diff --git a/src/app/category-list/category-list-page.spec.ts b/src/app/category-list/category-list-page.spec.ts
index a0b0be3f92..044c082908 100644
--- a/src/app/category-list/category-list-page.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/category-list/category-list-page.spec.ts
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ describe('CategoryListPage', () => {
                                 "groupSortBy": [{
                                     "name": {
                                       "order": "asc",
-                                      "preference": ['audience', ['subject 1'], ["accountancy"],["subject 1"]]
+                                      "preference": ["accountancy",["subject 1"]]
                                     },
                                   }]},
                             filterPillBy: null
diff --git a/src/app/category-list/category-list-page.ts b/src/app/category-list/category-list-page.ts
index 498c793ce4..498f7de1eb 100755
--- a/src/app/category-list/category-list-page.ts
+++ b/src/app/category-list/category-list-page.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ export class CategoryListPage implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     fromLibrary = false;
     sectionCode = '';
     primaryFacetFiltersFormGroup: FormGroup;
+    filterFields: {[k: string]: any} = {};
 
     private readonly searchCriteria: ContentSearchCriteria;
     private readonly filterCriteria: ContentSearchCriteria;
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ export class CategoryListPage implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         );
     }
 
-    private async fetchAndSortData(searchCriteria, isInitialCall: boolean, refreshPillFilter = true, onSelectedFilter?: any) {
+    private async fetchAndSortData(searchCriteria, isInitialCall: boolean, refreshPillFilter = true, onSelectedFilter?: any, filterKey?) {
         this.showSheenAnimation = true;
         this.profile = await this.profileService.getActiveSessionProfile({ requiredFields: ProfileConstants.REQUIRED_FIELDS }).toPromise();
         if (onSelectedFilter) {
@@ -210,14 +211,20 @@ export class CategoryListPage implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
             onSelectedFilter.forEach((selectedFilter) => {
                 selectedData.push(selectedFilter.name);
             });
+            if (filterKey) {
+                this.filterFields = this.filterFields ? this.filterFields : {};
+                this.filterFields[filterKey] = selectedData;
+            }
             if (this.formField.aggregate && this.formField.aggregate.groupSortBy && this.formField.aggregate.groupSortBy.length) {
                 this.formField.aggregate.groupSortBy.forEach((data) => {
-                    if (data.name && data.name.preference && data.name.preference.length) {
-                        data.name.preference.push(selectedData);
-                    } else {
-                        data.name.preference = selectedData;
-                    }
-             });
+                    let applyFilters = [];
+                    Object.keys(this.filterFields).forEach((e) => {
+                        if (this.filterFields[e].length) {
+                            applyFilters = applyFilters.concat(this.filterFields[e]);
+                        }
+                    });
+                    data.name.preference = applyFilters;
+                });
             }
         }
 
@@ -503,11 +510,11 @@ export class CategoryListPage implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
                 onSelectedFilter.push(selectedValue.name);
             });
 
-            await this.applyFilter(appliedFilterCriteria, true, toApply);
+            await this.applyFilter(appliedFilterCriteria, true, toApply, primaryFacetFilter.code);
         }
     }
 
-    private async applyFilter(appliedFilterCriteria: ContentSearchCriteria, refreshPillFilter = true, onSelectedFilter?) {
+    private async applyFilter(appliedFilterCriteria: ContentSearchCriteria, refreshPillFilter = true, onSelectedFilter?, filterKey?) {
         const tempSearchCriteria: ContentSearchCriteria = {
             ...appliedFilterCriteria,
             mode: 'hard',
@@ -521,7 +528,7 @@ export class CategoryListPage implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
                 }
             }
         });
-        await this.fetchAndSortData(tempSearchCriteria, false, refreshPillFilter, onSelectedFilter);
+        await this.fetchAndSortData(tempSearchCriteria, false, refreshPillFilter, onSelectedFilter, filterKey);
     }
 
     async pillFilterHandler(pill){