diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/jam_rest.js b/web/app/assets/javascripts/jam_rest.js
index 390aba7ac..341878d2a 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/jam_rest.js
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/jam_rest.js
@@ -1584,7 +1584,8 @@
         function postMusicianSearchFilter(query) {
           return $.ajax({
             type: "POST",
-            url: "/api/search/musicians.json?" + $.param(query)
+            url: "/api/search/musicians.json",
+            data: query
           });
         }
 
diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/musician_search_filter.js.coffee b/web/app/assets/javascripts/musician_search_filter.js.coffee
index 3a444ea12..92594fa28 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/musician_search_filter.js.coffee
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/musician_search_filter.js.coffee
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ context.JK.MusicianSearchFilter = class MusicianSearchFilter
       selected = ''
       ageLabel = ages_map[key]
       if 0 < @searchFilter.ages.length
-        
+        key_val = key.toString()
         ageMatch = $.grep(@searchFilter.ages, (n, i) ->
-          n.id == key
+          n == key_val
         )
         if ageMatch.length > 0
           selected = 'checked'
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ context.JK.MusicianSearchFilter = class MusicianSearchFilter
         selected = ''
         if 0 < @searchFilter.genres.length
           genreMatch = $.grep(@searchFilter.genres, (n, i) ->
-            n.id == genre.id
+            n == genre.id
           )
           if genreMatch.length > 0
             selected = 'checked'
@@ -133,17 +133,24 @@ context.JK.MusicianSearchFilter = class MusicianSearchFilter
       $.each instruments, (index, instrument) =>
         instrumentTemplate = $('#template-search-filter-setup-instrument').html()
         selected = ''
+        proficiency = '1'
         if 0 < @searchFilter.instruments.length
-          instrumentMatch = $.grep(@searchFilter.instruments, (n, i) ->
-            n.id == instrument.id
+          instMatch = $.grep(@searchFilter.instruments, (inst, i) ->
+            yn = inst.instrument_id == instrument.id
+            proficiency = inst.proficiency_level if yn
+            yn
           )
-          if instrumentMatch.length > 0
-            selected = 'checked'
+          if instMatch.length > 0
+            selected = 'checked' 
         instrumentHtml = context.JK.fillTemplate(instrumentTemplate,
           id: instrument.id
           description: instrument.description
-          checked: selected)
+          checked: selected
+          )
         $('#search-filter-instruments').append instrumentHtml
+        instsel = '#search-filter-instruments tr[data-instrument-id="'+instrument.id+'"] select'
+        $(instsel).val(proficiency)
+        return true
 
   _selectedValue: (identifier) =>
     elem = $ '#musician-search-filter-builder select[name='+identifier+']'
@@ -171,6 +178,5 @@ context.JK.MusicianSearchFilter = class MusicianSearchFilter
     $.each gon.musician_search_filter.filter_keys.multi, (index, key) =>
       @searchFilter[key] = this._selectedMultiValue(key)
         
-    @logger.debug("performSearch:  "+JSON.stringify(@searchFilter))
-    @rest.postMusicianSearchFilter { filter: @searchFilter }
+    @rest.postMusicianSearchFilter { filter: JSON.stringify(@searchFilter), page: 1 }
     
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web/app/controllers/api_search_controller.rb b/web/app/controllers/api_search_controller.rb
index 459ef5374..69fe64db6 100644
--- a/web/app/controllers/api_search_controller.rb
+++ b/web/app/controllers/api_search_controller.rb
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ class ApiSearchController < ApiController
       render :json => MusicianSearch.search_filter_json(current_user), :status => 200
 
     elsif request.post?
+      logger.debug("*** params = #{params.inspect}")
       ms = MusicianSearch.user_search_filter(current_user)
-      results = ms.search_results_page(params[:filter])
+      json = JSON.parse(params[:filter], :create_additions => false)
+      results = ms.search_results_page(json, [params[:page].to_i, 1].max)
       render :json => results, :status => 200
     end
   end
diff --git a/web/app/views/clients/_musician_search_filter.html.slim b/web/app/views/clients/_musician_search_filter.html.slim
index 0e5ba7e5b..52f31775b 100644
--- a/web/app/views/clients/_musician_search_filter.html.slim
+++ b/web/app/views/clients/_musician_search_filter.html.slim
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ script#template-musician-search-filter type="text/template"
 
 script#template-search-filter-setup-instrument type="text/template" 
   tr data-instrument-id="{id}" 
-    td <input type="checkbox"  checked} />{description}
-    td align="right" width="50%" 
+    td <input type="checkbox" {checked} />{description}
+    td align="right" width="50%" id="{proficiency_id}"
       select.proficiency_selector name="proficiency" 
         option value="1"  Beginner
         option value="2"  Intermediate