diff --git a/apis/filters.go b/apis/filters.go
index 415bf1c88..f86cd6087 100644
--- a/apis/filters.go
+++ b/apis/filters.go
@@ -87,36 +87,18 @@ func (adms *AdminSv1) GetFilters(ctx *context.Context, args *utils.ArgsItemIDs,
 	if tnt == utils.EmptyString {
 		tnt = adms.cfg.GeneralCfg().DefaultTenant
 	}
-	prfx := utils.FilterPrefix + tnt + utils.ConcatenatedKeySep
-	lenPrfx := len(prfx)
-	prfx += args.ItemsPrefix
-	var keys []string
-	if keys, err = adms.dm.DataDB().GetKeysForPrefix(ctx, prfx); err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-	if len(keys) == 0 {
-		return utils.ErrNotFound
-	}
-	retIDs := make([]string, len(keys))
-	for i, key := range keys {
-		retIDs[i] = key[lenPrfx:]
-	}
-	var limit, offset, maxItems int
-	if limit, offset, maxItems, err = utils.GetPaginateOpts(args.APIOpts); err != nil {
-		return
-	}
 	var fltrIDs []string
-	fltrIDs, err = utils.Paginate(retIDs, limit, offset, maxItems)
+	err = adms.GetFilterIDs(ctx, args, &fltrIDs)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
+	*reply = make([]*engine.Filter, 0, len(fltrIDs))
 	for _, fltrID := range fltrIDs {
 		var fltr *engine.Filter
 		if fltr, err = adms.dm.GetFilter(ctx, tnt, fltrID, true, true, utils.NonTransactional); err != nil {
 			return utils.APIErrorHandler(err)
 		} else {
-			fltrs := append(*reply, fltr)
-			*reply = fltrs
+			*reply = append(*reply, fltr)
 		}
 	}
 	return
diff --git a/apis/filters_it_test.go b/apis/filters_it_test.go
index 4883747fe..0f7ea935e 100644
--- a/apis/filters_it_test.go
+++ b/apis/filters_it_test.go
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ var (
 		testFilterSStartEngine,
 		testFilterSRPCConn,
 		testFilterSGetFltrBeforeSet,
+		testFilterSGetFiltersBeforeSet,
 		testFilterSSetFltr,
 		testFilterSGetFilterIDs,
 		testFilterSGetFilters,
@@ -131,6 +132,15 @@ func testFilterSGetFltrBeforeSet(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func testFilterSGetFiltersBeforeSet(t *testing.T) {
+	var reply *[]*engine.Filter
+	args := &utils.ArgsItemIDs{}
+	if err := fltrSRPC.Call(context.Background(), utils.AdminSv1GetFilters,
+		args, &reply); err == nil || err.Error() != utils.ErrNotFound.Error() {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %+v \n, received %+v", utils.ErrNotFound, err)
+	}
+}
+
 func testFilterSSetFltr(t *testing.T) {
 	fltrPrf := &engine.FilterWithAPIOpts{
 		Filter: &engine.Filter{
@@ -209,9 +219,9 @@ func testFilterSGetFilterIDs(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func testFilterSGetFilters(t *testing.T) {
-	var reply *[]engine.Filter
+	var reply *[]*engine.Filter
 	args := &utils.ArgsItemIDs{}
-	expectedFltr := &[]engine.Filter{
+	expectedFltr := &[](*engine.Filter){
 		{
 			Tenant: utils.CGRateSorg,
 			ID:     "fltr_for_attr",
@@ -352,9 +362,9 @@ func testFilterSGetFilterSIDs2(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func testFilterSGetFilters2(t *testing.T) {
-	var reply *[]engine.Filter
+	var reply *[]*engine.Filter
 	args := &utils.ArgsItemIDs{}
-	expectedFltr := &[]engine.Filter{
+	expectedFltr := &[](*engine.Filter){
 		{
 			Tenant: utils.CGRateSorg,
 			ID:     "fltr_for_attr",
@@ -516,9 +526,9 @@ func testFilterSSetFilterS3(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func testFilterSGetFilters3(t *testing.T) {
-	var reply *[]engine.Filter
+	var reply *[]*engine.Filter
 	args := &utils.ArgsItemIDs{}
-	expectedFltr := &[]engine.Filter{
+	expectedFltr := &[](*engine.Filter){
 		{
 			Tenant: utils.CGRateSorg,
 			ID:     "fltr_for_attr2",
@@ -639,11 +649,11 @@ func testFilterSSetGetFilterWithPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func testFilterSGetFiltersWithPrefix(t *testing.T) {
-	var reply *[]engine.Filter
+	var reply *[]*engine.Filter
 	args := &utils.ArgsItemIDs{
 		ItemsPrefix: "afltr",
 	}
-	expectedFltr := &[]engine.Filter{
+	expectedFltr := &[](*engine.Filter){
 		{
 			Tenant: utils.CGRateSorg,
 			ID:     "afltr_for_attr",