diff --git a/sharedComponents/input/input.component.ts b/sharedComponents/input/input.component.ts
index 30c22dbf..97817e8c 100644
--- a/sharedComponents/input/input.component.ts
+++ b/sharedComponents/input/input.component.ts
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ export class InputComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, OnChanges {
   private filter(value: string): Option[] {
     let options = this.options;
     if(this.type === "chips") {
-      options = options.filter(option => !this.formAsArray.value.find(value => option.value === value));
+      options = options.filter(option => !this.formAsArray.value.find(value =>  HelperFunctions.equals(option.value, value)));
     }
     if ((!value || value.length == 0)) {
       return (this.showOptionsOnEmpty)?options:[];