diff --git a/src/reducers/provider-state-updaters.ts b/src/reducers/provider-state-updaters.ts
index 01dc77944e..e40b5a12c4 100644
--- a/src/reducers/provider-state-updaters.ts
+++ b/src/reducers/provider-state-updaters.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 // THE SOFTWARE.
 
 import {withTask} from 'react-palm/tasks';
-import {default as Console} from 'global/console';
+import Console from 'global/console';
 import {generateHashId, getError, isPlainObject, toArray} from '../utils/utils';
 import {
   EXPORT_FILE_TO_CLOUD_TASK,
diff --git a/src/schemas/vis-state-schema.ts b/src/schemas/vis-state-schema.ts
index 7d8683acfd..227233a754 100644
--- a/src/schemas/vis-state-schema.ts
+++ b/src/schemas/vis-state-schema.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 import pick from 'lodash.pick';
 import {VERSIONS} from './versions';
-import {isValidFilterValue} from 'utils/filter-utils';
+import {isFilterValidToSave} from 'utils/filter-utils';
 import {LAYER_VIS_CONFIGS} from '@kepler.gl/constants';
 import Schema from './schema';
 import cloneDeep from 'lodash.clonedeep';
@@ -610,8 +610,7 @@ export class FilterSchemaV0 extends Schema {
   save(filters: Filter[]): {filters: SavedFilter[]} {
     return {
       filters: filters
-        // @ts-expect-error should pass type of the layer instead?
-        .filter(isValidFilterValue)
+        .filter(isFilterValidToSave)
         .map(filter => this.savePropertiesOrApplySchema(filter).filters)
     };
   }
diff --git a/src/utils/dom-to-image.ts b/src/utils/dom-to-image.ts
index 027b40f5f4..9aae60a7c9 100644
--- a/src/utils/dom-to-image.ts
+++ b/src/utils/dom-to-image.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 import window from 'global/window';
 import document from 'global/document';
-import console from 'global/console';
+import Console from 'global/console';
 import svgToMiniDataURI from 'mini-svg-data-uri';
 import {IMAGE_EXPORT_ERRORS} from '@kepler.gl/constants';
 import {
@@ -361,8 +361,8 @@ function newFontFaces() {
                 // Handle any error that occurred in any of the previous
                 // promises in the chain. stylesheet failed to load should not stop
                 // the process, hence result in only a warning, instead of reject
-                console.warn(IMAGE_EXPORT_ERRORS.styleSheet, sheet.href);
-                console.log(err);
+                Console.warn(IMAGE_EXPORT_ERRORS.styleSheet, sheet.href);
+                Console.log(err);
                 return;
               });
           }
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ function newFontFaces() {
         try {
           rules = sheet.rules || sheet.cssRules;
         } catch (e) {
-          console.log(`'Can't read the css rules of: ${sheet.href}`, e);
+          Console.log(`'Can't read the css rules of: ${sheet.href}`, e);
           return;
         }
 
@@ -439,11 +439,11 @@ function newFontFaces() {
           try {
             asArray(rules || []).forEach(cssRules.push.bind(cssRules));
           } catch (e) {
-            console.log(`Error while reading CSS rules from ${sheet.href}`, e);
+            Console.log(`Error while reading CSS rules from ${sheet.href}`, e);
             return;
           }
         } else {
-          console.log('getCssRules can not find cssRules');
+          Console.log('getCssRules can not find cssRules');
           return;
         }
       });
diff --git a/src/utils/dom-utils.ts b/src/utils/dom-utils.ts
index 5e2b0c8e1a..3f0df9d7c3 100644
--- a/src/utils/dom-utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/dom-utils.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 // OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
 // THE SOFTWARE.
 
-import console from 'global/console';
+import Console from 'global/console';
 import window from 'global/window';
 import document from 'global/document';
 import {IMAGE_EXPORT_ERRORS} from '@kepler.gl/constants';
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ export function makeImage(uri) {
     };
     image.onerror = err => {
       const message = IMAGE_EXPORT_ERRORS.dataUri;
-      console.log(uri);
+      Console.log(uri);
       // error is an Event Object
       // https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/obj_event.asp
       reject({event: err, message});
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ export function getAndEncode(url, options) {
     }
 
     function fail(message) {
-      console.error(message);
+      Console.error(message);
       resolve('');
     }
   });
diff --git a/src/utils/filter-utils.ts b/src/utils/filter-utils.ts
index af8f9c8521..8f296fc3f1 100644
--- a/src/utils/filter-utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/filter-utils.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 import {ascending, extent, histogram as d3Histogram, ticks} from 'd3-array';
 import keyMirror from 'keymirror';
-import {console as Console} from 'global/console';
+import Console from 'global/console';
 import get from 'lodash.get';
 import isEqual from 'lodash.isequal';
 
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ export function validateFilter(
   const filterDataId = toArray(filter.dataId);
 
   const filterDatasetIndex = filterDataId.indexOf(dataset.id);
-  if (filterDatasetIndex < 0) {
+  if (filterDatasetIndex < 0 || !toArray(filter.name)[filterDatasetIndex]) {
     // the current filter is not mapped against the current dataset
     return failed;
   }
@@ -829,6 +829,20 @@ export function getTimeWidgetHintFormatter(domain: [number, number]): string | u
 
 /**
  * Sanity check on filters to prepare for save
+ * @type {typeof import('./filter-utils').isFilterValidToSave}
+ */
+export function isFilterValidToSave(filter: any): boolean {
+  return (
+    filter?.type &&
+    Array.isArray(filter?.name) &&
+    filter?.name.length &&
+    isValidFilterValue(filter?.type, filter?.value)
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Sanity check on filters to prepare for save
+ * @type {typeof import('./filter-utils').isValidFilterValue}
  */
 /* eslint-disable complexity */
 export function isValidFilterValue(type: string | null, value: any): boolean {
diff --git a/src/utils/locale-utils.ts b/src/utils/locale-utils.ts
index 1d4677d8c7..8c6730b885 100644
--- a/src/utils/locale-utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/locale-utils.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 // THE SOFTWARE.
 
 import {isObject} from './utils';
-import {console as Console} from 'global/console';
+import Console from 'global/console';
 
 // Flat messages since react-intl does not seem to support nested structures
 // Adapted from https://medium.com/siren-apparel-press/internationalization-and-localization-of-sirenapparel-eu-sirenapparel-us-and-sirenapparel-asia-ddee266066a2
diff --git a/src/utils/table-utils/kepler-table.ts b/src/utils/table-utils/kepler-table.ts
index 10b2f14091..973a20f7e3 100644
--- a/src/utils/table-utils/kepler-table.ts
+++ b/src/utils/table-utils/kepler-table.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 // OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
 // THE SOFTWARE.
 
-import {console as Console} from 'global/console';
+import Console from 'global/console';
 import {TRIP_POINT_FIELDS, SORT_ORDER, ALL_FIELD_TYPES, SCALE_TYPES} from '@kepler.gl/constants';
 import {ascending, descending} from 'd3-array';
 
diff --git a/test/node/reducers/vis-state-merger-test.js b/test/node/reducers/vis-state-merger-test.js
index 0819987b31..e52eb8c09d 100644
--- a/test/node/reducers/vis-state-merger-test.js
+++ b/test/node/reducers/vis-state-merger-test.js
@@ -249,6 +249,45 @@ test('VisStateMerger.v1 -> mergeFilters -> toWorkingState', t => {
   t.end();
 });
 
+test('VisStateMerger.v1 -> mergeFilters -> empty filter', t => {
+  const savedConfig = cloneDeep(savedStateV1);
+  // set an empty filter
+  savedConfig.config.config.visState.filters[0].name = [];
+  const oldState = cloneDeep(InitialState);
+
+  const oldVisState = oldState.visState;
+  const oldFilters = [...oldState.visState.filters];
+
+  const parsedConfig = SchemaManager.parseSavedConfig(savedConfig.config, oldState);
+  const parsedFilters = parsedConfig.visState.filters;
+
+  const mergedState = mergeFilters(oldState.visState, parsedFilters);
+
+  Object.keys(oldVisState).forEach(key => {
+    if (key === 'filterToBeMerged') {
+      t.deepEqual(
+        mergedState.filterToBeMerged,
+        parsedFilters,
+        'Should save filters to filterToBeMerged before data loaded'
+      );
+    } else {
+      t.deepEqual(mergedState[key], oldVisState[key], 'Should keep the rest of state same');
+    }
+  });
+
+  const parsedData = SchemaManager.parseSavedData(savedConfig.datasets);
+
+  // load data into reducer
+  const stateWData = visStateReducer(mergedState, updateVisData(parsedData));
+
+  // test parsed filters
+  cmpFilters(t, oldFilters, stateWData.filters);
+  t.deepEqual(stateWData.filterToBeMerged, [], 'should not pass fiter validate if tiler is empty');
+
+  // should filter data
+  t.end();
+});
+
 test('VisStateMerger -> mergeLayers -> invalid layer config', t => {
   const oldState = cloneDeep(InitialState);
   const oldVisState = oldState.visState;
diff --git a/test/node/schemas/vis-state-schema-test.js b/test/node/schemas/vis-state-schema-test.js
index 876637ed48..39c6850c83 100644
--- a/test/node/schemas/vis-state-schema-test.js
+++ b/test/node/schemas/vis-state-schema-test.js
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ import {
   testCsvDataId,
   testGeoJsonDataId
 } from 'test/helpers/mock-state';
+import keplerGlReducer from 'reducers/core';
+import * as VisStateActions from 'actions/vis-state-actions';
 
 test('#visStateSchema -> v1 -> save layers', t => {
   const initialState = cloneDeep(StateWFilesFiltersLayerColor);
@@ -124,6 +126,19 @@ test('#visStateSchema -> v1 -> save load filters', t => {
   t.end();
 });
 
+test('#visStateSchema -> v1 -> save and validate filters', t => {
+  const initialState = cloneDeep(StateWFilesFiltersLayerColor);
+
+  // add empty filter
+  const nextStte = keplerGlReducer(initialState, VisStateActions.addFilter(testCsvDataId));
+  const savedState = SchemaManager.getConfigToSave(nextStte);
+
+  t.equal(nextStte.visState.filters.length, 3, 'should have 3 filters');
+  t.equal(savedState.config.visState.filters.length, 2, 'should only save 2 filters');
+
+  t.end();
+});
+
 test('#visStateSchema -> v1 -> save load interaction', t => {
   const initialState = cloneDeep(StateWFilesFiltersLayerColor);
   const savedState = SchemaManager.getConfigToSave(initialState);