', () => {
+			it('should transform labels with apostrophes from API to frontend', () => {
+				const transformed = transformFilterStringFromApi(
+					'labels = 1',
+					apostropheIdResolver,
+					nullIdToTitleResolver,
+				)
+
+				expect(transformed).toBe('labels = John\'s Task')
+			})
+
+			it('should transform projects with apostrophes from API to frontend', () => {
+				const transformed = transformFilterStringFromApi(
+					'project = 2',
+					nullIdToTitleResolver,
+					apostropheIdResolver,
+				)
+
+				expect(transformed).toBe('project = Mary\'s Project')
+			})
+
+			it('should handle multiple values with apostrophes in reverse transformation', () => {
+				const transformed = transformFilterStringFromApi(
+					'labels in 1, 2',
+					apostropheIdResolver,
+					nullIdToTitleResolver,
+				)
+
+				expect(transformed).toBe('labels in John\'s Task, Mary\'s Project')
+			})
+
+			it('should handle complex queries with apostrophes in reverse transformation', () => {
+				const transformed = transformFilterStringFromApi(
+					'labels = 1 && project = 2 || priority = 1',
+					apostropheIdResolver,
+					apostropheIdResolver,
+				)
+
+				expect(transformed).toBe('labels = John\'s Task && project = Mary\'s Project || priority = 1')
+			})
+		})
+	})
+
 	describe('To API', () => {
 		for (const c in fieldCases) {
 			it('should transform all filter params for ' + c + ' to snake_case', () => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/helpers/filters.ts b/frontend/src/helpers/filters.ts
index b193ea7e4..4925488a4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/helpers/filters.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/helpers/filters.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 import {snakeCase} from 'change-case'
 
+function trimQuotes(str: string): string {
+
+	str = str.trim()
+
+	if ((str.startsWith('"') && str.endsWith('"')) || 
+		(str.startsWith('\'') && str.endsWith('\''))) {
+		return str.slice(1, -1)
+	}
+	return str
+}
+
 export const DATE_FIELDS = [
 	'dueDate',
 	'startDate',
@@ -70,7 +81,7 @@ export function hasFilterQuery(filter: string): boolean {
 }
 
 export function getFilterFieldRegexPattern(field: string): RegExp {
-	return new RegExp('\\b(' + field + ')\\s*' + FILTER_OPERATORS_REGEX + '\\s*([\'"]?)([^\'"&|()<]+?)(?=\\s*(?:&&|\\|\\||$))', 'ig')
+	return new RegExp('\\b(' + field + ')\\s*' + FILTER_OPERATORS_REGEX + '\\s*(?:(["\'])((?:\\\\.|(?!\\3)[^\\\\])*?)\\3|([^&|()<]+?))(?=\\s*(?:&&|\\||$))', 'g')
 }
 
 export function transformFilterStringForApi(
@@ -86,7 +97,8 @@ export function transformFilterStringForApi(
 	}
 
 	AVAILABLE_FILTER_FIELDS.forEach(f => {
-		filter = filter.replace(new RegExp(f, 'ig'), f)
+		const fieldPattern = new RegExp('\\b(' + f + ')\\b(?=\\s*' + FILTER_OPERATORS_REGEX + ')', 'gi')
+		filter = filter.replace(fieldPattern, f)
 	})
 
 	// Transform labels and projects to ids
@@ -102,8 +114,8 @@ export function transformFilterStringForApi(
 			const replacements: { start: number, length: number, replacement: string }[] = []
 
 			while ((match = pattern.exec(filter)) !== null) {
-				// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
-				const [matched, fieldName, operator, quotes, keyword] = match
+				const [matched, fieldName, operator, quotes, quotedContent, unquotedContent] = match
+				const keyword = quotedContent || unquotedContent
 				if (!keyword) {
 					continue
 				}
@@ -115,11 +127,18 @@ export function transformFilterStringForApi(
 
 				let replaced = keyword
 
+				const transformedKeywords: string[] = []
 				keywords.forEach(k => {
-					const id = resolver(k)
-					if (id !== null) {
-						replaced = replaced.replace(k, String(id))
+					let id = resolver(k)
+					if (id === null && k.includes('\\')) {
+						id = resolver(k.replaceAll('\\', ''))
 					}
+					if (id === null) {
+						transformedKeywords.push(k)
+						return
+					}
+				
+					transformedKeywords.push(String(id))
 				})
 				
 				// Join the transformed keywords back together
@@ -143,11 +162,10 @@ export function transformFilterStringForApi(
 					continue
 				}
 
-				const actualKeywordStart = (match?.index || 0) + matched.length - keyword.length
 				replacements.push({
-					start: actualKeywordStart,
-					length: keyword.length,
-					replacement: replaced,
+					start: match.index!,
+					length: matched.length,
+					replacement: reconstructedMatch,
 				})
 			}
 
@@ -170,9 +188,10 @@ export function transformFilterStringForApi(
 	// Transform projects to ids
 	filter = transformFieldToIds(PROJECT_FIELDS, projectResolver, filter)
 
-	// Transform all attributes to snake case
+	// Transform all field names (not values) to snake case
 	AVAILABLE_FILTER_FIELDS.forEach(f => {
-		filter = filter.replaceAll(f, snakeCase(f))
+		const fieldPattern = new RegExp('\\b' + f + '\\b(?=\\s*' + FILTER_OPERATORS_REGEX + ')', 'gi')
+		filter = filter.replace(fieldPattern, snakeCase(f))
 	})
 
 	return filter
@@ -204,7 +223,8 @@ export function transformFilterStringFromApi(
 			let match: RegExpExecArray | null
 			while ((match = pattern.exec(filter)) !== null) {
 				// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
-				const [matched, fieldName, operator, quotes, keyword] = match
+				const [matched, fieldName, operator, quotes, quotedContent, unquotedContent] = match
+				const keyword = quotedContent || unquotedContent
 				if (keyword) {
 					let keywords = [keyword.trim()]
 					if (isMultiValueOperator(operator)) {
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/tasks/TaskDetailView.vue b/frontend/src/views/tasks/TaskDetailView.vue
index e5c80dff3..9c8b6399c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/tasks/TaskDetailView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/tasks/TaskDetailView.vue
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@
 			</template>
 
 			<template #text>
-				<p class="tw-text-balance !tw-mbe-0">
+				<p class="tw-text-balance">
 					{{ $t('task.detail.delete.text1') }}
 				</p>
 				<p class="tw-text-balance">