diff --git a/pylot/RELEASE-VERSION b/pylot/RELEASE-VERSION
index ce33fbd0..237b9555 100644
--- a/pylot/RELEASE-VERSION
+++ b/pylot/RELEASE-VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-23ed-dirty
+ffa3-dirty
diff --git a/pylot/core/io/phases.py b/pylot/core/io/phases.py
index b5650fe6..9391e68f 100644
--- a/pylot/core/io/phases.py
+++ b/pylot/core/io/phases.py
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ from pylot.core.io.inputs import PylotParameter
 from pylot.core.io.location import create_event, \
     create_magnitude
 from pylot.core.pick.utils import select_for_phase
-from pylot.core.util.utils import getOwner, full_range, four_digits
+from pylot.core.util.utils import getOwner, full_range, four_digits, transformFilteroptions2String, \
+    transformFilterString4Export, backtransformFilterString
 
 
 def add_amplitudes(event, amplitudes):
@@ -235,6 +236,7 @@ def picksdict_from_picks(evt):
         network = pick.waveform_id.network_code
         mpp = pick.time
         spe = pick.time_errors.uncertainty
+        filter_id = backtransformFilterString(str(pick.filter_id.id))
         try:
             picker = str(pick.method_id)
             if picker.startswith('smi:local/'):
@@ -261,6 +263,7 @@ def picksdict_from_picks(evt):
         phase['channel'] = channel
         phase['network'] = network
         phase['picker'] = picker
+        phase['filter_id'] = filter_id if filter_id is not None else ''
 
         onsets[pick.phase_hint] = phase.copy()
         picksdict[picker][station] = onsets.copy()
@@ -312,6 +315,13 @@ def picks_from_picksdict(picks, creation_info=None):
             pick.waveform_id = ope.WaveformStreamID(station_code=station,
                                                     channel_code=ccode,
                                                     network_code=ncode)
+            try:
+                filter_id = phase['filteroptions']
+                filter_id = transformFilterString4Export(filter_id)
+            except KeyError as e:
+                warnings.warn(e.message, RuntimeWarning)
+                filter_id = ''
+            pick.filter_id = filter_id
             try:
                 polarity = phase['fm']
                 if polarity == 'U' or '+':
@@ -328,7 +338,6 @@ def picks_from_picksdict(picks, creation_info=None):
             picks_list.append(pick)
     return picks_list
 
-
 def reassess_pilot_db(root_dir, db_dir, out_dir=None, fn_param=None, verbosity=0):
     import glob
 
diff --git a/pylot/core/util/utils.py b/pylot/core/util/utils.py
index 6a91c844..9185f971 100644
--- a/pylot/core/util/utils.py
+++ b/pylot/core/util/utils.py
@@ -391,6 +391,38 @@ def full_range(stream):
     return min_start, max_end
 
 
+def transformFilteroptions2String(filtopts):
+    st = ''
+    if not filtopts:
+        return st
+    if 'type' in filtopts.keys():
+        st += '{}'.format(filtopts['type'])
+        if 'freq' in filtopts.keys():
+            st += ' | freq: {}'.format(filtopts['freq'])
+        elif 'freqmin' in filtopts.keys() and 'freqmax' in filtopts.keys():
+            st += ' | freqmin: {} | freqmax: {}'.format(filtopts['freqmin'], filtopts['freqmax'])
+    for key, value in filtopts.items():
+        if key in ['type', 'freq', 'freqmin', 'freqmax']:
+            continue
+        st += ' | {}: {}'.format(key, value)
+    return st
+
+
+def transformFilterString4Export(st):
+    st = st.replace('|', '//')
+    st = st.replace(':', '/')
+    st = st.replace(' ', '')
+    return st
+
+
+def backtransformFilterString(st):
+    st = st.split('smi:local/')
+    st = st[1] if len(st) > 1 else st[0]
+    st = st.replace('//', ' | ')
+    st = st.replace('/', ': ')
+    return st
+
+
 def getHash(time):
     """
     takes a time object and returns the corresponding SHA1 hash of the formatted date string
diff --git a/pylot/core/util/widgets.py b/pylot/core/util/widgets.py
index 8c2c81c5..fb64e3ea 100644
--- a/pylot/core/util/widgets.py
+++ b/pylot/core/util/widgets.py
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ import time
 import numpy as np
 
 from matplotlib.figure import Figure
-from pylot.core.util.utils import find_horizontals, identifyPhase, loopIdentifyPhase, trim_station_components, \
-    identifyPhaseID, check4rotated, real_Bool, pick_color
 
 try:
     from matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg import FigureCanvas
@@ -49,7 +47,9 @@ from pylot.core.util.defaults import OUTPUTFORMATS, FILTERDEFAULTS, \
     SetChannelComponents
 from pylot.core.util.utils import prepTimeAxis, full_range, scaleWFData, \
     demeanTrace, isSorted, findComboBoxIndex, clims, pick_linestyle_plt, pick_color_plt, \
-    check4rotated, check4doubled, check4gaps, remove_underscores
+    check4rotated, check4doubled, check4gaps, remove_underscores, find_horizontals, identifyPhase, \
+    loopIdentifyPhase, trim_station_components, transformFilteroptions2String, \
+    identifyPhaseID, real_Bool, pick_color
 from autoPyLoT import autoPyLoT
 from pylot.core.util.thread import Thread
 
@@ -1989,7 +1989,8 @@ class PickDlg(QDialog):
         # save pick times for actual phase
         phasepicks = dict(epp=epp, lpp=lpp, mpp=mpp, spe=spe,
                           picker='manual', channel=channel,
-                          network=wfdata[0].stats.network)
+                          network=wfdata[0].stats.network,
+                          filteroptions=transformFilteroptions2String(filteroptions))
 
         try:
             oldphasepick = self.picks[phase]
@@ -2202,11 +2203,8 @@ class PickDlg(QDialog):
                 data.detrend('linear')
                 data.taper(0.02, type='cosine')
                 data.filter(**filtoptions)
-                title += ' | {} filtered |'.format(filtoptions['type'])
-                for key, value in filtoptions.items():
-                    if key == 'type':
-                        continue
-                    title += ' {}: {} |'.format(key, value)
+                filtops_str = transformFilteroptions2String(filtoptions)
+                title += ' | Filteroptions: {}'.format(filtops_str)
         self.multicompfig.plotWFData(wfdata=data, title=title,
                                      zoomx=self.getXLims(),
                                      zoomy=self.getYLims())