diff --git a/apps/home/views.py b/apps/home/views.py
index 0e6c761..5fc169f 100644
--- a/apps/home/views.py
+++ b/apps/home/views.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
 
+import json
 from datetime import timedelta, datetime
 
 from django import template
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect, JsonResponse
 from django.template import loader
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.urls import reverse
-from django.forms.models import model_to_dict
+from django.db.models import Q
 
 from ..authentication.models import Department
 from .models import Ticket, TicketPriority, TicketTag
@@ -50,9 +51,28 @@ def get_ticket(request):
 @require_POST
 def get_tickets(request):
 
-    filters = dict(request.POST.get("filters", {}))
+    filters = json.loads(request.POST.get("filters", "{}"))
 
-    tickets = Ticket.objects.filter(**filters).order_by("-create_timestamp")    
+    # conditions = [Q(**{key: value}) for key, value in filters.items()]
+    # combined_conditions = Q()
+    # for condition in conditions:
+    #     combined_conditions &= condition
+
+    # print(combined_conditions)
+
+    # query = Q()
+    # for key, values in filters.items():
+    #     print("keyvalues", key, values)
+    #     query &= Q(**{key: values})
+
+    query = Q()
+    for key, values in filters.items():
+        for value in values:
+            query &= Q(**{key: [value]})
+
+    print(query)
+
+    tickets = Ticket.objects.filter(query).order_by("-create_timestamp")    
     data = {"tickets": [ticket.serialize() for ticket in tickets]}
 
     return JsonResponse(data)
diff --git a/apps/templates/home/tickets.html b/apps/templates/home/tickets.html
index e0d65a7..853100e 100644
--- a/apps/templates/home/tickets.html
+++ b/apps/templates/home/tickets.html
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@
 {% block javascripts %}
 <script>
     var displayedTicketID = -1;
+        filters = {};
 
     $(document).ready(function() {
         // $(".email-list-item").on("click", function() {
@@ -347,6 +348,59 @@
                 console.error(error)
             });
 
+        $("#filterSidebar .filter-department").each(function() {
+            var uuid = $(this).data("uuid");
+            var checkbox = $(this).find("input[type=checkbox]");
+            checkbox.on("change", function() {
+                var departmentKey = "author__department__in";
+
+                if ($(this).is(":checked")) {
+                    if (!filters.hasOwnProperty(departmentKey)) {
+                        filters[departmentKey] = [uuid];
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        filters[departmentKey].push(uuid);
+                    }
+                }
+                else {
+                    filters[departmentKey].splice(filters[departmentKey].indexOf(uuid), 1);
+
+                    if (filters.hasOwnProperty(departmentKey) && filters[departmentKey].length === 0) {
+                        delete filters[departmentKey]
+                    }
+                }
+
+                loadAllTickets();
+                alert(JSON.stringify(filters, null, 4));
+            });
+        });
+
+        $("#filterSidebar .filter-tag").each(function() {
+            var uuid = $(this).data("uuid");
+            var checkbox = $(this).find("input[type=checkbox]");
+            checkbox.on("change", function() {
+                var departmentKey = "tags__in";
+
+                if ($(this).is(":checked")) {
+                    if (!filters.hasOwnProperty(departmentKey)) {
+                        filters[departmentKey] = [uuid];
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        filters[departmentKey].push(uuid);
+                    }
+                }
+                else {
+                    filters[departmentKey].splice(filters[departmentKey].indexOf(uuid), 1);
+
+                    if (filters.hasOwnProperty(departmentKey) && filters[departmentKey].length === 0) {
+                        delete filters[departmentKey]
+                    }
+                }
+
+                loadAllTickets();
+            });
+        });
+
         loadFilterCounts();
         loadAllTickets();
     });
@@ -378,9 +432,15 @@
         }
     }
 
-    function loadFilterCounts() {
-        // $("#filterSidebar")
+    function updateFilterCounts(filterType, data) {
+        $("#filterSidebar .filter-" + filterType).each(function() {
+            var uuid = $(this).data("uuid");
+            var count = data[filterType + '_counts'][uuid];
+            $(this).find(".badge").text(count);
+        });
+    }
 
+    function loadFilterCounts() {
         $.ajax({
             url: "{% url 'ticket-getfiltercounts' %}",
             type: "POST",
@@ -389,29 +449,11 @@
                 csrfmiddlewaretoken: "{{ csrf_token }}",
             },
             success: function(data) {
-                alert(JSON.stringify(data, null, 4));
+                console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 4));
 
-                var priorities = data.priority_counts;
-                var tags = data.tag_counts;
-                var departments = data.department_counts;
-
-                $("#filterSidebar .filter-priority").each(function() {
-                    var uuid = $(this).data("uuid");
-                    var count = priorities[uuid];
-                    $(this).find(".badge").text(count);
-                });
-
-                $("#filterSidebar .filter-tag").each(function() {
-                    var uuid = $(this).data("uuid");
-                    var count = tags[uuid];
-                    $(this).find(".badge").text(count);
-                });
-
-                $("#filterSidebar .filter-department").each(function() {
-                    var uuid = $(this).data("uuid");
-                    var count = departments[uuid];
-                    $(this).find(".badge").text(count);
-                });
+                updateFilterCounts('priority', data);
+                updateFilterCounts('tag', data);
+                updateFilterCounts('department', data);
             },
             error: function(data) {
                 alert(JSON.stringify(data, null, 4))
@@ -428,7 +470,7 @@
             dataType: "json",
             data: {
                 csrfmiddlewaretoken: "{{ csrf_token }}",
-                filters: {}
+                filters: JSON.stringify(filters)
             },
             success: function(data) {
                 console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 4))