diff --git a/backend/src/main/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/JPAMetadataResolverServiceImpl.groovy b/backend/src/main/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/JPAMetadataResolverServiceImpl.groovy
index bea96989f..815360908 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/JPAMetadataResolverServiceImpl.groovy
+++ b/backend/src/main/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/JPAMetadataResolverServiceImpl.groovy
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ import org.w3c.dom.Document
 
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull
 
-import static edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain.filters.NameIdFormatFilterTarget.NameIdFormatFilterTargetType.ENTITY
 import static edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain.filters.NameIdFormatFilterTarget.NameIdFormatFilterTargetType.CONDITION_SCRIPT
+import static edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain.filters.NameIdFormatFilterTarget.NameIdFormatFilterTargetType.ENTITY
 import static edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain.filters.NameIdFormatFilterTarget.NameIdFormatFilterTargetType.REGEX
 import static edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain.resolvers.ResourceBackedMetadataResolver.ResourceType.CLASSPATH
 import static edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain.resolvers.ResourceBackedMetadataResolver.ResourceType.SVN
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class JPAMetadataResolverServiceImpl implements MetadataResolverService {
                 if (metadataFilter instanceof NameIdFormatFilter) {
                     NameIdFormatFilter nameIdFormatFilter = NameIdFormatFilter.cast(metadataFilter)
                     NameIDFormatFilter openSamlTargetFilter = new OpenSamlNameIdFormatFilter()
-                    openSamlTargetFilter.removeExistingFormats = nameIdFormatFilter.removeExistingFormats
+                    openSamlTargetFilter.removeExistingFormats = nameIdFormatFilter.removeExistingFormats == null ? false : nameIdFormatFilter.removeExistingFormats
                     Map<Predicate<EntityDescriptor>, Collection<String>> predicateRules = [:]
                     def type = nameIdFormatFilter.nameIdFormatFilterTarget.nameIdFormatFilterTargetType
                     def values = nameIdFormatFilter.nameIdFormatFilterTarget.value
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ class JPAMetadataResolverServiceImpl implements MetadataResolverService {
                         'username': resolver.svnMetadataResource.username,
                         'password': resolver.svnMetadataResource.password,
                         'proxyHost': resolver.svnMetadataResource.proxyHost,
-                        'proxyPort': resolver.svnMetadataResource.proxyHost,
+                        'proxyPort': resolver.svnMetadataResource.proxyPort,
                         'proxyUserName': resolver.svnMetadataResource.proxyUserName,
                         'proxyPassword': resolver.svnMetadataResource.proxyPassword)
 
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/controller/MetadataFiltersController.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/controller/MetadataFiltersController.java
index 3762b7b4c..ebfe9979d 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/controller/MetadataFiltersController.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/controller/MetadataFiltersController.java
@@ -222,12 +222,12 @@ public ResponseEntity<?> update(@PathVariable String metadataResolverId,
     }
 
     /**
-     * IF the filter is of type "EntityAttributes" AND the target is "ENTITY" THEN check each of the values (which are entityIds)
+     * If the filter is "Targetable" AND the target is "ENTITY" THEN check each of the values (which are entityIds)
      */
     private void validateFilterOrThrowHttp400(MetadataFilter createdFilter) {
         if (createdFilter instanceof ITargetable){
             ITargetable filter = (ITargetable) createdFilter;
-            if ("ENTITY".equals(filter.getTarget().getTargetTypeValue())) {
+            if (filter.getTarget() != null && "ENTITY".equals(filter.getTarget().getTargetTypeValue())) {
                 for (String entityId : filter.getTarget().getValue()) {
                     if (!groupService.doesStringMatchGroupPattern(userService.getCurrentUser().getGroupId(), entityId)) {
                         throw HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST_EXCEPTION.get();
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/filters/EntityAttributesFilter.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/filters/EntityAttributesFilter.java
index c267d4204..cb3a85f3e 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/filters/EntityAttributesFilter.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/filters/EntityAttributesFilter.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class EntityAttributesFilter extends MetadataFilter implements ITargetabl
     @Transient
     private List<String> attributeRelease = new ArrayList<>();
 
-    @OneToOne(cascade = CascadeType.ALL)
+    @OneToOne(cascade = CascadeType.ALL, fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
     private EntityAttributesFilterTarget entityAttributesFilterTarget;
 
     @Transient
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/filters/EntityAttributesFilterTarget.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/filters/EntityAttributesFilterTarget.java
index 8d9247074..b74658b14 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/filters/EntityAttributesFilterTarget.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/filters/EntityAttributesFilterTarget.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public class EntityAttributesFilterTarget extends AbstractAuditable implements I
 
     private EntityAttributesFilterTargetType entityAttributesFilterTargetType;
 
-    @ElementCollection
+    @ElementCollection (fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
     @OrderColumn
     @Column(length = 760)
     private List<String> value;
@@ -32,11 +32,12 @@ public EntityAttributesFilterTargetType getEntityAttributesFilterTargetType() {
     @Override
     @JsonIgnore
     public String getTargetTypeValue() {
-        return entityAttributesFilterTargetType.name();
+        return entityAttributesFilterTargetType == null ? "NONE" : entityAttributesFilterTargetType.name();
     }
 
+    @Override
     public List<String> getValue() {
-        return value;
+        return value == null ? new ArrayList<>() : value;
     }
 
     public void setEntityAttributesFilterTargetType(EntityAttributesFilterTargetType entityAttributesFilterTarget) {
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/MetadataResolver.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/MetadataResolver.java
index 13d573b56..f9347fab3 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/MetadataResolver.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/MetadataResolver.java
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ public class MetadataResolver extends AbstractAuditable {
     @Transient
     private Integer version;
 
+    public Boolean getDoInitialization() {
+        return doInitialization == null ? false : doInitialization;
+    }
+
     @JsonGetter("version")
     public int getVersion() {
         if (this.version != null && this.version != 0 ) {
@@ -111,4 +115,4 @@ public void entityAttributesFilterIntoTransientRepresentation() {
                 .map(EntityAttributesFilter.class::cast)
                 .forEach(EntityAttributesFilter::intoTransientRepresentation);
     }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/repository/FilterRepositoryTests.groovy b/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/repository/FilterRepositoryTests.groovy
index 3a5b28713..ccc04ad61 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/repository/FilterRepositoryTests.groovy
+++ b/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/repository/FilterRepositoryTests.groovy
@@ -59,11 +59,13 @@ class FilterRepositoryTests extends AbstractBaseDataJpaTest {
         def filter = new ObjectMapper().readValue(entityAttributesFilterJson.bytes, EntityAttributesFilter)
         def persistedFilter = filterRepository.save(filter)
         entityManager.flush()
+        entityManager.clear()
 
         then:
-        def item1 = filterRepository.findByResourceId(persistedFilter.resourceId)
+        def item1 = filterRepository.findByResourceId("29a5d409-562a-41cd-acee-e9b3d7098d05")
+        entityManager.flush()
         entityManager.clear()
-        def item2 = filterRepository.findByResourceId(persistedFilter.resourceId)
+        def item2 = filterRepository.findByResourceId("29a5d409-562a-41cd-acee-e9b3d7098d05")
 
         item1.hashCode() == item2.hashCode()
     }