diff --git a/web/skins/classic/views/js/events.js b/web/skins/classic/views/js/events.js
index 62f53a1d8..90bce5f5f 100644
--- a/web/skins/classic/views/js/events.js
+++ b/web/skins/classic/views/js/events.js
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ var params =
 
 // Called by bootstrap-table to retrieve zm event data
 function ajaxRequest(params) {
-  console.log(params);
+  if ( params.data.filter ) {
+    params.data.advsearch = params.data.filter;
+    delete params.data.filter;
+  }
   $j.getJSON(thisUrl + '?view=request&request=events&task=query'+filterQuery, params.data)
       .done(function(data) {
         var rows = processRows(data.rows);