diff --git a/src/stores/Howto/howto.store.tsx b/src/stores/Howto/howto.store.tsx
index 9166a7b7f4..c552e94d01 100644
--- a/src/stores/Howto/howto.store.tsx
+++ b/src/stores/Howto/howto.store.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { Storage } from '../storage'
 import { ModuleStore } from '../common/module.store'
 import { ISelectedTags } from 'src/models/tags.model'
 import { RootStore } from '..'
+import { includesAll } from 'src/utils/filters'
 
 export class HowtoStore extends ModuleStore {
   // we have two property relating to docs that can be observed
@@ -53,30 +54,13 @@ export class HowtoStore extends ModuleStore {
   }
 
   @computed get filteredHowtos() {
-    // Check if this.selectedTags is empty
-    if (
-      Object.keys(this.selectedTags).length === 0 &&
-      this.selectedTags.constructor === Object
-    ) {
-      return this.allHowtos
-    } else {
-      const filtered: IHowto[] = []
-      this.allHowtos.map(howto => {
-        if (howto.tags !== undefined) {
-          // encapsulate howtoTags in const to avoid type error
-          const howtoTags = Object.keys(howto.tags)
-          // filter the howto containing the selected tags
-          const isMatching = Object.keys(this.selectedTags).every(val => {
-            return howtoTags.includes(val)
-          })
-          // push the matching howto to filtered array
-          if (isMatching) {
-            filtered.push(howto)
-          }
-        }
-      })
-      return filtered
-    }
+    const selectedTagsArr = Object.keys(this.selectedTags)
+    return selectedTagsArr.length > 0
+      ? this.allHowtos.filter(howto => {
+          const tags = howto.tags ? Object.keys(howto.tags) : null
+          return tags ? includesAll(selectedTagsArr, tags) : false
+        })
+      : this.allHowtos
   }
 
   public updateSelectedTags(tagKey: ISelectedTags) {
diff --git a/src/utils/filters.ts b/src/utils/filters.ts
index 3ddd09105a..fcaa36b5d0 100644
--- a/src/utils/filters.ts
+++ b/src/utils/filters.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@ import { ISODateString } from 'src/models/common.models'
     In the future this could possibly be replaced by more comprehensive libraries
 */
 
+/************************************************************************
+ *             Array Methods
+ ***********************************************************************/
+/**
+ * Test whether a one array contains all string values of another array
+ * @param arr1 The array that will be tested, e.g ["a","b","c"]
+ * @param arr2 The values to test, e.g. ["a","c"]
+ */
+export const includesAll = (arr1: string[], arr2: string[]) => {
+  return arr1.every(val => arr2.includes(val))
+}
+
 /************************************************************************
  *              Date Methods
  ***********************************************************************/