diff --git a/src/app/components/shared/selectors/project-name-selector/project-name-selector.component.ts b/src/app/components/shared/selectors/project-name-selector/project-name-selector.component.ts
index 9129178ed..2d46aad64 100644
--- a/src/app/components/shared/selectors/project-name-selector/project-name-selector.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/shared/selectors/project-name-selector/project-name-selector.component.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export class ProjectNameSelectorComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   public projectNames: string[] = [];
   public projectNamesFiltered = [];
   public projectName = '';
+  public filterValue: string | null = null;
   private subs = new SubSink();
   readonly maxProjectNameLength = 100;
 
@@ -66,7 +67,11 @@ export class ProjectNameSelectorComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
       ]).subscribe(([scenes, user]) => {
         if (user) {
           this.projectNames = [ ...user.job_names, ];
-          this.projectNamesFiltered = [ ...user.job_names, ];
+          if (this.filterValue) {
+            this.filterProjectNames();
+          } else {
+            this.projectNamesFiltered = [ ...user.job_names, ];
+          }
         }
 
         const projectNamesSet: Set<string> = scenes
@@ -116,8 +121,14 @@ export class ProjectNameSelectorComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     } else {
       filterValue = projectName.toLowerCase();
     }
+
+    this.filterValue = filterValue;
+    this.filterProjectNames();
+  }
+
+  private filterProjectNames() {
     this.projectNamesFiltered = this.projectNames.filter(
-      option => option.toLowerCase().includes(filterValue)
+      option => option.toLowerCase().includes(this.filterValue)
     );
   }