diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.cpp
index 7ae9c4e3e..8b5b923ca 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.cpp
@@ -810,6 +810,8 @@ void MessagesDialog::changeQuickView(int newrow)
 			f = RsMessageModel::QuickViewFilter( (int)RsMessageModel::QUICK_VIEW_USER + newrow - 0x07);
 		}
     mMessageModel->setQuickViewFilter(f);
+	mMessageProxyModel->setFilterRegExp(QRegExp(RsMessageModel::FilterString));	// this triggers the update of the proxy model
+
     insertMsgTxtAndFiles(ui.messageTreeWidget->currentIndex());
 }
 
@@ -1062,7 +1064,7 @@ void MessagesDialog::filterChanged(const QString& text)
     }
 
     mMessageModel->setFilter(f,items);
-	mMessageProxyModel->setFilterRegExp(QRegExp(RsMessageModel::FilterString));
+	mMessageProxyModel->setFilterRegExp(QRegExp(RsMessageModel::FilterString));	// this triggers the update of the proxy model
 
     QCoreApplication::processEvents();
 }
@@ -1087,7 +1089,7 @@ void MessagesDialog::filterColumnChanged(int column)
 
     QStringList items = ui.filterLineEdit->text().split(' ',QString::SkipEmptyParts);
     mMessageModel->setFilter(f,items);
-	mMessageProxyModel->setFilterRegExp(QRegExp(RsMessageModel::FilterString));
+	mMessageProxyModel->setFilterRegExp(QRegExp(RsMessageModel::FilterString));	// this triggers the update of the proxy model
 
     // save index
     Settings->setValueToGroup("MessageDialog", "filterColumn", column);
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageModel.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageModel.cpp
index cbfbc81bd..3f30b2342 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageModel.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageModel.cpp
@@ -337,7 +337,10 @@ bool RsMessageModel::passesFilter(const Rs::Msgs::MsgInfoSummary& fmpe,int colum
             || (mQuickViewFilter==QUICK_VIEW_STARRED && (fmpe.msgflags & RS_MSG_STAR))
             || (mQuickViewFilter==QUICK_VIEW_SYSTEM && (fmpe.msgflags & RS_MSG_SYSTEM));
 
-    std::cerr << "Passes filter: type=" << mFilterType << " s=\"" << s.toStdString() << "\" strings:" << passes_strings << " quick_view:" << passes_quick_view << std::endl;
+    std::cerr << "Passes filter: type=" << mFilterType << " s=\"" << s.toStdString()
+              << "MsgFlags=" << fmpe.msgflags << " msgtags=" ;
+    foreach(uint32_t i,fmpe.msgtags) std::cerr << i << " " ;
+    std::cerr          << "\" strings:" << passes_strings << " quick_view:" << passes_quick_view << std::endl;
 
     return passes_quick_view && passes_strings;
 }
@@ -598,6 +601,8 @@ void RsMessageModel::setQuickViewFilter(QuickViewFilter fn)
 {
     if(fn != mQuickViewFilter)
     {
+        std::cerr << "Changing new quickview filter to " << fn << std::endl;
+
 		preMods();
         mQuickViewFilter = fn ;
 		postMods();