diff --git a/UI/WebServerResources/MailerUI.js b/UI/WebServerResources/MailerUI.js
index 7a5e592f0..33dab730d 100644
--- a/UI/WebServerResources/MailerUI.js
+++ b/UI/WebServerResources/MailerUI.js
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ function composeNewMessage() {
 function openMailbox(mailbox, reload) {
     if (mailbox != Mailer.currentMailbox || reload) {
         var url = ApplicationBaseURL + encodeURI(mailbox.unescapeHTML());
-        var urlParams = {};
+        var urlParams = {"filters": [], "sortingAttributes": {}};
 
         if (!reload) {
             var messageContent = $("messageContent");