diff --git a/tine20/Tinebase/js/Application.js b/tine20/Tinebase/js/Application.js
index 3002092859..a9543a563a 100644
--- a/tine20/Tinebase/js/Application.js
+++ b/tine20/Tinebase/js/Application.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Tine.Tinebase.Application = function(config) {
 
     this.hasMainScreen = Ext.isBoolean(this.hasMainScreen) ? this.hasMainScreen :
         (this.getMainScreen != Tine.Tinebase.Application.prototype.getMainScreen ||
-        typeof Tine[this.appName].MainScreen === 'function');
+        typeof Tine[this.appName].MainScreen === 'function' );
 
     this.hasMainScreen = this.hasMainScreen && Tine.Tinebase.common.hasRight('mainscreen', this.appName);
 
diff --git a/tine20/Tinebase/js/ApplicationStarter.js b/tine20/Tinebase/js/ApplicationStarter.js
index 10f3c296d6..4261acb836 100644
--- a/tine20/Tinebase/js/ApplicationStarter.js
+++ b/tine20/Tinebase/js/ApplicationStarter.js
@@ -292,8 +292,8 @@ Ext.apply(Tine.Tinebase.ApplicationStarter,{
         const appName = modelConfig.appName;
         const modelName = modelConfig.modelName;
         const owningAppName = _.get(fieldconfig, 'owningApp') || appName;
-        const app = Tine.Tinebase.appMgr.get(owningAppName);
-        if (! app) {
+
+        if (! Tine.Tinebase.appMgr.getInitialisedRecord(owningAppName)) {
             Tine.log.error('Application ' + owningAppName + ' not found!');
             return null;
         }
@@ -309,17 +309,18 @@ Ext.apply(Tine.Tinebase.ApplicationStarter,{
         
         var fieldTypeKey = (fieldconfig && fieldconfig.type) ? fieldconfig.type : (filterconfig && filterconfig.type) ? filterconfig.type : 'default',
             label = (filterconfig && filterconfig.hasOwnProperty('label')) ? filterconfig.label : (fieldconfig && fieldconfig.hasOwnProperty('label')) ? fieldconfig.label : null,
-            globalI18n = ((filterconfig && filterconfig.hasOwnProperty('useGlobalTranslation')) || (fieldconfig && fieldconfig.hasOwnProperty('useGlobalTranslation'))),
-            i18n = globalI18n ? window.i18n : app.i18n;
-        
+            globalI18n = ((filterconfig && filterconfig.hasOwnProperty('useGlobalTranslation')) || (fieldconfig && fieldconfig.hasOwnProperty('useGlobalTranslation')));
+
         if (! label || _.get(fieldconfig, 'disabled') || _.get(fieldconfig, 'uiconfig.disabled') || _.get(filterOptions, 'disabled')) {
             return null;
         }
         // prepare filter
         var filter = {
-            label: i18n._hidden(label),
+            label,
+            owningAppName,
+            globalI18n,
             field: fieldKey,
-            gender: i18n._hidden('GENDER_' + label),
+            gender: 'GENDER_' + label,
             specialType: fieldconfig ? fieldconfig.specialType : null
         };
         
diff --git a/tine20/Tinebase/js/widgets/grid/FilterModel.js b/tine20/Tinebase/js/widgets/grid/FilterModel.js
index 7d0f4a6673..355a5ee67e 100644
--- a/tine20/Tinebase/js/widgets/grid/FilterModel.js
+++ b/tine20/Tinebase/js/widgets/grid/FilterModel.js
@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ Ext.extend(Tine.widgets.grid.FilterModel, Ext.util.Observable, {
         // e.g. {name = 'someApp'}
         this.app = Tine.Tinebase.appMgr.get(this.app);
 
+        const i18n = this.globalI18n ? window.i18n : (this.owningAppName ? Tine.Tinebase.appMgr.get(this.owningAppName) : this.app).i18n || window.i18n;
+        this.label = i18n._hidden(this.label);
+        this.gender = i18n._hidden(this.gender);
+
         if (this.app) {
             this.itemName = this.itemName || this.label;
             this.label = this.app.i18n._hidden(this.label);