diff --git a/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/filtering_tab.js b/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/filtering_tab.js
index facc6073f..04dfe76bd 100644
--- a/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/filtering_tab.js
+++ b/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/filtering_tab.js
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ const FilteringTab = {
         label: this.$t(`user_card.mute_block_${mode}`),
       })),
       muteFiltersDraftObject: cloneDeep(
-        useSyncConfigStore().prefsStorage.simple.muteFilters,
+        this.prefsStorage.simple.muteFilters,
       ),
       muteFiltersDraftDirty: Object.fromEntries(
         Object.entries(
-          useSyncConfigStore().prefsStorage.simple.muteFilters,
+          this.prefsStorage.simple.muteFilters,
         ).map(([k]) => [k, false]),
       ),
       exportedFilter: null,
diff --git a/src/stores/sync_config.js b/src/stores/sync_config.js
index 99ff0f6d5..c87e0bece 100644
--- a/src/stores/sync_config.js
+++ b/src/stores/sync_config.js
@@ -159,6 +159,13 @@ export const _getRecentData = (cache, live, isTest) => {
   }
 
   const merge = (a, b) => {
+    console.log(
+      'MERGE',
+      a.prefsStorage.simple.conversationDisplay,
+      b.prefsStorage.simple.conversationDisplay,
+    )
+    console.log(a.prefsStorage.simple)
+    console.log(cloneDeep(a.prefsStorage).simple)
     return {
       _user: a._user ?? b._user,
       _version: a._version ?? b._version,
@@ -169,14 +176,18 @@ export const _getRecentData = (cache, live, isTest) => {
     }
   }
 
+  console.log('1',result.recent.prefsStorage.simple.conversationDisplay)
+
   result.recent = isTest
     ? result.recent
     : result.recent && merge(defaultState, result.recent)
+  console.log('2',result.recent.prefsStorage.simple.conversationDisplay)
 
   result.stale = isTest
     ? result.stale
     : result.stale && merge(defaultState, result.stale)
 
+  console.log('3', result.recent.prefsStorage.simple.conversationDisplay)
   return result
 }
 
@@ -586,7 +597,21 @@ export const useSyncConfigStore = defineStore('sync_config', {
         cache = null
       }
 
+      console.log('======')
+      console.log('CACHE', cache?.prefsStorage?.simple?.conversationDisplay)
+      console.log('LIVE', live?.prefsStorage?.simple?.conversationDisplay)
+      if (cache?._timestamp > live?._timestamp) {
+        console.log('C > L')
+      } else if (cache?._timestamp === live?._timestamp) {
+        console.log('C = L')
+      } else {
+        console.log('C < L')
+      }
       let { recent, stale, needUpload } = _getRecentData(cache, live)
+      console.log('======')
+      console.log('RECENT', recent.prefsStorage?.simple?.conversationDisplay)
+      console.log('STALE', stale?.prefsStorage?.simple?.conversationDisplay)
+      console.log('======')
 
       const userNew = userData.created_at > NEW_USER_DATE
       const flagsTemplate = userNew ? newUserFlags : defaultState.flagStorage
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/stores/sync_config.spec.js b/test/unit/specs/stores/sync_config.spec.js
index 561f6dcbb..abcddbeb1 100644
--- a/test/unit/specs/stores/sync_config.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/specs/stores/sync_config.spec.js
@@ -123,14 +123,30 @@ describe('The SyncConfig module', () => {
         store.setPreference({ path: 'simple.testing', value: 1 })
         store.setPreference({ path: 'simple.testing', value: 2 })
         store.addCollectionPreference({ path: 'collections.testing', value: 2 })
+        store.addCollectionPreference({
+          path: 'objectCollections.testing',
+          value: { _key: 'a', foo: 1 },
+        })
+        expect(store.prefsStorage.objectCollections.testing).to.eql({
+          data: { a: { _key: 'a', foo: 1 } },
+          index: ['a'],
+        })
         store.removeCollectionPreference({
           path: 'collections.testing',
           value: 2,
         })
+        store.removeCollectionPreference({
+          path: 'objectCollections.testing',
+          value: { _key: 'a' },
+        })
         store.updateCache({ username: 'test' })
         expect(store.prefsStorage.simple.testing).to.eql(2)
         expect(store.prefsStorage.collections.testing).to.eql([])
-        expect(store.prefsStorage._journal.length).to.eql(2)
+        expect(store.prefsStorage.objectCollections.testing).to.eql({
+          data: {},
+          index: [],
+        })
+        expect(store.prefsStorage._journal.length).to.eql(3)
         expect(store.prefsStorage._journal[0]).to.eql({
           path: 'simple.testing',
           operation: 'set',
@@ -145,6 +161,13 @@ describe('The SyncConfig module', () => {
           // should have A timestamp, we don't really care what it is
           timestamp: store.prefsStorage._journal[1].timestamp,
         })
+        expect(store.prefsStorage._journal[2]).to.eql({
+          path: 'objectCollections.testing',
+          operation: 'removeFromCollection',
+          args: [{ _key: 'a' }],
+          // should have A timestamp, we don't really care what it is
+          timestamp: store.prefsStorage._journal[2].timestamp,
+        })
       })
 
       it('should remove duplicate entries from journal', () => {
@@ -153,10 +176,22 @@ describe('The SyncConfig module', () => {
         store.setPreference({ path: 'simple.testing', value: 1 })
         store.addCollectionPreference({ path: 'collections.testing', value: 2 })
         store.addCollectionPreference({ path: 'collections.testing', value: 2 })
+        store.addCollectionPreference({
+          path: 'objectCollections.testing',
+          value: { _key: 'a', foo: 1 },
+        })
+        store.addCollectionPreference({
+          path: 'objectCollections.testing',
+          value: { _key: 'a', foo: 1 },
+        })
         store.updateCache({ username: 'test' })
         expect(store.prefsStorage.simple.testing).to.eql(1)
         expect(store.prefsStorage.collections.testing).to.eql([2])
-        expect(store.prefsStorage._journal.length).to.eql(2)
+        expect(store.prefsStorage.objectCollections.testing).to.eql({
+          data: { a: { _key: 'a', foo: 1 } },
+          index: ['a'],
+        })
+        expect(store.prefsStorage._journal.length).to.eql(4)
       })
 
       it('should remove depth = 3 set/unset entries from journal', () => {