# Problems loading List tab in Projects - Filter Error **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [9 September 2025 13:57 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/problems-loading-list-tab-in-projects-filter-error/4060 "2025-09-09T13:57:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![natec](https://community.vikunja.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/ec9cab/32.png) [@natec](https://community.vikunja.io/u/natec)\ **Post date:** [9 September 2025 13:57 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/problems-loading-list-tab-in-projects-filter-error/4060/1 "2025-09-09T13:57:16Z")
Hi, My instance of Vikunja seems to have a weird glitch with old(er) projects. When I attempt to few the List tab of each project, I get the following error message: Error error.4024 The filter expression ‘{“s”:“”,“sort\_by”:null,“order\_by”:null,“filter”:“done = 'false”,“filter\_include\_nulls”:false}’’ is invalid: unexpected character ‘{’. This seems to only happen on my older projects, when I create a new project, I do not see this error. When I attempt to view the list tab, no items show up, but if I create new items they appear until I refresh the page, then all items disappear. I am able to see the project items under the other tabs. I do not have any filter options applied. I am running v0.24.6 from Docker Compose. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Nate ---
**Author:** ![kolaente](https://community.vikunja.io/user_avatar/community.vikunja.io/kolaente/32/5_2.png) [@kolaente](https://community.vikunja.io/u/kolaente)\ **Post date:** [9 September 2025 20:34 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/problems-loading-list-tab-in-projects-filter-error/4060/2 "2025-09-09T20:34:50Z")
There has been a fix recently for this, applied via a migration. Does it work if you upgrade to unstable? Make a backup first. ---
**Author:** ![Stefan\_Ried](https://community.vikunja.io/user_avatar/community.vikunja.io/stefan_ried/32/2051_2.png) [@Stefan\_Ried](https://community.vikunja.io/u/Stefan_Ried)\ **Post date:** [16 September 2025 08:21 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/problems-loading-list-tab-in-projects-filter-error/4060/3 "2025-09-16T08:21:47Z")
I can confirm that there is an issue with old projects. I have an new empty v0.24.6 installation and imported an vikunja export from another older installation. Then I have migrated the v0.24.6. to the new version 1 rc2. This removed nearly all UI errors on team and projects. Thanks a million for the great work! With the exception of one old project that I had, it shows all tasks correctly in table and kanban view. However, clicking on the List tab shows and empty list an the red error box with Error error.4024 The filter expression ‘{“filter”:“done = 'false”}’’ is invalid: unexpected character ‘{’ I have never used filters and clearing the filter does not change anything. It is really a minor issue hitting only few users in my case. Maybe there is a way (SQL Command) to remove these broken filter settings that seems to remain in the DB. Super that you have a fix already. But move my production to unstable is too risky for me. I will let you know if the next RC will remove the error also for me. Have a great day. ---
**Author:** ![kolaente](https://community.vikunja.io/user_avatar/community.vikunja.io/kolaente/32/5_2.png) [@kolaente](https://community.vikunja.io/u/kolaente)\ **Post date:** [18 September 2025 14:23 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/problems-loading-list-tab-in-projects-filter-error/4060/4 "2025-09-18T14:23:32Z")
These broken filters should be migrated automatically. Weird how that didn’t seem to work in your case. Does this only happen with a certain project and view? Or all of them? ---
**Author:** ![natec](https://community.vikunja.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/ec9cab/32.png) [@natec](https://community.vikunja.io/u/natec)\ **Post date:** [1 October 2025 18:36 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/problems-loading-list-tab-in-projects-filter-error/4060/5 "2025-10-01T18:36:51Z")
Hey all, sorry for the delay in getting back to this. I’ve been pulled away for some time. So, circling back to this, unfortunately for something completely unrelated. I attempted to jump to unstable or latest images and am suddenly getting permissions errors to access host volumes in docker. Nothing has changed permissions wise on my volumes. If I run back to the v0.24.6 image, I no longer get any permissions errors. (the only change is the image pull in my docker compose) I’m not a linux/docker permissions expert, I’m barely proficient, so I might be missing something dumb? vikunja-vikunja-1 | 2025/10/01 18:22:18 failed to create modcache index dir: mkdir /.cache: permission denied vikunja-vikunja-1 | time=2025-10-01T18:22:18.362Z level=ERROR msg=“Could not create logfile ./standard.log: open ./standard.log: permission denied” ![image](https://community.vikunja.io/uploads/default/original/2X/3/377debbcea384870a3f2b3f94c50ff8b51930f9e.png)