diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/datamaininfoareacomponent.cpp b/src/blackgui/components/datamaininfoareacomponent.cpp
index 24004b9a1..16d94063c 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/datamaininfoareacomponent.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/datamaininfoareacomponent.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
             ui(new Ui::CDataMainInfoAreaComponent)
         {
             ui->setupUi(this);
-            initInfoArea(); // init base class
+            this->initInfoArea(); // init base class
             this->setWindowIcon(CIcons::swiftDatabase24());
 
             connect(ui->comp_Mapping, &CDbMappingComponent::filterByLivery, ui->comp_DataInfoArea->getLiveryComponent(), &CDbLiveryComponent::filter);
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ namespace BlackGui
 
             connect(ui->comp_DataInfoArea->getModelComponent(), &CDbModelComponent::requestStash, ui->comp_Mapping, &CDbMappingComponent::stashModels);
             connect(ui->comp_Log, &CLogComponent::requestAttention, this, &CDataMainInfoAreaComponent::selectLog);
+
+            ui->comp_Log->showFilterBar();
         }
 
         CDataMainInfoAreaComponent::~CDataMainInfoAreaComponent()
diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/maininfoareacomponent.cpp b/src/blackgui/components/maininfoareacomponent.cpp
index de7992fff..977d43302 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/maininfoareacomponent.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/maininfoareacomponent.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
             ui->setupUi(this);
             CInfoArea::initInfoArea(); // init base class
             this->setWindowIcon(CIcons::swift64());
+            this->getLogComponent()->showFilterDialog();
             connect(this->getLogComponent(), &CLogComponent::requestAttention, this, &CMainInfoAreaComponent::selectLog);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/blackgui/views/statusmessageview.cpp b/src/blackgui/views/statusmessageview.cpp
index 1db14ff30..e27b2cb27 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/views/statusmessageview.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/views/statusmessageview.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
 
         void CStatusMessageView::addFilterDialog()
         {
+            if (this->getFilterDialog()) { return; } // already existing
             this->setFilterDialog(new CStatusMessageFilterDialog(this));
         }
 
diff --git a/src/swiftcore/swiftcore.cpp b/src/swiftcore/swiftcore.cpp
index 2b37d6942..af95c6a4b 100644
--- a/src/swiftcore/swiftcore.cpp
+++ b/src/swiftcore/swiftcore.cpp
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ void CSwiftCore::initLogDisplay()
                           CLogPattern().withSeverityAtOrAbove(CStatusMessage::SeverityInfo)
                       );
     logHandler->subscribe(this, &CSwiftCore::ps_appendLogMessage);
+    ui->comp_InfoArea->getLogComponent()->showFilterDialog(); // add a filter dialog
 }
 
 void CSwiftCore::startCore(const QString &dBusAdress)