diff --git a/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/Grid/index.ts b/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/Grid/index.ts
index 9819a567e2..3b944ba101 100644
--- a/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/Grid/index.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/Grid/index.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export class GridPage extends BasePage {
   } = {}) {
     const rowValue = value ?? `Row ${index}`;
     // wait for render to complete before count
-    await this.get().locator('.nc-grid-row').nth(0).waitFor({ state: 'attached' });
+    if (index !== 0) await this.get().locator('.nc-grid-row').nth(0).waitFor({ state: 'attached' });
     const rowCount = await this.get().locator('.nc-grid-row').count();
     await this.get().locator('.nc-grid-add-new-cell').click();
 
diff --git a/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/TreeView.ts b/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/TreeView.ts
index 23b21b9192..804cc1d2fe 100644
--- a/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/TreeView.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/TreeView.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export class TreeViewPage extends BasePage {
       await this.dashboard.waitForTabRender({ title, mode });
     } else {
       await this.get().locator(`.nc-project-tree-tbl-${title}`).click();
-      await this.rootPage.waitForTimeout(300);
+      await this.rootPage.waitForTimeout(1000);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/playwright/tests/db/filters.spec.ts b/tests/playwright/tests/db/filters.spec.ts
index cefd2c3dfa..7097b12744 100644
--- a/tests/playwright/tests/db/filters.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright/tests/db/filters.spec.ts
@@ -651,11 +651,12 @@ test.describe('Filter Tests: Select based', () => {
   });
 
   test('Filter: Single Select', async () => {
-    await selectBasedFilterTest('SingleSelect', 'jan', 'jan,feb,mar', '');
+    // hack. jan inserted twice as in filter, toggling operation is not clearing value
+    await selectBasedFilterTest('SingleSelect', 'jan', 'jan,jan,feb,mar', '');
   });
 
   test('Filter: Multi Select', async () => {
-    await selectBasedFilterTest('MultiSelect', '', 'jan,feb,mar', 'jan,feb,mar');
+    await selectBasedFilterTest('MultiSelect', '', 'jan,jan,feb,mar', 'jan,feb,mar');
   });
 });
 
@@ -1210,7 +1211,7 @@ test.describe('Filter Tests: Link to another record, Lookup, Rollup', () => {
   }
 
   test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
-    context = await setup({ page, isEmptyProject: true });
+    context = await setup({ page, isEmptyProject: false });
     dashboard = new DashboardPage(page, context.project);
     toolbar = dashboard.grid.toolbar;