diff --git a/client/src/components/ui/score-card.tsx b/client/src/components/ui/score-card.tsx
index fa469504..03a5ae96 100644
--- a/client/src/components/ui/score-card.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/ui/score-card.tsx
@@ -5,13 +5,12 @@ import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
 interface ScoreIndicatorProps {
   className?: string;
   children?: React.ReactNode;
-  bgColorClasses?: Record<PROJECT_SCORE, string>;
 }
 
-export const DEFAULT_BG_CLASSES = {
-  high: "bg-high",
-  medium: "bg-medium",
-  low: "bg-low",
+export const DEFAULT_BG_CLASSES: Record<PROJECT_SCORE, string> = {
+  [PROJECT_SCORE.HIGH]: "bg-high",
+  [PROJECT_SCORE.MEDIUM]: "bg-medium",
+  [PROJECT_SCORE.LOW]: "bg-low",
 };
 
 export const ScoreIndicator = ({
diff --git a/client/src/containers/overview/filters/index.tsx b/client/src/containers/overview/filters/index.tsx
index 4ec22527..afcce826 100644
--- a/client/src/containers/overview/filters/index.tsx
+++ b/client/src/containers/overview/filters/index.tsx
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export default function ProjectsFilters() {
     setFiltersOpen((prev) => ({ ...prev, filtersOpen: false }));
   };
 
-  const { queryKey } = queryKeys.tables.countries;
+  const { queryKey } = queryKeys.countries.all;
   const { data: countryOptions } = client.projects.getProjectCountries.useQuery(
     queryKey,
     {},
diff --git a/client/src/containers/overview/table/utils.ts b/client/src/containers/overview/table/utils.ts
index 7c351913..296ff8d1 100644
--- a/client/src/containers/overview/table/utils.ts
+++ b/client/src/containers/overview/table/utils.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { z } from "zod";
 
 import { filtersSchema } from "@/app/(overview)/url-store";
 
-import { scorecardFiltersSchema } from "./view/scorecard-prioritization/schema";
+import { scorecardFiltersSchema } from "@/containers/overview/table/view/scorecard-prioritization/schema";
 
 export const NO_DATA = [];
 
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ const OMITTED_FIELDS = [
 export const filtersToQueryParams = (
   filters: z.infer<typeof filtersSchema | typeof scorecardFiltersSchema>,
 ) => {
-  debugger;
-  const queryParams = Object.keys(filters)
+  return Object.keys(filters)
     .filter((key) => !OMITTED_FIELDS.includes(key))
     .reduce(
       (acc, key) => ({
@@ -28,5 +27,4 @@ export const filtersToQueryParams = (
       }),
       {},
     );
-  return queryParams;
 };
diff --git a/client/src/containers/overview/table/view/scorecard-prioritization/schema.ts b/client/src/containers/overview/table/view/scorecard-prioritization/schema.ts
index 0f596461..f51472f2 100644
--- a/client/src/containers/overview/table/view/scorecard-prioritization/schema.ts
+++ b/client/src/containers/overview/table/view/scorecard-prioritization/schema.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { PROJECT_SCORE } from "@shared/entities/project-score.enum";
 import { z } from "zod";
 
+// todo: replace this schema with the one coming from create-custom-project.schema.ts once implemented there.
 export const scorecardFiltersSchema = z.object({
   availabilityOfExperiencedLabor: z.nativeEnum(PROJECT_SCORE).optional(),
   availabilityOfAlternatingFunding: z.nativeEnum(PROJECT_SCORE).optional(),
diff --git a/client/src/lib/query-keys.ts b/client/src/lib/query-keys.ts
index 3727a3d9..d0a6a303 100644
--- a/client/src/lib/query-keys.ts
+++ b/client/src/lib/query-keys.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ export const geometriesKeys = createQueryKeys("geometries", {
   all: (filters: z.infer<typeof filtersSchema>) => [filters],
 });
 
+export const countriesKeys = createQueryKeys("countries", {
+  all: null,
+});
+
 export const tableKeys = createQueryKeys("tables", {
   all: <TFilters extends z.ZodTypeAny>(
     tableView: (typeof TABLE_VIEWS)[number],
@@ -32,7 +36,6 @@ export const tableKeys = createQueryKeys("tables", {
     },
   ) => ["all", tableView, filters],
   id: (id: string) => [id],
-  countries: null,
 });
 
 export const queryKeys = mergeQueryKeys(
@@ -40,4 +43,5 @@ export const queryKeys = mergeQueryKeys(
   userKeys,
   geometriesKeys,
   tableKeys,
+  countriesKeys,
 );