diff --git a/tagstudio/src/core/library/alchemy/enums.py b/tagstudio/src/core/library/alchemy/enums.py
index aaf9d32af..aca5d5ae8 100644
--- a/tagstudio/src/core/library/alchemy/enums.py
+++ b/tagstudio/src/core/library/alchemy/enums.py
@@ -77,7 +77,10 @@ class FilterState:
     path: Path | str | None = None
     # file name
     name: str | None = None
-
+    # file type
+    filetype: str | None = None
+    mediatype: str | None = None
+    
     # a generic query to be parsed
     query: str | None = None
 
@@ -87,6 +90,7 @@ def __post_init__(self):
             # parse the value
             if ":" in query:
                 kind, _, value = query.partition(":")
+                value = value.replace('"', "")
             else:
                 # default to tag search
                 kind, value = "tag", query
@@ -101,6 +105,10 @@ def __post_init__(self):
                 self.name = value
             elif kind == "id":
                 self.id = int(self.id) if str(self.id).isnumeric() else self.id
+            elif kind == "filetype":
+                self.filetype = value
+            elif kind == "mediatype":
+                self.mediatype = value
 
         else:
             self.tag = self.tag and self.tag.strip()