diff --git a/src/frontend/src/app/control-center/control-center.component.ts b/src/frontend/src/app/control-center/control-center.component.ts
index 090735493643f3f2dc68debb3bad2168f14b81eb..1e5bc63c0e91829af15de1a79d628c36432839fc 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/app/control-center/control-center.component.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/app/control-center/control-center.component.ts
@@ -209,7 +209,19 @@ export class ControlCenterComponent {
   sendFilter() {
     console.log('Sending xAPI Filter:', this.filterObject, 'to', this.selectedAnalysis);
  
-    this._apiService.getStatement(this.filterObject??JSON.parse(this.filterObject),this.selectedAnalysis?.key??'', 10)
+    let parsedFilterObject = {};
+        
+    if (this.filterObject && this.filterObject.trim()) {
+      try {
+        parsedFilterObject = JSON.parse(this.filterObject);
+      } catch (error) {
+        this.responseStatementMessage = 'Error: Invalid JSON format for filter';
+        this.responseStatementType = 'error';
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+
+    this._apiService.getStatement(parsedFilterObject,this.selectedAnalysis?.key??'', 10)
     .pipe(
       catchError(err => {
         this.responseStatementMessage = `Error: ${JSON.stringify(err.error, null, 2)}`;
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/app/services/api.service.ts b/src/frontend/src/app/services/api.service.ts
index b049de2e7ef085896b6e18144e11ba00ab787404..e3b7cd4074bf8aad19bfe5f8f144659cfec8520c 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/app/services/api.service.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/app/services/api.service.ts
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ export class ApiService {
     });
 
     return this.http.post<string>(`${environment.apiUrl}/api/v1/provider/data`, {
+      page_size: page_size,
       ...filter,
-      page_size: page_size
   },    { headers })
   }
 
diff --git a/tools/local-development/docker-compose.yml b/tools/local-development/docker-compose.yml
index b526249c410e6e9fbbad9327234934f838951858..704438c1b18db59788cbfaba81f0802d510edc58 100644
--- a/tools/local-development/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/tools/local-development/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ services:
     ports:
       - 27017:27017
     volumes:
-      - ./mongodb_data:/data/db
\ No newline at end of file
+      - ./mongodb_data:/data/db
+      - ./mongo_dump.archive:/mongo_dump.archive  # Mount the archive file