diff --git a/komga-webui/src/components/FilterPanels.vue b/komga-webui/src/components/FilterPanels.vue
index 7878dd891..95c7bbf86 100644
--- a/komga-webui/src/components/FilterPanels.vue
+++ b/komga-webui/src/components/FilterPanels.vue
@@ -16,20 +16,30 @@
         {{ f.name }}
       </v-expansion-panel-header>
       <v-expansion-panel-content class="no-padding">
-        <v-autocomplete
+        <search-box-base
+          v-if="f.search"
+          :search-function="f.search"
+          @selected="click(key, $event)"
+        >
+          <template v-slot:item="data">
+            <v-list-item-content class="text-body-2">{{ data.item }}</v-list-item-content>
+          </template>
+        </search-box-base>
+
+        <v-list
           v-if="f.search"
-          v-model="model[key]"
-          :items="items[key]"
-          :search-input.sync="search[key]"
-          :loading="loading[key]"
-          :hide-no-data="!search[key] || loading[key]"
-          @keydown.esc="search[key] = null"
-          multiple
-          deletable-chips
-          small-chips
           dense
-          solo
-        />
+        >
+          <v-list-item v-for="(v, i) in filtersActive[key]"
+                       :key="i"
+                       @click.stop="click(key, v)"
+          >
+            <v-list-item-icon>
+              <v-icon color="secondary">mdi-checkbox-marked</v-icon>
+            </v-list-item-icon>
+            <v-list-item-title>{{ v }}</v-list-item-title>
+          </v-list-item>
+        </v-list>
 
         <v-list
           v-if="f.values"
@@ -57,17 +67,11 @@
 
 <script lang="ts">
 import Vue, {PropType} from 'vue'
+import SearchBoxBase from "@/components/SearchBoxBase.vue";
 
 export default Vue.extend({
   name: 'FilterPanels',
-  data: () => {
-    return {
-      search: {} as any,
-      model: {} as any,
-      items: {} as any,
-      loading: {} as any,
-    }
-  },
+  components: {SearchBoxBase},
   props: {
     filtersOptions: {
       type: Object as PropType<FiltersOptions>,
@@ -78,46 +82,6 @@ export default Vue.extend({
       required: true,
     },
   },
-  watch: {
-    search: {
-      deep: true,
-      async handler(val: any) {
-        for (const prop in val) {
-          if (val[prop] !== null) {
-            this.loading[prop] = true
-            this.$set(this.items, prop, await (this.filtersOptions[prop] as any).search(val[prop]))
-            this.loading[prop] = false
-          }
-        }
-      },
-    },
-    model: {
-      deep: true,
-      async handler(val: any) {
-        for (const prop in val) {
-          if (val[prop] !== null && val[prop] !== this.filtersActive[prop]) {
-            let r = this.$_.cloneDeep(this.filtersActive)
-            r[prop] = this.$_.clone(val[prop])
-
-            this.$emit('update:filtersActive', r)
-          }
-        }
-      },
-    },
-    filtersActive: {
-      deep: true,
-      immediate: true,
-      handler(val: any) {
-        for (const prop in val) {
-          if (val[prop].length > 0) {
-            // we need to add existing values to items also, else v-autocomplete won't show it
-            this.$set(this.items, prop, this.$_.union(this.items[prop], val[prop]))
-            this.$set(this.model, prop, val[prop])
-          }
-        }
-      },
-    },
-  },
   methods: {
     clear(key: string) {
       let r = this.$_.cloneDeep(this.filtersActive)
diff --git a/komga-webui/src/components/SearchBoxBase.vue b/komga-webui/src/components/SearchBoxBase.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5922c06fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/komga-webui/src/components/SearchBoxBase.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+<template>
+  <div>
+    <v-autocomplete
+      v-model="selectedItem"
+      :placeholder="$t('search.search')"
+      :no-data-text="$t('searchbox.no_results')"
+      :loading="loading"
+      :items="results"
+      :hide-no-data="!showResults"
+      clearable
+      solo
+      hide-details
+      no-filter
+      dense
+      append-icon=""
+      auto-select-first
+      :search-input.sync="search"
+      @keydown.esc="clear"
+      ref="searchbox"
+    >
+      <template v-slot:selection>
+      </template>
+
+      <template v-slot:item="data">
+        <slot name="item" v-bind:item="data.item"></slot>
+      </template>
+    </v-autocomplete>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script lang="ts">
+import {debounce} from 'lodash'
+import Vue, {PropType} from 'vue'
+import {BookDto} from '@/types/komga-books'
+import {SeriesDto} from "@/types/komga-series";
+
+export default Vue.extend({
+  name: 'SearchBoxBase',
+  data: function () {
+    return {
+      selectedItem: null as unknown as any,
+      search: null,
+      showResults: false,
+      loading: false,
+      results: [],
+    }
+  },
+  watch: {
+    selectedItem(val, old) {
+      if (val) {
+        this.$nextTick(() => {
+          this.selectedItem = undefined
+          this.clear()
+        })
+
+        this.$emit('selected', val)
+
+        //@ts-ignore
+        this.$refs.searchbox.blur()
+      }
+    },
+    search(val) {
+      this.searchItems(val)
+    },
+    showResults(val) {
+      !val && this.clear()
+    },
+  },
+  props: {
+    searchFunction: {
+      type: Function as PropType<Function>,
+      required: true,
+    },
+  },
+  methods: {
+    getLibraryName(item: BookDto | SeriesDto): string {
+      return this.$store.getters.getLibraryById(item.libraryId).name;
+    },
+    searchItems: debounce(async function (this: any, query: string) {
+      if (query) {
+        this.loading = true
+
+        this.results = await this.searchFunction.apply(this, [query])
+
+        this.showResults = true
+        this.loading = false
+      } else {
+        this.clear()
+      }
+    }, 500),
+    clear() {
+      this.search = null
+      this.results = []
+      this.showResults = false
+    },
+  },
+})
+</script>