diff --git a/kmfilter.cpp b/kmfilter.cpp
index a9715a1ce..f6a2aeeaa 100644
--- a/kmfilter.cpp
+++ b/kmfilter.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ KMFilter::KMFilter( KConfig* aConfig, bool popFilter )
     bApplyOnExplicit = true;
     bStopProcessingHere = true;
     bConfigureShortcut = false;
+    bConfigureToolbar = false;
   }
 }
 
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ KMFilter::KMFilter( const KMFilter & aFilter )
     bApplyOnExplicit = aFilter.applyOnExplicit();
     bStopProcessingHere = aFilter.stopProcessingHere();
     bConfigureShortcut = aFilter.configureShortcut();
+    bConfigureToolbar = aFilter.configureToolbar();
     mIcon = aFilter.icon();
 
     QPtrListIterator<KMFilterAction> it( aFilter.mActions );
diff --git a/kmmainwidget.cpp b/kmmainwidget.cpp
index dc651de6b..7b7230a1f 100644
--- a/kmmainwidget.cpp
+++ b/kmmainwidget.cpp
@@ -3297,8 +3297,10 @@ void KMMainWidget::initializeFilterActions()
       // FIXME
       // uncomment the next if statement after the filter dialog supports
       // separate activation of filters for the toolbar - currently 
-      // we better use the coupled way
+      // we better depend on whether an icon is defined, so the current
+      // IF statement is intermediate
       // if ( (*it)->configureToolbar() )
+      if ( !(*it)->icon().isEmpty() )
         mFilterTBarActions.append(filterAction);
     }
   }