diff --git a/js/components/piece_list.js b/js/components/piece_list.js
index 383d870f..9208df92 100644
--- a/js/components/piece_list.js
+++ b/js/components/piece_list.js
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ let PieceList = React.createClass({
         const defaultFilterBy = {};
 
         if (filterParams && typeof filterParams.forEach === 'function') {
-            filterParams.forEach(({ label, items }) => {
+            filterParams.forEach(({ items }) => {
                 items.forEach((item) => {
                     if (typeof item === 'object' && item.defaultValue) {
                         defaultFilterBy[item.key] = true;
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ let PieceList = React.createClass({
     },
 
     loadPieceList({ page, filterBy = this.state.filterBy, search = this.state.search }) {
-        let orderBy = this.state.orderBy ? this.state.orderBy : this.props.orderBy;
+        const orderBy = this.state.orderBy || this.props.orderBy;
 
         return PieceListActions.fetchPieceList(page, this.state.pageSize, search,
                                                orderBy, this.state.orderAsc, filterBy);
@@ -259,7 +259,6 @@ let PieceList = React.createClass({
         const availableAcls = getAvailableAcls(selectedEditions, (aclName) => aclName !== 'acl_view');
 
         setDocumentTitle(getLangText('Collection'));
-
         return (
             <div>
                 <PieceListToolbar
diff --git a/js/components/piece_list_filter_display.js b/js/components/piece_list_filter_display.js
index 6ca5207a..b2d9db99 100644
--- a/js/components/piece_list_filter_display.js
+++ b/js/components/piece_list_filter_display.js
@@ -97,12 +97,12 @@ let PieceListFilterDisplay = React.createClass({
 
     render() {
         let { filterBy } = this.props;
-        let filtersWithLabel = this.transformFilterParamsItemsToBools();
 
         // do not show the FilterDisplay if there are no filters applied
         if(filterBy && Object.keys(filterBy).length === 0) {
             return null;
         } else {
+            const filtersWithLabel = this.transformFilterParamsItemsToBools();
             return (
                 <div className="row">
                     <div className="ascribe-piece-list-filter-display col-xs-12 col-sm-10 col-md-8 col-lg-8 col-sm-offset-1 col-md-offset-2 col-lg-offset-2">
diff --git a/js/components/whitelabel/wallet/components/market/market_piece_list.js b/js/components/whitelabel/wallet/components/market/market_piece_list.js
index 64198bb3..8ffab5a5 100644
--- a/js/components/whitelabel/wallet/components/market/market_piece_list.js
+++ b/js/components/whitelabel/wallet/components/market/market_piece_list.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ let MarketPieceList = React.createClass({
 
     render() {
         const { currentUser, whitelabel } = this.state;
-        let filterParams = undefined;
+        let filterParams = null;
         let canLoadPieceList = false;
 
         if (currentUser.email && whitelabel.user) {