diff --git a/src/app/searchPages/communities/searchCommunities.component.ts b/src/app/searchPages/communities/searchCommunities.component.ts
index fda8549..b3fe225 100644
--- a/src/app/searchPages/communities/searchCommunities.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/searchPages/communities/searchCommunities.component.ts
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ export class SearchCommunitiesComponent {
         let value: Value = {name: value_names[i][j], id: value_original_ids[i][j], number:0, selected:false};
         values.push(value);
       }
-      let filter: Filter = {title: filter_names[i], filterId: filter_ids[i], originalFilterId:  filter_original_ids[i], values : values, countSelectedValues:0, "filterOperator": 'or', valueIsExact: true , valueIsUnique: false};
+      let filter: Filter = {title: filter_names[i], filterId: filter_ids[i], originalFilterId:  filter_original_ids[i], values : values, countSelectedValues:0, "filterOperator": 'or', valueIsExact: true , filterType: "checkbox"};
       filters.push(filter);
     }
     return filters;
diff --git a/src/app/searchPages/simple/searchProjects.component.ts b/src/app/searchPages/simple/searchProjects.component.ts
index 57458e3..619508f 100644
--- a/src/app/searchPages/simple/searchProjects.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/searchPages/simple/searchProjects.component.ts
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ export class OpenaireSearchProjectsComponent {
         var value:Value = {name: value_names[i][j], id: value_original_ids[i][j], number:j, selected:false}
         values.push(value);
       }
-       var filter:Filter = {title: filter_names[i], filterId: filter_ids[i], originalFilterId:  filter_original_ids[i], values : values, countSelectedValues:0, "filterOperator": 'or', valueIsExact: true, valueIsUnique: false };
+       var filter:Filter = {title: filter_names[i], filterId: filter_ids[i], originalFilterId:  filter_original_ids[i], values : values, countSelectedValues:0, "filterOperator": 'or', valueIsExact: true, filterType: "checkbox" };
        filters.push(filter);
     }
     return filters;