diff --git a/src/css/1p-filters.css b/src/css/1p-filters.css
index 267c067a3..5f71e1e66 100644
--- a/src/css/1p-filters.css
+++ b/src/css/1p-filters.css
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ div > p:last-child {
     box-sizing: border-box;
     font-size: small;
     height: 60vh;
+    text-align: left;
     white-space: pre;
     width: 100%;
-    text-align: left;
+    word-wrap: normal;
     }
diff --git a/src/css/3p-filters.css b/src/css/3p-filters.css
index 4af551674..509931a61 100644
--- a/src/css/3p-filters.css
+++ b/src/css/3p-filters.css
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ body[dir=rtl] #externalListsDiv {
     height: 10em;
     white-space: pre;
     width: 100%;
+    word-wrap: normal;
     }
 body #busyOverlay {
     position: fixed;
diff --git a/src/js/element-picker.js b/src/js/element-picker.js
index 2780ba45a..a5f35a480 100644
--- a/src/js/element-picker.js
+++ b/src/js/element-picker.js
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ var onDialogClicked = function(ev) {
             var d = new Date();
             localMessager.send({
                 what: 'createUserFilter',
-                filters: '# ' + d.toLocaleString() + ' ' + window.location.href + '\n' + filter,
+                filters: '! ' + d.toLocaleString() + ' ' + window.location.href + '\n' + filter,
             });
             removeElements(elementsFromFilter(taCandidate.value));
             stopPicker();