diff --git a/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_eq.rs b/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_eq.rs
index 9736057f..9562dddd 100644
--- a/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_eq.rs
+++ b/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_eq.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ use libimagstore::store::Entry;
 use builtin::header::field_path::FieldPath;
 use builtin::header::field_predicate::FieldPredicate;
 use builtin::header::field_predicate::Predicate;
-use filters::filter::Filter;
+use filters::failable::filter::FailableFilter;
+use error::Result;
+use error::FilterError as FE;
 
 use toml::Value;
 
@@ -53,9 +55,10 @@ impl FieldEq {
 
 }
 
-impl Filter<Entry> for FieldEq {
+impl FailableFilter<Entry> for FieldEq {
+    type Error = FE;
 
-    fn filter(&self, e: &Entry) -> bool {
+    fn filter(&self, e: &Entry) -> Result<bool> {
         self.filter.filter(e)
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_exists.rs b/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_exists.rs
index 782043a0..76428874 100644
--- a/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_exists.rs
+++ b/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_exists.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
 use libimagstore::store::Entry;
 
 use toml_query::read::TomlValueReadExt;
-use filters::filter::Filter;
+use filters::failable::filter::FailableFilter;
+use error::Result;
+use error::FilterError as FE;
 
 use builtin::header::field_path::FieldPath;
 
@@ -38,10 +40,11 @@ impl FieldExists {
 
 }
 
-impl Filter<Entry> for FieldExists {
+impl FailableFilter<Entry> for FieldExists {
+    type Error = FE;
 
-    fn filter(&self, e: &Entry) -> bool {
-        e.get_header().read(&self.header_field_path[..]).is_ok()
+    fn filter(&self, e: &Entry) -> Result<bool> {
+        e.get_header().read(&self.header_field_path[..]).map_err(FE::from).map(|o| o.is_some())
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_grep.rs b/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_grep.rs
index 7d47cf23..5367eee8 100644
--- a/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_grep.rs
+++ b/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_grep.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ use libimagstore::store::Entry;
 use builtin::header::field_path::FieldPath;
 use builtin::header::field_predicate::FieldPredicate;
 use builtin::header::field_predicate::Predicate;
-use filters::filter::Filter;
+use filters::failable::filter::FailableFilter;
+use error::Result;
+use error::FilterError as FE;
 
 struct EqGrep{
     regex: Regex
@@ -57,9 +59,10 @@ impl FieldGrep {
 
 }
 
-impl Filter<Entry> for FieldGrep {
+impl FailableFilter<Entry> for FieldGrep {
+    type Error = FE;
 
-    fn filter(&self, e: &Entry) -> bool {
+    fn filter(&self, e: &Entry) -> Result<bool> {
         self.filter.filter(e)
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_gt.rs b/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_gt.rs
index 30fc93a7..b7e629bc 100644
--- a/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_gt.rs
+++ b/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_gt.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ use libimagstore::store::Entry;
 use builtin::header::field_path::FieldPath;
 use builtin::header::field_predicate::FieldPredicate;
 use builtin::header::field_predicate::Predicate;
-use filters::filter::Filter;
+use filters::failable::filter::FailableFilter;
+use error::Result;
+use error::FilterError as FE;
 
 use toml::Value;
 
@@ -69,9 +71,10 @@ impl FieldGt {
 
 }
 
-impl Filter<Entry> for FieldGt {
+impl FailableFilter<Entry> for FieldGt {
+    type Error = FE;
 
-    fn filter(&self, e: &Entry) -> bool {
+    fn filter(&self, e: &Entry) -> Result<bool> {
         self.filter.filter(e)
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_isempty.rs b/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_isempty.rs
index 41a4d4c7..d1c4721e 100644
--- a/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_isempty.rs
+++ b/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_isempty.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ use libimagstore::store::Entry;
 use toml_query::read::TomlValueReadExt;
 
 use builtin::header::field_path::FieldPath;
-use filters::filter::Filter;
+use filters::failable::filter::FailableFilter;
+use error::Result;
+use error::FilterError as FE;
 
 use toml::Value;
 
@@ -39,23 +41,25 @@ impl FieldIsEmpty {
 
 }
 
-impl Filter<Entry> for FieldIsEmpty {
+impl FailableFilter<Entry> for FieldIsEmpty {
+    type Error = FE;
 
-    fn filter(&self, e: &Entry) -> bool {
-        e.get_header()
-            .read(&self.header_field_path[..])
-            .map(|v| {
-                match v {
-                    Some(&Value::Array(ref a))   => a.is_empty(),
-                    Some(&Value::String(ref s))  => s.is_empty(),
-                    Some(&Value::Table(ref t))   => t.is_empty(),
-                    Some(&Value::Boolean(_)) |
-                    Some(&Value::Float(_))   |
-                    Some(&Value::Integer(_)) => false,
-                    _                       => true,
-                }
-            })
-            .unwrap_or(false)
+    fn filter(&self, e: &Entry) -> Result<bool> {
+        Ok(e
+             .get_header()
+             .read(&self.header_field_path[..])?
+             .map(|v| {
+                 match v {
+                     &Value::Array(ref a)   => a.is_empty(),
+                     &Value::String(ref s)  => s.is_empty(),
+                     &Value::Table(ref t)   => t.is_empty(),
+                     &Value::Boolean(_)  |
+                     &Value::Float(_)    |
+                     &Value::Datetime(_) |
+                     &Value::Integer(_)  => false,
+                 }
+             })
+             .unwrap_or(true))
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_istype.rs b/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_istype.rs
index 453aaef2..a0968d37 100644
--- a/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_istype.rs
+++ b/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_istype.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ use libimagstore::store::Entry;
 use builtin::header::field_path::FieldPath;
 use builtin::header::field_predicate::FieldPredicate;
 use builtin::header::field_predicate::Predicate;
-use filters::filter::Filter;
+use filters::failable::filter::FailableFilter;
+use error::Result;
+use error::FilterError as FE;
 
 use toml::Value;
 
@@ -78,9 +80,10 @@ impl FieldIsType {
 
 }
 
-impl Filter<Entry> for FieldIsType {
+impl FailableFilter<Entry> for FieldIsType {
+    type Error = FE;
 
-    fn filter(&self, e: &Entry) -> bool {
+    fn filter(&self, e: &Entry) -> Result<bool> {
         self.filter.filter(e)
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_lt.rs b/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_lt.rs
index 3123621a..c9b89fec 100644
--- a/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_lt.rs
+++ b/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_lt.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ use libimagstore::store::Entry;
 use builtin::header::field_path::FieldPath;
 use builtin::header::field_predicate::FieldPredicate;
 use builtin::header::field_predicate::Predicate;
-use filters::filter::Filter;
+use filters::failable::filter::FailableFilter;
+use error::Result;
+use error::FilterError as FE;
 
 use toml::Value;
 
@@ -69,9 +71,10 @@ impl FieldLt {
 
 }
 
-impl Filter<Entry> for FieldLt {
+impl FailableFilter<Entry> for FieldLt {
+    type Error = FE;
 
-    fn filter(&self, e: &Entry) -> bool {
+    fn filter(&self, e: &Entry) -> Result<bool> {
         self.filter.filter(e)
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_predicate.rs b/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_predicate.rs
index ef27639b..5a7dbb9b 100644
--- a/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_predicate.rs
+++ b/lib/entry/libimagentryfilter/src/builtin/header/field_predicate.rs
@@ -20,17 +20,22 @@
 use libimagstore::store::Entry;
 
 use toml_query::read::TomlValueReadExt;
+use toml::Value;
 
 use builtin::header::field_path::FieldPath;
-use filters::filter::Filter;
-
-use toml::Value;
+use filters::failable::filter::FailableFilter;
+use error::Result;
+use error::FilterError as FE;
 
 pub trait Predicate {
     fn evaluate(&self, &Value) -> bool;
 }
 
 /// Check whether certain header field in a entry is equal to a value
+///
+/// # Notice
+///
+/// Returns false if the value is not present.
 pub struct FieldPredicate<P: Predicate> {
     header_field_path: FieldPath,
     predicate: Box<P>,
@@ -47,15 +52,16 @@ impl<P: Predicate> FieldPredicate<P> {
 
 }
 
-impl<P: Predicate> Filter<Entry> for FieldPredicate<P> {
+impl<P: Predicate> FailableFilter<Entry> for FieldPredicate<P> {
+    type Error = FE;
 
-    fn filter(&self, e: &Entry) -> bool {
-        e.get_header()
-            .read(&self.header_field_path[..])
-            .map(|val| val.map(|v| (*self.predicate).evaluate(v)).unwrap_or(false))
+    fn filter(&self, e: &Entry) -> Result<bool> {
+        Ok(e.get_header()
+            .read(&self.header_field_path[..])?
+            .map(|v| (*self.predicate).evaluate(v))
             .unwrap_or(false)
+            )
     }
 
 }
 
-