diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/com/bakdata/conquery/sql/conversion/cqelement/concept/AggregationFilterCte.java b/backend/src/main/java/com/bakdata/conquery/sql/conversion/cqelement/concept/AggregationFilterCte.java
index 0ada55f076..85179b7043 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/com/bakdata/conquery/sql/conversion/cqelement/concept/AggregationFilterCte.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/com/bakdata/conquery/sql/conversion/cqelement/concept/AggregationFilterCte.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package com.bakdata.conquery.sql.conversion.cqelement.concept;
 
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import com.bakdata.conquery.sql.conversion.model.QueryStep;
@@ -39,8 +38,13 @@ private Selects collectSelects(CQTableContext tableContext) {
 		List<SqlSelect> forAggregationFilterStep =
 				tableContext.allSqlSelects().stream()
 							.flatMap(sqlSelects -> sqlSelects.getFinalSelects().stream())
-							.filter(Predicate.not(SqlSelect::isUniversal))
-							.map(sqlSelect -> sqlSelect.qualify(previous.getCteName()))
+							.map(sqlSelect -> {
+								// universal selects like an ExistsSelect have no predecessor in preceding CTE
+								if (sqlSelect.isUniversal()) {
+									return sqlSelect;
+								}
+								return sqlSelect.qualify(previous.getCteName());
+							})
 							.collect(Collectors.toList());
 
 		return Selects.builder()
diff --git a/backend/src/test/resources/tests/sql/combined/combined.json b/backend/src/test/resources/tests/sql/combined/combined.json
index 3e9b99ce63..e7a04869d9 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/resources/tests/sql/combined/combined.json
+++ b/backend/src/test/resources/tests/sql/combined/combined.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
         {
           "id": "concept.connector",
           "selects": [
+            "concept.connector.exists",
             "concept.connector.event-date",
             "concept.connector.event_duration_sum",
             "concept.connector.first_value",
@@ -83,6 +84,10 @@
             }
           ],
           "selects": [
+            {
+              "type": "EXISTS",
+              "name": "exists"
+            },
             {
               "type": "EVENT_DATE_UNION",
               "name": "event-date"
diff --git a/backend/src/test/resources/tests/sql/combined/expected.csv b/backend/src/test/resources/tests/sql/combined/expected.csv
index a87c0031ab..4902ce95be 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/resources/tests/sql/combined/expected.csv
+++ b/backend/src/test/resources/tests/sql/combined/expected.csv
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-result,dates,concept exists,concept event-date,concept event_duration_sum,concept connector event-date,concept connector event_duration_sum,concept connector first_value,concept connector sum_distinct,concept tree_label first_test_column
-1,"{2012-01-01/2012-01-01,2013-01-01/2013-12-31,2015-01-01/2015-01-01}",1,"{2012-01-01/2012-01-01,2013-01-01/2013-12-31,2015-01-01/2015-01-01}",367,"{2012-01-01/2012-01-01,2013-01-01/2013-12-31}",366,1.0,2.0,A1
-2,"{2010-07-15/2010-07-15,2012-01-01/2012-01-02,2012-01-05/2012-01-10}",1,"{2010-07-15/2010-07-15,2012-01-01/2012-01-02,2012-01-05/2012-01-10}",9,"{2012-01-01/2012-01-02,2012-01-05/2012-01-10}",8,1.01,2.01,B2
-3,"{2012-01-01/2012-01-03,2013-11-10/2013-11-10}",1,"{2012-01-01/2012-01-03,2013-11-10/2013-11-10}",4,{2012-01-01/2012-01-03},3,0.5,0.5,A1
-4,"{2012-01-01/2012-01-04,2012-11-11/2012-11-11}",1,"{2012-01-01/2012-01-04,2012-11-11/2012-11-11}",5,{2012-01-01/2012-01-04},4,0.5,0.5,B2
-5,{2012-01-01/2012-01-05},1,{2012-01-01/2012-01-05},5,{2012-01-01/2012-01-05},5,1.0,1.5,
+result,dates,concept exists,concept event-date,concept event_duration_sum,concept connector exists,concept connector event-date,concept connector event_duration_sum,concept connector first_value,concept connector sum_distinct,concept tree_label first_test_column
+1,"{2012-01-01/2012-01-01,2013-01-01/2013-12-31,2015-01-01/2015-01-01}",1,"{2012-01-01/2012-01-01,2013-01-01/2013-12-31,2015-01-01/2015-01-01}",367,1,"{2012-01-01/2012-01-01,2013-01-01/2013-12-31}",366,1.0,2.0,A1
+2,"{2010-07-15/2010-07-15,2012-01-01/2012-01-02,2012-01-05/2012-01-10}",1,"{2010-07-15/2010-07-15,2012-01-01/2012-01-02,2012-01-05/2012-01-10}",9,1,"{2012-01-01/2012-01-02,2012-01-05/2012-01-10}",8,1.01,2.01,B2
+3,"{2012-01-01/2012-01-03,2013-11-10/2013-11-10}",1,"{2012-01-01/2012-01-03,2013-11-10/2013-11-10}",4,1,{2012-01-01/2012-01-03},3,0.5,0.5,A1
+4,"{2012-01-01/2012-01-04,2012-11-11/2012-11-11}",1,"{2012-01-01/2012-01-04,2012-11-11/2012-11-11}",5,1,{2012-01-01/2012-01-04},4,0.5,0.5,B2
+5,{2012-01-01/2012-01-05},1,{2012-01-01/2012-01-05},5,1,{2012-01-01/2012-01-05},5,1.0,1.5,
diff --git a/backend/src/test/resources/tests/sql/selects/exists/exists_on_connector/content.csv b/backend/src/test/resources/tests/sql/selects/exists/exists_on_connector/content.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3fe352607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/test/resources/tests/sql/selects/exists/exists_on_connector/content.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+pid,datum_start,datum_end
+1,2014-06-30,2015-06-30
+2,2014-06-30,2015-06-30
+2,2014-06-30,2015-06-30
+3,2014-06-30,2015-06-30
+4,2014-06-30,2015-06-30
+5,2014-06-30,2015-06-30
+5,2014-06-30,2015-06-30
diff --git a/backend/src/test/resources/tests/sql/selects/exists/exists_on_connector/exists.spec.json b/backend/src/test/resources/tests/sql/selects/exists/exists_on_connector/exists.spec.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3592c4365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/test/resources/tests/sql/selects/exists/exists_on_connector/exists.spec.json
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{
+  "type": "QUERY_TEST",
+  "sqlSpec": {
+    "isEnabled": true
+  },
+  "label": "EXISTS select on connector",
+  "expectedCsv": "tests/sql/selects/exists/exists_on_connector/expected.csv",
+  "query": {
+    "type": "CONCEPT_QUERY",
+    "root": {
+      "ids": [
+        "concept"
+      ],
+      "type": "CONCEPT",
+      "tables": [
+        {
+          "id": "concept.connector",
+          "selects": "concept.connector.exists"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "concepts": [
+    {
+      "name": "concept",
+      "type": "TREE",
+      "connectors": [
+        {
+          "label": "connector",
+          "table": "exists_table",
+          "selects": {
+            "type": "EXISTS",
+            "name": "exists"
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "content": {
+    "tables": [
+      {
+        "csv": "tests/sql/selects/exists/exists_on_connector/content.csv",
+        "name": "exists_table",
+        "primaryColumn": {
+          "name": "pid",
+          "type": "STRING"
+        },
+        "columns": [
+          {
+            "name": "datum_start",
+            "type": "DATE"
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "datum_end",
+            "type": "DATE"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/test/resources/tests/sql/selects/exists/exists_on_connector/expected.csv b/backend/src/test/resources/tests/sql/selects/exists/exists_on_connector/expected.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2760828d6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/test/resources/tests/sql/selects/exists/exists_on_connector/expected.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+result,dates,concept exists
+2,{},1
+4,{},1
+3,{},1
+5,{},1
+1,{},1