diff --git a/src/Context.cpp b/src/Context.cpp
index 6bdab5181..f2012f4b5 100644
--- a/src/Context.cpp
+++ b/src/Context.cpp
@@ -670,8 +670,16 @@ void Context::autoFilter (Task& t, Filter& f)
     // Projects are matched left-most.
     else if (att->first == "project" && att->second.mod () == "")
     {
-      f.push_back (Att ("project", "startswith", att->second.value ()));
+      if (att->second.value () != "")
+      {
+        f.push_back (Att ("project", "startswith", att->second.value ()));
         debug ("auto filter: " + att->first + ".startswith:" + att->second.value ());
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        f.push_back (Att ("project", "is", att->second.value ()));
+        debug ("auto filter: " + att->first + ".is:" + att->second.value ());
+      }
     }
 
     // The limit attribute does not participate in filtering, and needs to be
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index 8735c5e7d..f049738b8 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #define FEATURE_TDB_OPT      1   // TDB Optimization reduces file I/O.
 #define FEATURE_NEW_ID       1   // Echoes back new id.
 #define FEATURE_SHELL        1   // Interactive shell.
-#define FEATURE_NCURSES_COLS 1 // Shortcut that avoids WINDOW.
+#define FEATURE_NCURSES_COLS 1   // Shortcut that avoids WINDOW.
 
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>