diff --git a/src/ui/filter-text.ts b/src/ui/filter-text.ts
index 8b13b76db31..a0c871f9fbc 100644
--- a/src/ui/filter-text.ts
+++ b/src/ui/filter-text.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ export class FilterText extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
   private window: Phaser.GameObjects.NineSlice;
   private labels: Phaser.GameObjects.Text[] = [];
   private selections: Phaser.GameObjects.Text[] = [];
-  private selectionStrings: string[] = [];
   private rows: FilterTextRow[] = [];
   public cursorObj: Phaser.GameObjects.Image;
   public numFilters = 0;
@@ -112,8 +111,6 @@ export class FilterText extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
     this.selections.push(filterTypesSelection);
     this.add(filterTypesSelection);
 
-    this.selectionStrings.push("");
-
     this.calcFilterPositions();
     this.numFilters++;
 
@@ -122,7 +119,6 @@ export class FilterText extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
 
   resetSelection(index: number): void {
     this.selections[index].setText(this.defaultText);
-    this.selectionStrings[index] = "";
     this.onChange();
   }
 
@@ -204,6 +200,17 @@ export class FilterText extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
     return this.selections[row].getWrappedText()[0];
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Forcibly set the selection text for a specific filter row and then call the `onChange` function
+   *
+   * @param row the filter row to set the text for
+   * @param value the text to set for the filter row
+   */
+  setValue(row: FilterTextRow, value: string) {
+    this.selections[row].setText(value);
+    this.onChange();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Find the nearest filter to the provided container on the y-axis
    * @param container the StarterContainer to compare position against