diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/members/filter.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/components/members/filter.hbs
index 57a380906a..5371f924fe 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/members/filter.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/members/filter.hbs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         class="gh-btn gh-btn-icon gh-btn-action-icon"
         data-test-button="members-filter-actions"
     >
-        <span class="{{if @isFiltered "gh-btn-label-green"}}">
+        <span class="{{if @isFiltered "gh-btn-label-green"}}" {{did-update this.parseDefaultFilters @parseFilterParamCounter}}>
             {{svg-jar "filter"}}
             Filter
             {{#if @isFiltered}}
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/members/filter.js b/ghost/admin/app/components/members/filter.js
index 2706d47ffa..e9d15d4d05 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/members/filter.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/members/filter.js
@@ -190,11 +190,27 @@ export default class MembersFilter extends Component {
     constructor(...args) {
         super(...args);
 
+        this.parseDefaultFilters();
+        this.fetchTiers.perform();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method is not super clean as it uses did-update, but for now this is required to make URL changes work
+     * properly. 
+     * Problem: filter parameter is changed in the members controller by modifying the URL directly
+     * -> the filters property is not updated in the members controller because the new parameter is not parsed again
+     * -> we need to listen for changes in the property and parse it again
+     * -> better future proof solution: move the filter parsing logic elsewhere so it can be parsed in the members controller
+     */
+    @action
+    parseDefaultFilters() {
         if (this.args.defaultFilterParam) {
             this.parseNqlFilter(this.args.defaultFilterParam);
-        }
 
-        this.fetchTiers.perform();
+            // Pass the parsed filter to the parent component
+            // this doesn't start a new network request, and doesn't update filterParam again
+            this.applyParsedFilter();
+        }
     }
 
     @action
@@ -329,6 +345,12 @@ export default class MembersFilter extends Component {
             value = nqlValue;
         }
 
+        if (typeof value === 'boolean' || typeof value === 'number') {
+            // Transform it to a string, to keep it compatible with the internally used value in admin
+            // + make sure false and 0 are truthy
+            value = value.toString();
+        }
+
         if (relation && value) {
             return new Filter({
                 type: key,
@@ -342,14 +364,25 @@ export default class MembersFilter extends Component {
 
     parseNqlFilter(filterParam) {
         const validKeys = Object.keys(FILTER_RELATIONS_OPTIONS);
-        const filters = nql.parse(filterParam);
+        let filters;
+
+        try {
+            filters = nql.parse(filterParam);
+        } catch (e) {
+            // Invalid nql filter
+            this.filters = new TrackedArray([]);
+            return;
+        }
+
         const filterKeys = Object.keys(filters);
 
         let filterData = [];
 
         if (filterKeys?.length === 1 && validKeys.includes(filterKeys[0])) {
             const filterObj = this.parseNqlFilterKey(filters);
-            filterData = [filterObj];
+            if (filterObj) {
+                filterData = [filterObj];
+            }
         } else if (filters?.$and) {
             const andFilters = filters?.$and || [];
             filterData = andFilters.filter((nqlFilter) => {
@@ -485,6 +518,18 @@ export default class MembersFilter extends Component {
         this.args.onApplyFilter(query, validFilters);
     }
 
+    @action
+    applyParsedFilter() {
+        const validFilters = this.filters.filter((filter) => {
+            if (['label', 'tier'].includes(filter.type)) {
+                return filter.value?.length;
+            }
+            return filter.value;
+        });
+
+        this.args.onApplyParsedFilter(validFilters);
+    }
+
     @action
     resetFilter() {
         const filters = [];
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/controllers/members.js b/ghost/admin/app/controllers/members.js
index 87e35838fe..4055317e5d 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/controllers/members.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/controllers/members.js
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ export default class MembersController extends Controller {
 
     @tracked _availableLabels = A([]);
 
+    @tracked parseFilterParamCounter = 0;
+
     paidParams = PAID_PARAMS;
 
     constructor() {
@@ -243,6 +245,15 @@ export default class MembersController extends Controller {
         this.filters = filters;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Called to set the filters after the url filterParam has been parsed again
+     */
+    @action
+    applyParsedFilter(filters) {
+        this.softFilters = A([]);
+        this.filters = filters;
+    }
+
     @action
     applySoftFilter(filterStr, filters) {
         this.softFilters = filters;
@@ -432,6 +443,13 @@ export default class MembersController extends Controller {
             this.filters = A([]);
             this.softFilterParam = null;
             this.softFilters = A([]);
+        } else {
+            this.filterParam = params.filterParam;
+
+            // Trigger a did-update call in the filter component, so we get freshly parsed filters
+            // This is temporary, and a ugly pattern, but essential to make it work for now, until we moved the filter parsing logic
+            // out of the component
+            this.parseFilterParamCounter += 1;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/templates/members.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/templates/members.hbs
index 7e512e934a..550ee63d76 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/templates/members.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/templates/members.hbs
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@
                         @onApplyFilter={{this.applyFilter}}
                         @defaultFilterParam={{this.filterParam}}
                         @onApplySoftFilter={{this.applySoftFilter}}
+                        @onApplyParsedFilter={{this.applyParsedFilter}}
                         @onResetSoftFilter={{this.resetSoftFilter}}
                         @onResetFilter={{this.resetFilter}}
                         @onLabelEdit={{this.editLabel}}
+                        @parseFilterParamCounter={{this.parseFilterParamCounter}}
                     />
                     <span class="dropdown">
                         <GhDropdownButton