diff --git a/webapp/components/FilterMenu/FilterMenu.spec.js b/webapp/components/FilterMenu/FilterMenu.spec.js
index 948abb0eb..c377e1838 100644
--- a/webapp/components/FilterMenu/FilterMenu.spec.js
+++ b/webapp/components/FilterMenu/FilterMenu.spec.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ describe('FilterMenu.vue', () => {
   describe('given a user', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       propsData = {
-        hashtag: {},
+        hashtag: null,
       }
     })
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ describe('FilterMenu.vue', () => {
       })
 
       it('renders a card if there are hashtags', () => {
-        propsData.hashtag = { hashtag: 'Frieden' }
+        propsData.hashtag = 'Frieden'
         wrapper = Wrapper()
         expect(wrapper.is('.ds-card')).toBe(true)
       })
diff --git a/webapp/components/FilterMenu/FilterMenu.vue b/webapp/components/FilterMenu/FilterMenu.vue
index 269c86250..c306588c7 100644
--- a/webapp/components/FilterMenu/FilterMenu.vue
+++ b/webapp/components/FilterMenu/FilterMenu.vue
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 <script>
 export default {
   props: {
-    hashtag: { type: Object, default: null },
+    hashtag: { type: String, default: null },
   },
   methods: {
     clearSearch() {
diff --git a/webapp/components/FilterPosts/FilterPosts.spec.js b/webapp/components/FilterPosts/FilterPosts.spec.js
index 63d12df67..88df0c1e8 100644
--- a/webapp/components/FilterPosts/FilterPosts.spec.js
+++ b/webapp/components/FilterPosts/FilterPosts.spec.js
@@ -3,22 +3,21 @@ import VTooltip from 'v-tooltip'
 import Styleguide from '@human-connection/styleguide'
 import Vuex from 'vuex'
 import FilterPosts from './FilterPosts.vue'
-import FilterPostsMenuItem from './FilterPostsMenuItems.vue'
-import { mutations, getters } from '~/store/posts'
 const localVue = createLocalVue()
 
 localVue.use(Styleguide)
 localVue.use(VTooltip)
 localVue.use(Vuex)
 
+let mutations
+let getters
+
 describe('FilterPosts.vue', () => {
-  let wrapper
   let mocks
   let propsData
   let menuToggle
   let allCategoriesButton
   let environmentAndNatureButton
-  let consumptionAndSustainabiltyButton
   let democracyAndPoliticsButton
 
   beforeEach(() => {
@@ -49,44 +48,28 @@ describe('FilterPosts.vue', () => {
   })
 
   describe('mount', () => {
-    const store = new Vuex.Store({
-      mutations: {
-        'posts/SET_POSTS': mutations.SET_POSTS,
-        'posts/SET_FILTERED_BY_CATEGORIES': mutations.SET_FILTERED_BY_CATEGORIES,
-        'posts/SET_FILTERED_BY_FOLLOWERS': mutations.SET_FILTERED_BY_FOLLOWERS,
-        'posts/SET_USERS_FOLLOWED_FILTER': mutations.SET_USERS_FOLLOWED_FILTER,
-        'posts/SET_CATEGORIES_FILTER': mutations.SET_CATEGORIES_FILTER,
-        'posts/SET_SELECTED_CATEGORY_IDS': mutations.SET_SELECTED_CATEGORY_IDS,
-      },
-      getters: {
-        'auth/user': () => {
-          return { id: 'u34' }
-        },
-        'posts/filteredByCategories': getters.filteredByCategories,
-        'posts/filteredByUsersFollowed': getters.filteredByUsersFollowed,
-        'posts/usersFollowedFilter': getters.usersFollowedFilter,
-        'posts/categoriesFilter': getters.categoriesFilter,
-        'posts/selectedCategoryIds': getters.selectedCategoryIds,
-      },
-    })
-    const Wrapper = () => {
-      return mount(FilterPosts, { mocks, localVue, propsData, store })
+    mutations = {
+      'postsFilter/TOGGLE_FILTER_BY_FOLLOWED': jest.fn(),
+      'postsFilter/RESET_CATEGORIES': jest.fn(),
+      'postsFilter/TOGGLE_CATEGORY': jest.fn(),
     }
-
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      store.replaceState({
-        filteredByCategories: false,
-        filteredByUsersFollowed: false,
-        usersFollowedFilter: {},
-        categoriesFilter: {},
-        selectedCategoryIds: [],
-      })
-      wrapper = Wrapper()
+    getters = {
+      'auth/user': () => {
+        return { id: 'u34' }
+      },
+      'postsFilter/filteredCategoryIds': jest.fn(() => []),
+      'postsFilter/filteredByUsersFollowed': jest.fn(),
+    }
+    const openFilterPosts = () => {
+      const store = new Vuex.Store({ mutations, getters })
+      const wrapper = mount(FilterPosts, { mocks, localVue, propsData, store })
       menuToggle = wrapper.findAll('a').at(0)
       menuToggle.trigger('click')
-    })
+      return wrapper
+    }
 
     it('groups the categories by pair', () => {
+      const wrapper = openFilterPosts()
       expect(wrapper.vm.chunk).toEqual([
         [
           { id: 'cat4', name: 'Environment & Nature', icon: 'tree' },
@@ -97,95 +80,42 @@ describe('FilterPosts.vue', () => {
     })
 
     it('starts with all categories button active', () => {
+      const wrapper = openFilterPosts()
       allCategoriesButton = wrapper.findAll('button').at(0)
       expect(allCategoriesButton.attributes().class).toContain('ds-button-primary')
     })
 
-    it('adds a categories id to selectedCategoryIds when clicked', () => {
+    it('calls TOGGLE_CATEGORY when clicked', () => {
+      const wrapper = openFilterPosts()
       environmentAndNatureButton = wrapper.findAll('button').at(1)
       environmentAndNatureButton.trigger('click')
-      const filterPostsMenuItem = wrapper.find(FilterPostsMenuItem)
-      expect(filterPostsMenuItem.vm.selectedCategoryIds).toEqual(['cat4'])
+      expect(mutations['postsFilter/TOGGLE_CATEGORY']).toHaveBeenCalledWith({}, 'cat4')
     })
 
-    it('sets primary to true when the button is clicked', () => {
+    it('sets category button attribute `primary` when corresponding category is filtered', () => {
+      getters['postsFilter/filteredCategoryIds'] = jest.fn(() => ['cat9'])
+      const wrapper = openFilterPosts()
       democracyAndPoliticsButton = wrapper.findAll('button').at(3)
-      democracyAndPoliticsButton.trigger('click')
       expect(democracyAndPoliticsButton.attributes().class).toContain('ds-button-primary')
     })
 
-    it('queries a post by its categories', () => {
-      consumptionAndSustainabiltyButton = wrapper.findAll('button').at(2)
-      consumptionAndSustainabiltyButton.trigger('click')
-      expect(mocks.$apollo.query).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-        expect.objectContaining({
-          variables: {
-            filter: { categories_some: { id_in: ['cat15'] } },
-            first: expect.any(Number),
-            offset: expect.any(Number),
-          },
-        }),
-      )
-    })
-
-    it('supports a query of multiple categories', () => {
-      environmentAndNatureButton = wrapper.findAll('button').at(1)
-      environmentAndNatureButton.trigger('click')
-      consumptionAndSustainabiltyButton = wrapper.findAll('button').at(2)
-      consumptionAndSustainabiltyButton.trigger('click')
-      expect(mocks.$apollo.query).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-        expect.objectContaining({
-          variables: {
-            filter: { categories_some: { id_in: ['cat4', 'cat15'] } },
-            first: expect.any(Number),
-            offset: expect.any(Number),
-          },
-        }),
-      )
-    })
-
-    it('toggles the categoryIds when clicked more than once', () => {
-      environmentAndNatureButton = wrapper.findAll('button').at(1)
-      environmentAndNatureButton.trigger('click')
-      environmentAndNatureButton.trigger('click')
-      const filterPostsMenuItem = wrapper.find(FilterPostsMenuItem)
-      expect(filterPostsMenuItem.vm.selectedCategoryIds).toEqual([])
+    it('sets "filter-by-followed-authors-only" button attribute `primary`', () => {
+      getters['postsFilter/filteredByUsersFollowed'] = jest.fn(() => true)
+      const wrapper = openFilterPosts()
+      expect(
+        wrapper.find({ name: 'filter-by-followed-authors-only' }).classes('ds-button-primary'),
+      ).toBe(true)
     })
 
     describe('click "filter-by-followed-authors-only" button', () => {
+      let wrapper
       beforeEach(() => {
+        wrapper = openFilterPosts()
         wrapper.find({ name: 'filter-by-followed-authors-only' }).trigger('click')
       })
 
-      it('calls the filterPost query', () => {
-        expect(mocks.$apollo.query).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-          expect.objectContaining({
-            variables: {
-              filter: { author: { followedBy_some: { id: 'u34' } } },
-              first: expect.any(Number),
-              offset: expect.any(Number),
-            },
-          }),
-        )
-      })
-
-      it('toggles filterBubble.author property', () => {
-        wrapper.find({ name: 'filter-by-followed-authors-only' }).trigger('click')
-        expect(mocks.$apollo.query).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-          expect.objectContaining({
-            variables: {
-              filter: {},
-              first: expect.any(Number),
-              offset: expect.any(Number),
-            },
-          }),
-        )
-      })
-
-      it("sets the button's class to primary when clicked", async () => {
-        expect(
-          wrapper.find({ name: 'filter-by-followed-authors-only' }).classes('ds-button-primary'),
-        ).toBe(true)
+      it('calls TOGGLE_FILTER_BY_FOLLOWED', () => {
+        expect(mutations['postsFilter/TOGGLE_FILTER_BY_FOLLOWED']).toHaveBeenCalledWith({}, 'u34')
       })
     })
   })
diff --git a/webapp/components/FilterPosts/FilterPosts.vue b/webapp/components/FilterPosts/FilterPosts.vue
index 10d333c90..6371994dd 100644
--- a/webapp/components/FilterPosts/FilterPosts.vue
+++ b/webapp/components/FilterPosts/FilterPosts.vue
@@ -5,15 +5,14 @@
       <ds-icon style="margin: 7px 0px 0px 2px" size="xx-small" name="angle-down" />
     </a>
     <template slot="popover">
-      <filter-posts-menu-items :chunk="chunk" @filterPosts="filterPosts" :user="currentUser" />
+      <filter-posts-menu-items :chunk="chunk" :user="currentUser" />
     </template>
   </dropdown>
 </template>
 <script>
 import _ from 'lodash'
 import Dropdown from '~/components/Dropdown'
-import { filterPosts } from '~/graphql/PostQuery.js'
-import { mapGetters, mapMutations } from 'vuex'
+import { mapGetters } from 'vuex'
 import FilterPostsMenuItems from '~/components/FilterPosts/FilterPostsMenuItems'
 
 export default {
@@ -26,11 +25,6 @@ export default {
     offset: { type: [String, Number] },
     categories: { type: Array, default: () => [] },
   },
-  data() {
-    return {
-      pageSize: 12,
-    }
-  },
   computed: {
     ...mapGetters({
       currentUser: 'auth/user',
@@ -39,25 +33,5 @@ export default {
       return _.chunk(this.categories, 2)
     },
   },
-  methods: {
-    ...mapMutations({
-      setPosts: 'posts/SET_POSTS',
-    }),
-    filterPosts(filter) {
-      this.$apollo
-        .query({
-          query: filterPosts(this.$i18n),
-          variables: {
-            filter,
-            first: this.pageSize,
-            offset: 0,
-          },
-        })
-        .then(({ data: { Post } }) => {
-          this.setPosts(Post)
-        })
-        .catch(error => this.$toast.error(error.message))
-    },
-  },
 }
 </script>
diff --git a/webapp/components/FilterPosts/FilterPostsMenuItems.vue b/webapp/components/FilterPosts/FilterPostsMenuItems.vue
index ab7e5d491..4db44aa41 100644
--- a/webapp/components/FilterPosts/FilterPostsMenuItems.vue
+++ b/webapp/components/FilterPosts/FilterPostsMenuItems.vue
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
           <ds-flex-item width="100%">
             <ds-button
               icon="check"
-              @click.stop.prevent="toggleCategory()"
-              :primary="!filteredByCategories"
+              @click.stop.prevent="resetCategories"
+              :primary="!filteredCategoryIds.length"
             />
             <ds-flex-item>
               <label class="category-labels">{{ $t('filter-posts.categories.all') }}</label>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
             <ds-flex-item width="100%" class="categories-menu-item">
               <ds-button
                 :icon="category.icon"
-                :primary="isActive(category.id)"
+                :primary="filteredCategoryIds.includes(category.id)"
                 @click.stop.prevent="toggleCategory(category.id)"
               />
               <ds-space margin-bottom="small" />
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
                 name="filter-by-followed-authors-only"
                 icon="user-plus"
                 :primary="filteredByUsersFollowed"
-                @click="toggleOnlyFollowed"
+                @click="toggleFilteredByFollowed(user.id)"
               />
               <ds-flex-item>
                 <label class="follow-label">{{ $t('filter-posts.followers.label') }}</label>
@@ -107,56 +107,16 @@ export default {
   },
   computed: {
     ...mapGetters({
-      filteredByUsersFollowed: 'posts/filteredByUsersFollowed',
-      filteredByCategories: 'posts/filteredByCategories',
-      usersFollowedFilter: 'posts/usersFollowedFilter',
-      categoriesFilter: 'posts/categoriesFilter',
-      selectedCategoryIds: 'posts/selectedCategoryIds',
+      filteredCategoryIds: 'postsFilter/filteredCategoryIds',
+      filteredByUsersFollowed: 'postsFilter/filteredByUsersFollowed',
     }),
   },
   methods: {
     ...mapMutations({
-      setFilteredByFollowers: 'posts/SET_FILTERED_BY_FOLLOWERS',
-      setFilteredByCategories: 'posts/SET_FILTERED_BY_CATEGORIES',
-      setUsersFollowedFilter: 'posts/SET_USERS_FOLLOWED_FILTER',
-      setCategoriesFilter: 'posts/SET_CATEGORIES_FILTER',
-      setSelectedCategoryIds: 'posts/SET_SELECTED_CATEGORY_IDS',
+      toggleFilteredByFollowed: 'postsFilter/TOGGLE_FILTER_BY_FOLLOWED',
+      resetCategories: 'postsFilter/RESET_CATEGORIES',
+      toggleCategory: 'postsFilter/TOGGLE_CATEGORY',
     }),
-    isActive(id) {
-      const index = this.selectedCategoryIds.indexOf(id)
-      if (index > -1 && this.setFilteredByCategories) {
-        return true
-      }
-      return false
-    },
-    toggleCategory(categoryId) {
-      if (!categoryId) {
-        this.setSelectedCategoryIds()
-      } else {
-        this.setSelectedCategoryIds(categoryId)
-      }
-      this.setFilteredByCategories(!!this.selectedCategoryIds.length)
-      this.setCategoriesFilter(
-        this.selectedCategoryIds.length
-          ? { categories_some: { id_in: this.selectedCategoryIds } }
-          : {},
-      )
-      this.toggleFilter()
-    },
-    toggleOnlyFollowed() {
-      this.setFilteredByFollowers(!this.filteredByUsersFollowed)
-      this.setUsersFollowedFilter(
-        this.filteredByUsersFollowed ? { author: { followedBy_some: { id: this.user.id } } } : {},
-      )
-      this.toggleFilter()
-    },
-    toggleFilter() {
-      this.filter = {
-        ...this.usersFollowedFilter,
-        ...this.categoriesFilter,
-      }
-      this.$emit('filterPosts', this.filter)
-    },
   },
 }
 </script>
diff --git a/webapp/pages/index.spec.js b/webapp/pages/index.spec.js
index fc2555411..805640ef6 100644
--- a/webapp/pages/index.spec.js
+++ b/webapp/pages/index.spec.js
@@ -26,22 +26,10 @@ describe('PostIndex', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     store = new Vuex.Store({
       getters: {
-        'posts/posts': () => {
-          return [
-            {
-              id: 'p23',
-              name: 'It is a post',
-              author: {
-                id: 'u1',
-              },
-            },
-          ]
-        },
+        'postsFilter/postsFilter': () => ({}),
         'auth/user': () => {
           return { id: 'u23' }
         },
-        'posts/usersFollowedFilter': () => {},
-        'posts/categoriesFilter': () => {},
       },
     })
     mocks = {
@@ -102,12 +90,6 @@ describe('PostIndex', () => {
       expect(wrapper.vm.hashtag).toBeNull()
     })
 
-    it('calls the changeFilterBubble if there are hasthags in the route query', () => {
-      mocks.$route.query.hashtag = { id: 'hashtag' }
-      wrapper = Wrapper()
-      expect(mocks.$apollo.queries.Post.refetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
-    })
-
     describe('mount', () => {
       beforeEach(() => {
         wrapper = mount(PostIndex, {
@@ -125,12 +107,9 @@ describe('PostIndex', () => {
         expect(wrapper.vm.sorting).toEqual('createdAt_desc')
       })
 
-      it('loads more posts when a user clicks on the load more button', () => {
-        wrapper
-          .findAll('button')
-          .at(2)
-          .trigger('click')
-        expect(mocks.$apollo.queries.Post.fetchMore).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+      it('updates offset when a user clicks on the load more button', () => {
+        wrapper.find('.load-more button').trigger('click')
+        expect(wrapper.vm.offset).toEqual(12)
       })
     })
   })
diff --git a/webapp/pages/index.vue b/webapp/pages/index.vue
index c85354d73..5f0e9c115 100644
--- a/webapp/pages/index.vue
+++ b/webapp/pages/index.vue
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         </div>
       </ds-flex-item>
       <hc-post-card
-        v-for="(post, index) in posts"
+        v-for="post in posts"
         :key="post.id"
         :post="post"
         :width="{ base: '100%', xs: '100%', md: '50%', xl: '33%' }"
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import FilterMenu from '~/components/FilterMenu/FilterMenu.vue'
 import uniqBy from 'lodash/uniqBy'
 import HcPostCard from '~/components/PostCard'
 import HcLoadMore from '~/components/LoadMore.vue'
-import { mapGetters, mapMutations } from 'vuex'
+import { mapGetters } from 'vuex'
 import { filterPosts } from '~/graphql/PostQuery.js'
 
 export default {
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ export default {
   data() {
     const { hashtag = null } = this.$route.query
     return {
+      posts: [],
       // Initialize your apollo data
-      page: 1,
+      offset: 0,
       pageSize: 12,
-      filter: {},
       hashtag,
       placeholder: this.$t('sorting.newest'),
       selected: this.$t('sorting.newest'),
@@ -91,62 +91,37 @@ export default {
       ],
     }
   },
-  mounted() {
-    if (this.hashtag) {
-      this.changeFilterBubble({ tags_some: { name: this.hashtag } })
-    }
-  },
-  watch: {
-    Post(post) {
-      this.setPosts(this.Post)
-    },
-  },
   computed: {
     ...mapGetters({
-      currentUser: 'auth/user',
-      posts: 'posts/posts',
-      usersFollowedFilter: 'posts/usersFollowedFilter',
-      categoriesFilter: 'posts/categoriesFilter',
+      postsFilter: 'postsFilter/postsFilter',
     }),
-    tags() {
-      return this.posts ? this.posts.tags.map(tag => tag.name) : '-'
-    },
-    offset() {
-      return (this.page - 1) * this.pageSize
-    },
-  },
-  methods: {
-    ...mapMutations({
-      setPosts: 'posts/SET_POSTS',
-    }),
-    changeFilterBubble(filter) {
+    finalFilters() {
+      let filter = this.postsFilter
       if (this.hashtag) {
         filter = {
           ...filter,
           tags_some: { name: this.hashtag },
         }
       }
-      this.filter = filter
-      this.$apollo.queries.Post.refetch()
+      return filter
     },
+  },
+  watch: {
+    postsFilter() {
+      this.offset = 0
+      this.posts = []
+    },
+  },
+  methods: {
     toggleOnlySorting(x) {
-      this.filter = {
-        ...this.usersFollowedFilter,
-        ...this.categoriesFilter,
-      }
-
+      this.offset = 0
+      this.posts = []
       this.sortingIcon = x.icons
       this.sorting = x.order
-      this.$apollo.queries.Post.refetch()
     },
     clearSearch() {
       this.$router.push({ path: '/' })
       this.hashtag = null
-      delete this.filter.tags_some
-      this.changeFilterBubble(this.filter)
-    },
-    uniq(items, field = 'id') {
-      return uniqBy(items, field)
     },
     href(post) {
       return this.$router.resolve({
@@ -155,31 +130,12 @@ export default {
       }).href
     },
     showMoreContributions() {
-      // this.page++
-      // Fetch more data and transform the original result
-      this.page++
-      this.$apollo.queries.Post.fetchMore({
-        variables: {
-          filter: this.filter,
-          first: this.pageSize,
-          offset: this.offset,
-        },
-        // Transform the previous result with new data
-        updateQuery: (previousResult, { fetchMoreResult }) => {
-          let output = { Post: this.Post }
-          output.Post = [...previousResult.Post, ...fetchMoreResult.Post]
-          return output
-        },
-        fetchPolicy: 'cache-and-network',
-      })
+      this.offset += this.pageSize
     },
     deletePost(_index, postId) {
-      this.Post = this.Post.filter(post => {
+      this.posts = this.posts.filter(post => {
         return post.id !== postId
       })
-      // Why "uniq(Post)" is used in the array for list creation?
-      // Ideal solution here:
-      // this.Post.splice(index, 1)
     },
   },
   apollo: {
@@ -188,16 +144,20 @@ export default {
         return filterPosts(this.$i18n)
       },
       variables() {
-        return {
-          filter: {
-            ...this.usersFollowedFilter,
-            ...this.categoriesFilter,
-            ...this.filter,
-          },
+        const result = {
+          filter: this.finalFilters,
           first: this.pageSize,
-          offset: 0,
+          offset: this.offset,
           orderBy: this.sorting,
         }
+        return result
+      },
+      update({ Post }) {
+        // TODO: find out why `update` gets called twice initially.
+        // We have to filter for uniq posts only because we get the same
+        // result set twice.
+        const posts = uniqBy([...this.posts, ...Post], 'id')
+        this.posts = posts
       },
       fetchPolicy: 'cache-and-network',
     },