diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/FilterEditor.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/FilterEditor.php
index 7f86a9db2..bef3bf8c2 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/FilterEditor.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/FilterEditor.php
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ use Icinga\Data\Filter\Filter;
 use Icinga\Data\Filter\FilterExpression;
 use Icinga\Data\Filter\FilterChain;
 use Icinga\Web\Url;
+use Icinga\Application\Icinga;
 use Icinga\Exception\ProgrammingError;
+use Exception;
 
 /**
  * Filter
@@ -96,6 +98,12 @@ class FilterEditor extends AbstractWidget
         return $this;
     }
 
+    protected function redirectNow($url)
+    {
+        $response = Icinga::app()->getFrontController()->getResponse();
+        $response->redirectAndExit($url);
+    }
+
     protected function select($name, $list, $selected, $attributes = null)
     {
         $view = $this->view();