diff --git a/public/pages/DefineDetector/utils/__tests__/helpers.test.tsx b/public/pages/DefineDetector/utils/__tests__/helpers.test.tsx
index e44682f6..b6d9590d 100644
--- a/public/pages/DefineDetector/utils/__tests__/helpers.test.tsx
+++ b/public/pages/DefineDetector/utils/__tests__/helpers.test.tsx
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@
  */
 
 import { INITIAL_DETECTOR_DEFINITION_VALUES } from '../../utils/constants';
+import { DATA_TYPES } from '../../../../utils/constants';
 import { getRandomDetector } from '../../../../redux/reducers/__tests__/utils';
 import {
   detectorDefinitionToFormik,
   filtersToFormik,
 } from '../../utils/helpers';
-import { Detector } from '../../../../models/interfaces';
+import { Detector, OPERATORS_MAP, FILTER_TYPES } from '../../../../models/interfaces';
 
 describe('detectorDefinitionToFormik', () => {
   test('should return initialValues if detector is null', () => {
@@ -53,4 +54,61 @@ describe('detectorDefinitionToFormik', () => {
       windowDelay: randomDetector.windowDelay.period.interval,
     });
   });
+  test('upgrade old detector\'s filters to include filter type', () => {
+    const randomDetector = getRandomDetector();
+    randomDetector.uiMetadata = {
+      features: {},
+      filters : [
+        {
+          fieldInfo : [
+            {
+              label : 'service',
+              type : DATA_TYPES.KEYWORD
+            }
+          ],
+          fieldValue : "app_3",
+          operator : OPERATORS_MAP.IS
+        },
+        {
+          fieldInfo : [
+            {
+              label : "host",
+              type : DATA_TYPES.KEYWORD
+            }
+          ],
+          fieldValue : "server_2",
+          operator : OPERATORS_MAP.IS
+        }
+      ],
+      filterType : FILTER_TYPES.SIMPLE
+    };
+    const adFormikValues = filtersToFormik(randomDetector);
+    expect(adFormikValues).toEqual(
+      [
+        {
+          fieldInfo : [
+            {
+              label : 'service',
+              type : DATA_TYPES.KEYWORD
+            }
+          ],
+          fieldValue : "app_3",
+          operator : OPERATORS_MAP.IS,
+          filterType : FILTER_TYPES.SIMPLE
+        },
+        {
+          fieldInfo : [
+            {
+              label : "host",
+              type : DATA_TYPES.KEYWORD
+            }
+          ],
+          fieldValue : "server_2",
+          operator : OPERATORS_MAP.IS,
+          filterType : FILTER_TYPES.SIMPLE
+        }
+      ]
+    );
+  });
+  
 });
diff --git a/public/pages/DefineDetector/utils/helpers.ts b/public/pages/DefineDetector/utils/helpers.ts
index 579a500f..fd427913 100644
--- a/public/pages/DefineDetector/utils/helpers.ts
+++ b/public/pages/DefineDetector/utils/helpers.ts
@@ -89,12 +89,8 @@ export function filtersToFormik(detector: Detector): UIFilter[] {
         },
       ];
     } else {
-      curFilters.forEach((filter: UIFilter) => {
-        return {
-          ...filter,
-          filterType: curFilterType,
-        };
-      });
+      curFilters.forEach((filter: UIFilter) =>
+        filter.filterType = curFilterType);
     }
   }
   return curFilters;