diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/core/query/description.lookup.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/core/query/description.lookup.ts
index 305c5fc94..cfdd72cd9 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/core/query/description.lookup.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/core/query/description.lookup.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@ import { DescriptionStatus } from '../common/enum/description-status';
 import { DmpLookup } from './dmp.lookup';
 import { DmpUserRole } from '../common/enum/dmp-user-role';
 import { DescriptionTag } from '../model/description/description';
-import { UntypedFormBuilder, UntypedFormControl, UntypedFormGroup } from '@angular/forms';
 import { ReferenceType } from '../model/reference-type/reference-type';
-import { Reference } from '../model/reference/reference';
-import { ReferenceTypeLookup } from './reference-type.lookup';
 import { DescriptionReferenceLookup, ReferenceLookup } from './reference.lookup';
 
 export class DescriptionLookup extends Lookup implements DescriptionFilter {
@@ -56,7 +53,7 @@ export interface DescriptionFilter {
 
 export class ReferencesWithType {
 	referenceType: ReferenceType;
-	references: Reference[];
+	references: Guid[];
 
 	constructor() {
 	}
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/core/services/reference/reference.service.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/core/services/reference/reference.service.ts
index 6b5fb3c91..6178eef72 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/core/services/reference/reference.service.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/core/services/reference/reference.service.ts
@@ -150,18 +150,6 @@ export class ReferenceService {
 		};
 	}
 
-	public getInternalMultipleAutoCompleteConfiguration(typeId: Guid, dependencyReferences: Reference[]): MultipleAutoCompleteConfiguration {
-		return {
-			initialItems: (excludedItems: any[], data?: any) => this.searchWithDefinition(this.buildAutocompleteSearchLookup(typeId, dependencyReferences, null)).pipe(map(x => x.filter(r => r.sourceType == ReferenceSourceType.Internal))).pipe(map(x => x)),
-			filterFn: (searchQuery: string, excludedItems: any[]) => this.searchWithDefinition(this.buildAutocompleteSearchLookup(typeId, dependencyReferences, searchQuery)).pipe(map(x => x.filter(r => r.sourceType == ReferenceSourceType.Internal))).pipe(map(x => x)),
-			displayFn: (item: Reference) => item.label,
-			titleFn: (item: Reference) => item.label,
-			subtitleFn: (item: Reference) => item?.sourceType === ReferenceSourceType.External ? this.language.instant('REFERENCE-FIELD-COMPONENT.EXTERNAL-SOURCE') + ': ' + item.source : this.language.instant('REFERENCE-FIELD-COMPONENT.INTERNAL-SOURCE'),
-			valueAssign: (item: Reference) => item,
-			uniqueAssign: (item: Reference) => item.source + '_' + item.reference,
-		};
-	}
-
 	private buildAutocompleteSearchLookup(typeId: Guid, dependencyReferences: Reference[], like?: string): ReferenceSearchLookup {
 		const lookup: ReferenceSearchLookup = new ReferenceSearchLookup();
 		lookup.page = { size: 100, offset: 0 };
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/listing/description-listing.component.html b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/listing/description-listing.component.html
index 7aeae1213..d8427e6fc 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/listing/description-listing.component.html
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/listing/description-listing.component.html
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
 					</button>
 				</div>
 			</div>
-			<div *ngIf="listingItems && listingItems.length > 0 || this.lookup.like" class="filter-btn" [style.right]="dialog.getDialogById('filters') ? '446px' : '0px'" [style.width]="listingItems.length > 2 ? '57px' : '37px'" (click)="openFiltersDialog()">
+			<div *ngIf="listingItems && listingItems.length > 0 || this.lookup.like || this.lookup.descriptionTemplateIds || this.lookup.associatedDmpIds || this.lookup.roleInDmp || this.lookup.tags || this.lookup.descriptionReferenceSubQuery" 
+				class="filter-btn" [style.right]="dialog.getDialogById('filters') ? '446px' : '0px'" [style.width]="listingItems.length > 2 ? '57px' : '37px'" (click)="openFiltersDialog()">
 				<button mat-raised-button class="p-0">
 					<mat-icon class="mr-4 filter-icon">filter_alt</mat-icon>
 				</button>
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/listing/description-listing.component.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/listing/description-listing.component.ts
index 2669e543c..1174c0107 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/listing/description-listing.component.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/listing/description-listing.component.ts
@@ -382,10 +382,15 @@ export class DescriptionListingComponent extends BaseListingComponent<BaseDescri
 		lookup.tags = formGroup.get("tags")?.value ?? null;
 		lookup.associatedDmpIds = formGroup.get("associatedDmpIds")?.value ?? null;
 		lookup.descriptionTemplateIds = formGroup.get("descriptionTemplates")?.value ?? null;
-		lookup.descriptionReferenceSubQuery = this.initializeReferenceLookup();
-		lookup.descriptionReferenceSubQuery.referenceIds = formGroup.get("references")?.value
+		
+		let references: Guid[] = formGroup.get("references")?.value
 				?.filter((reference: ReferencesWithType) => reference.referenceType != null && reference.references?.length > 0)
-				?.flatMap((referencesWithType: ReferencesWithType) => referencesWithType.references?.map(reference => reference.id)) as Guid[];
+				?.flatMap((referencesWithType: ReferencesWithType) => referencesWithType.references) as Guid[];
+
+		if (references && references?.length > 0) {
+			lookup.descriptionReferenceSubQuery = this.initializeReferenceLookup();
+			lookup.descriptionReferenceSubQuery.referenceIds = references;
+		} else  lookup.descriptionReferenceSubQuery = null;
 
 		return lookup;
 	}
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/listing/filtering/description-filter.component.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/listing/filtering/description-filter.component.ts
index 10d688811..0a646ef5e 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/listing/filtering/description-filter.component.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/listing/filtering/description-filter.component.ts
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ export class DescriptionFilterComponent extends BaseCriteriaComponent implements
 	};
 
 	getReferenceAutocompleteConfiguration(referenceTypeId: Guid, excludedIds: Reference[]): MultipleAutoCompleteConfiguration {
-		let autocomplete = this.referenceService.getInternalMultipleAutoCompleteConfiguration(referenceTypeId, excludedIds);
+		let autocomplete = this.referenceService.getMultipleAutoCompleteQueryConfiguration([referenceTypeId]);
 		return autocomplete;
 	};