diff --git a/src/browser/index.ts b/src/browser/index.ts
index 08d48427..1742a0fb 100644
--- a/src/browser/index.ts
+++ b/src/browser/index.ts
@@ -37,4 +37,5 @@ const ngTableBrowserModule = angular.module('ngTable-browser', [])
     .controller('ngTableSorterRowController', NgTableSorterRowController);
 
 export * from './public-interfaces';
-export { NgTableController, NgTableFilterConfigProvider, NgTableFilterConfig, ngTableBrowserModule };
\ No newline at end of file
+export { NgTableController, ngTableBrowserModule };
+export * from './ngTableFilterConfig';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/browser/ngTableDynamic.directive.ts b/src/browser/ngTableDynamic.directive.ts
index 754419a0..c4800034 100644
--- a/src/browser/ngTableDynamic.directive.ts
+++ b/src/browser/ngTableDynamic.directive.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ interface ScopeExtensions {
     $columns: ColumnDef[]
 }
 
+function toArray<T>(arr: ArrayLike<T>) {
+    return Array.prototype.slice.call(arr) as T[];
+}
+
 ngTableDynamic.$inject = [];
 
 /**
@@ -31,40 +35,35 @@ ngTableDynamic.$inject = [];
  * </table>
  * ```
  */
-export function ngTableDynamic () : IDirective{
+export function ngTableDynamic(): IDirective {
 
     return {
         restrict: 'A',
         priority: 1001,
         scope: true,
         controller: 'ngTableController',
-        compile: function(tElement: IAugmentedJQuery) {
-            let row: IAugmentedJQuery;
+        compile: function (tElement: IAugmentedJQuery) {
 
-            // IE 8 fix :not(.ng-table-group) selector
-            ng1.forEach(tElement.find('tr'), (tr: JQuery) => {
-                tr = ng1.element(tr);
-                if (!tr.hasClass('ng-table-group') && !row) {
-                    row = tr;
-                }
-            });
-            if (!row) {
+            const tRows = toArray(tElement[0].getElementsByTagName('tr'));
+            const tRow = tRows.filter(tr => !ng1.element(tr).hasClass('ng-table-group'))[0];
+
+            if (!tRow) {
                 return undefined;
             }
 
-            ng1.forEach(row.find('td'), (item: JQuery) => {
-                const el = ng1.element(item);
+            toArray(tRow.getElementsByTagName('td')).forEach(tCell => {
+                const el = ng1.element(tCell);
                 const getAttrValue = (attr: string) => {
                     return el.attr('x-data-' + attr) || el.attr('data-' + attr) || el.attr(attr);
                 };
 
                 // this used in responsive table
                 const titleExpr = getAttrValue('title');
-                if (!titleExpr){
+                if (!titleExpr) {
                     el.attr('data-title-text', '{{$columns[$index].titleAlt(this) || $columns[$index].title(this)}}');
                 }
                 const showExpr = el.attr('ng-if');
-                if (!showExpr){
+                if (!showExpr) {
                     el.attr('ng-if', '$columns[$index].show(this)');
                 }
             });
diff --git a/src/browser/ngTableFilterConfig.ts b/src/browser/ngTableFilterConfig.ts
index cd92b8e3..367bf99a 100644
--- a/src/browser/ngTableFilterConfig.ts
+++ b/src/browser/ngTableFilterConfig.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,30 @@
 
 import * as ng1 from 'angular';
 import { IServiceProvider, auto } from 'angular';
-import { FilterConfigValues, FilterTemplateDef } from './public-interfaces';
+import { assignPartialDeep } from '../shared';
+import { FilterTemplateDef } from './public-interfaces';
+
+/**
+ * Configuration values that determine the behaviour of the `ngTableFilterConfig` service
+ */
+export class FilterConfigValues {
+    /**
+     * The default base url to use when deriving the url for a filter template given just an alias name
+     */
+    defaultBaseUrl = 'ng-table/filters/';
+    /**
+     * The extension to use when deriving the url of a filter template when given just an alias name
+     */
+    defaultExt = '.html';
+    /**
+     * A map of alias names and their corrosponding urls. A lookup against this map will be used
+     * to find the url matching an alias name.
+     * If no match is found then a url will be derived using the following pattern `${defaultBaseUrl}${aliasName}.${defaultExt}`
+     */
+    aliasUrls: { [name: string]: string } = {};
+}
+
+export type FilterConfigValuesPartial = Partial<FilterConfigValues>
 
 /**
  * The angular provider used to configure the behaviour of the `NgTableFilterConfig` service.
@@ -17,11 +40,6 @@ export class NgTableFilterConfigProvider implements IServiceProvider {
     static $inject = ['$injector'];
     $get: () => NgTableFilterConfig;
     private config: FilterConfigValues;
-    private defaultConfig: FilterConfigValues = {
-        defaultBaseUrl: 'ng-table/filters/',
-        defaultExt: '.html',
-        aliasUrls: {}
-    };
     constructor($injector: auto.IInjectorService) {
         this.$get = () => {
             return $injector.instantiate<NgTableFilterConfig>(NgTableFilterConfig, { config: ng1.copy(this.config) });
@@ -34,16 +52,14 @@ export class NgTableFilterConfigProvider implements IServiceProvider {
      * Reset back to factory defaults the config values that `NgTableFilterConfig` service will use
      */
     resetConfigs() {
-        this.config = this.defaultConfig;
+        this.config = new FilterConfigValues();
     }
 
     /**
      * Set the config values used by `NgTableFilterConfig` service
      */
-    setConfig(customConfig: FilterConfigValues) {
-        const mergeConfig = ng1.extend({}, this.config, customConfig);
-        mergeConfig.aliasUrls = ng1.extend({}, this.config.aliasUrls, customConfig.aliasUrls);
-        this.config = mergeConfig;
+    setConfig(customConfig: FilterConfigValuesPartial) {
+        this.config = assignPartialDeep(ng1.copy(this.config), customConfig);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/browser/public-interfaces.ts b/src/browser/public-interfaces.ts
index b38702e1..49671999 100644
--- a/src/browser/public-interfaces.ts
+++ b/src/browser/public-interfaces.ts
@@ -157,27 +157,6 @@ export interface DynamicTableColDef {
     titleAlt?: DynamicTableColField<string>;
 }
 
-/**
- * Configuration values that determine the behaviour of the `ngTableFilterConfig` service
- */
-export interface FilterConfigValues {
-    /**
-     * The default base url to use when deriving the url for a filter template given just an alias name
-     * Defaults to 'ng-table/filters/'
-     */
-    defaultBaseUrl?: string;
-    /**
-     * The extension to use when deriving the url of a filter template when given just an alias name
-     */
-    defaultExt?: string;
-    /**
-     * A map of alias names and their corrosponding urls. A lookup against this map will be used
-     * to find the url matching an alias name.
-     * If no match is found then a url will be derived using the following pattern `${defaultBaseUrl}${aliasName}.${defaultExt}`
-     */
-    aliasUrls?: { [name: string]: string };
-}
-
 /**
  * A key value-pair map where the key is the name of a field in a data row and the value is the definition
  * for the template used to render a filter cell in the header of a html table.
diff --git a/test/specs/filters.spec.ts b/test/specs/filters.spec.ts
index 5c248e82..7bf49681 100644
--- a/test/specs/filters.spec.ts
+++ b/test/specs/filters.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import { NgTableFilterConfig, NgTableFilterConfigProvider, ngTableBrowserModule } from '../../src/browser';
 import * as ng1 from 'angular';
+import * as _ from 'lodash';
+import { NgTableFilterConfig, NgTableFilterConfigProvider, FilterConfigValues, ngTableBrowserModule } from '../../src/browser';
 
 describe('ngTableFilterConfig', () => {
     let ngTableFilterConfig: NgTableFilterConfig,
@@ -19,8 +20,24 @@ describe('ngTableFilterConfig', () => {
     }));
 
 
+    it('should return defaults', () => {
+        ngTableFilterConfig = ngTableFilterConfigProvider.$get();
+
+        expect(ngTableFilterConfig.config).toEqualPlainObject({
+            defaultBaseUrl: 'ng-table/filters/',
+            defaultExt: '.html',
+            aliasUrls: {}
+        });
+    })
+
+
     describe('setConfig', () => {
 
+        let allSettings: FilterConfigValues
+        beforeEach(() => {
+            allSettings = new FilterConfigValues();
+        });
+
         it('should set aliasUrls supplied', () => {
 
             ngTableFilterConfigProvider.setConfig({
@@ -49,6 +66,32 @@ describe('ngTableFilterConfig', () => {
             expect(ngTableFilterConfig.config.aliasUrls['text']).toBe('custom/url/text.html');
             expect(ngTableFilterConfig.config.aliasUrls['number']).toBe('custom/url/custom-number.html');
         });
+
+        it('undefined values in new settings should be ignored', () => {
+            const newSettings = _.mapValues(allSettings, _.constant(undefined));
+            // when
+            ngTableFilterConfigProvider.setConfig(newSettings);
+            // then
+            ngTableFilterConfig = ngTableFilterConfigProvider.$get();
+            expect(ngTableFilterConfig.config).toEqualPlainObject(allSettings);
+        });
+
+        it('undefined nested values in new settings should be ignored', () => {
+            ngTableFilterConfigProvider.setConfig({
+                aliasUrls: {
+                    'text': 'custom/url/text.html'
+                }
+            });
+
+            ngTableFilterConfigProvider.setConfig({
+                aliasUrls: {
+                    'text': undefined
+                }
+            });
+
+            ngTableFilterConfig = ngTableFilterConfigProvider.$get();
+            expect(ngTableFilterConfig.config.aliasUrls['text']).toBe('custom/url/text.html');
+        });
     });
 
     describe('getTemplateUrl', () => {