diff --git a/src/backend/common/database/drizzle/repositories/PlayRepository.ts b/src/backend/common/database/drizzle/repositories/PlayRepository.ts
index 09e4ff0a..138ba1fa 100644
--- a/src/backend/common/database/drizzle/repositories/PlayRepository.ts
+++ b/src/backend/common/database/drizzle/repositories/PlayRepository.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import { DbConcrete, runTransaction } from "../drizzleUtils.js";
 import clone from 'clone';
 import { Traverse, TraverseContext } from 'neotraverse/modern';
 import { loggerNoop } from "../../../MaybeLogger.js";
-import { DateLike, DeepReplaceValue, ErrorLike, PlayObject, PlayState, REGEX_ISO8601_LOOSE, TA_CLOSE, TA_DEFAULT_ACCURACY, TA_EXACT, TemporalAccuracy } from "../../../../../core/Atomic.js";
+import { DateLike, DeepReplaceValue, ErrorLike, PlayObject, PlayState, QueueName, REGEX_ISO8601_LOOSE, TA_CLOSE, TA_DEFAULT_ACCURACY, TA_EXACT, TemporalAccuracy } from "../../../../../core/Atomic.js";
 import { generateInputEntity, generatePlayEntity, PlayEntityOpts, hydratePlaySelect, PlayHydateOptions } from "../entityUtils.js";
-import { playInputs, plays, queueStates, relations } from "../schema/schema.js";
+import { playInputs, plays, queueStates, relations, schema } from "../schema/schema.js";
 import { PlayNew, PlaySelect, PlayInputNew, FindWhere, FindMany, QueueStateSelect, FindWith, PlaySelectWithQueueStates, WhereClause, PlayWith } from "../drizzleTypes.js";;
 import { MarkOptional, MarkRequired, PathValue } from "ts-essentials";
 import { genGroupIdStrFromPlay, removeEmptyArrays, removeUndefinedKeys } from "../../../../utils.js";
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { SourceType } from "../../../infrastructure/config/source/sources.js";
 // https://github.com/drizzle-team/drizzle-orm/issues/695 may be useful for typing models with relations?
 
 export interface QueueCriteria {
-    queueName: string
+    queueName: QueueName
     queueStatus: QueueStateSelect['queueStatus'][] | QueueStateSelect['queueStatus']
 }
 
@@ -252,8 +252,9 @@ export class DrizzlePlayRepository extends DrizzleBaseRepository<'plays'> {
 
         
         const where = buildPlayWhere({componentId: args.componentId ?? this.componentId,  ...rest});
-        // @ts-expect-error
-        const filter = relationsFilterToSQL(plays, where);
+  
+        // https://github.com/drizzle-team/drizzle-orm/issues/5218#issuecomment-3854900241
+        const filter = relationsFilterToSQL(plays, where, relations.plays.relations, relations);
         // https://github.com/drizzle-team/drizzle-orm/discussions/3119#discussioncomment-16379557
         const count = await this.db.$count(plays, filter);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/common/database/drizzle/schema/schema.ts b/src/backend/common/database/drizzle/schema/schema.ts
index 1d3c7a21..69a1f4ce 100644
--- a/src/backend/common/database/drizzle/schema/schema.ts
+++ b/src/backend/common/database/drizzle/schema/schema.ts
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ export const getConfigByTableName = <T extends TableName>(name: T) => {
   }
 }
 
-const schema = {playInputs, plays, components, componentMigrations, queueStates, jobs};
+export const schema = {playInputs, plays, components, componentMigrations, queueStates, jobs};
 
 export type TSchema = typeof relations;
 export type Schema = typeof schema;
diff --git a/src/client/components/Badges.tsx b/src/client/components/Badges.tsx
index 8384a98a..0b65f720 100644
--- a/src/client/components/Badges.tsx
+++ b/src/client/components/Badges.tsx
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 import { Badge, Separator, HStack } from "@chakra-ui/react";
-import React, { ComponentProps, useState, useCallback, useEffect } from "react";
+import React, { ComponentProps, useState, useCallback, useEffect, PropsWithChildren } from "react";
 import { COMPONENT_STATE, ComponentCommonApiJson, componentStateToFriendly, MsSseEvent, PlayApiCommon } from "../../core/Api";
-import { capitalize } from "../../core/StringUtils";
+import { capitalizeWords } from "../../core/StringUtils";
 import {useSSEContext, useSSEEvent} from "@flamefrontend/sse-runtime-react";
 import { Second } from "../../core/Atomic";
 import { useTimeout } from 'react-use-timeout';
 
-export const PlayStateBadge = (props: ComponentProps<typeof Badge> & { state: PlayApiCommon['state'], suffix?: React.JSX.Element, hasDeadQueue?: boolean }) => {
+export const PlayStateBadge = (props: PropsWithChildren<ComponentProps<typeof Badge>> & { state: PlayApiCommon['state'], suffix?: React.JSX.Element, hasDeadQueue?: boolean }) => {
 
-  const { state, suffix, ...rest } = props;
+  const { state, suffix, children, ...rest } = props;
 
   let badgeColor = undefined;
-  let badgeText = capitalize(state);
+  let badgeText = capitalizeWords(state);
 
   switch (state) {
     case 'queued':
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export const PlayStateBadge = (props: ComponentProps<typeof Badge> & { state: Pl
       badgeColor = 'green';
       break;
     case 'failed':
+    case ('dead queued' as PlayApiCommon['state']): 
       badgeColor = 'red';
       if(props.hasDeadQueue) {
         badgeText = 'Dead Queued';
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ export const PlayStateBadge = (props: ComponentProps<typeof Badge> & { state: Pl
       break;
   }
 
-  return <Badge variant="surface" colorPalette={badgeColor} {...rest}>{badgeText}{suffix}</Badge>
+  return <Badge variant="surface" colorPalette={badgeColor} {...rest}>{children ?? badgeText}{suffix}</Badge>
 }
 
 const DEFAULT_EXPIRES = 10000;
diff --git a/src/client/components/playActivity/ActivityList.tsx b/src/client/components/playActivity/ActivityList.tsx
index 4500a57c..0dcc7b77 100644
--- a/src/client/components/playActivity/ActivityList.tsx
+++ b/src/client/components/playActivity/ActivityList.tsx
@@ -121,13 +121,15 @@ export const ListContainerFetchable = (props: { componentId: number, componentTy
         if ('componentId' in (payload.data as object) && (payload.data as Record<string, any>).componentId === props.componentId) {
             switch (payload.type) {
               case 'playInsert':
-                const componentData = payload.data as MsSseEventPayload<PlayApiCommonDetailed>;
+                { 
+                  const componentData = payload.data as MsSseEventPayload<PlayApiCommonDetailed>;
                 console.debug(`[Insert Check ${componentData.data.uid}] Recieved playInsert for Component ${componentId}, checking if Play can be inserted...`);
                 if(playInWindow(componentData.data, query)) {
                   queryClient.setQueryData(tanQueries.activities.list(componentId, query).queryKey, (old: InfiniteData<PaginatedResponse<PlayApiCommonDetailed>, unknown>) => {
                       return insertInfinitePlay(componentData.data, old);
                   });
-                }
+                } 
+              }
             }
         }
     });
@@ -189,7 +191,7 @@ const insertInfinitePlay = (data: PlayApiCommonDetailed, queryData: InfiniteData
         data: [...playData.slice(0, beforeIndex),
         {
           ...data,
-          // @ts-expect-error
+          // @ts-expect-error only used for inserts in this context
           isNew: true
         }
           , ...playData.slice(beforeIndex)]
diff --git a/src/client/components/playActivity/ListFilters.tsx b/src/client/components/playActivity/ListFilters.tsx
index 8479a5c2..ac2241d6 100644
--- a/src/client/components/playActivity/ListFilters.tsx
+++ b/src/client/components/playActivity/ListFilters.tsx
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import React, { ComponentProps, Fragment, useMemo, useCallback, useState } from
 import dayjs, { Dayjs } from 'dayjs';
 import doy from 'dayjs/plugin/dayOfYear.js';
 import "./PlayList.scss";
-import { ToggleButtonVariant } from '../ToggleButton.js';
-import { capitalize } from '../../../core/StringUtils.js';
 import { PlayStateBadge } from '../Badges.js';
 import {
     DateFormatter,
@@ -25,9 +23,10 @@ import { QueryPlaysOptsJson } from '../../../backend/common/database/drizzle/rep
 import { cardHeaderSeparator } from '../../utils/ComponentUtils.js';
 import { CompareDateBetween } from '../../../backend/common/database/drizzle/repositories/BaseRepository.js';
 import { CalendarButton, RefreshButton } from '../icons/ChakraIcons.js';
-import { nanoid } from 'nanoid';
 import { QueryPlaysOptsJsonRefreshable, tanQueries, useQueryWatcher } from '../../queries/index.js';
 import { useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+import { PlayStateUI } from '../../../core/Api.js';
+import { capitalizeWords } from '../../../core/StringUtils.js';
 
 const noop = (_) => null;
 
@@ -45,16 +44,16 @@ const SelectValue = () => {
 
 interface PlayStateFilterProps {
     mode: ComponentType
-    onChange?: (states: PlayState[]) => void
+    onChange?: (states: PlayStateUI[]) => void
 }
-export const PlayStateFilter = (props: PlayStateFilterProps & {value?: PlayState[] | undefined}) => {
+export const PlayStateFilter = (props: PlayStateFilterProps & {value?: PlayStateUI[] | undefined}) => {
     const {
         mode,
         onChange = noop,
         value
     } = props;
-    const availableStates = isComponentTypeSource(mode) ? PLAY_SOURCE_STATE : PLAY_CLIENT_STATE;
-    const selectOptions = createListCollection({ items: availableStates.map(x => ({ label: capitalize(x), value: x })) });
+    const availableStates = ['dead queued', ...(isComponentTypeSource(mode) ? PLAY_SOURCE_STATE : PLAY_CLIENT_STATE)];
+    const selectOptions = createListCollection({ items: availableStates.map(x => ({ label: capitalizeWords(x), value: x })) });
     //const [enabledStates, setEnabledStates] = useState<PlayState[]>([]);
     // maxW="420px"
     return (
@@ -273,7 +272,7 @@ export const ListFilters = (props: {
 
     const queryClient = useQueryClient();
 
-    const setState = useCallback((val: PlayState[]) => {
+    const setState = useCallback((val: PlayStateUI[]) => {
         const {
             state,
             ...rest
@@ -283,7 +282,7 @@ export const ListFilters = (props: {
             ...rest,
             state: val
         });
-    }, [onchange, filters]);
+    }, [onChange, filters]);
     const setDateRange = useCallback((val: [string, string]) => {
         const {
             playedAt,
diff --git a/src/client/queries/index.ts b/src/client/queries/index.ts
index 431a0dab..0e5e061f 100644
--- a/src/client/queries/index.ts
+++ b/src/client/queries/index.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ import { QueryPlaysOpts, QueryPlaysOptsJson } from "../../backend/common/databas
 import qs from 'qs';
 import { baseUrl } from "../utils";
 import { PaginatedResponse } from "../../backend/common/database/drizzle/repositories/BaseRepository";
-import { ComponentsApiJson, PlayApiCommonDetailed } from "../../core/Api";
-import { SourcePlayerJson } from "../../core/Atomic";
+import { ComponentsApiJson, PlayApiCommonDetailed, PlayStateUI } from "../../core/Api";
+import { CLIENT_DEAD_QUEUE, CLIENT_INGRESS_QUEUE, isPlayState, SourcePlayerJson } from "../../core/Atomic";
 
-export type QueryPlaysOptsJsonRefreshable = QueryPlaysOptsJson & {nonce?: string};
+export type QueryPlaysOptsJsonRefreshable = Omit<QueryPlaysOptsJson, 'state'> & {nonce?: string, state?: PlayStateUI[]};
 
 const components = createQueryKeys('components', {
     list: () => ({
@@ -32,11 +32,26 @@ const activities = createQueryKeys('activities', {
         queryFn: (ctx) => {
             const {
                 nonce,
+                state,
                 ...rest
             } = filters;
+            const derived: QueryPlaysOptsJson = rest;
+            if(state !== undefined) {
+              derived.state = state.filter(x => isPlayState(x));
+
+              // remove 'dead queued' derived play state and replace with filter for queue = 'dead' & state = 'queued'
+              if(state.includes('dead queued') && !rest.queues?.some(x => x.queueName === CLIENT_DEAD_QUEUE)) {
+                derived.queues = [...(rest.queues ?? []), {queueName: CLIENT_DEAD_QUEUE, queueStatus: 'queued'}];
+              }
+              // remove 'queued' play state and replace with filter for queue = 'ingress' & state = 'queued'
+              if(state.includes('queued') && !rest.queues?.some(x => x.queueName === CLIENT_INGRESS_QUEUE)) {
+                derived.queues = [...(derived.queues ?? []), {queueName: CLIENT_INGRESS_QUEUE, queueStatus: 'queued'}];
+                derived.state = derived.state.filter(x => x !== 'queued');
+              }
+          }
             return ky.get(`components/${componentId}/plays`, {
                 baseUrl: baseUrl,
-                searchParams: qs.stringify({...rest, offset: ctx.pageParam})
+                searchParams: qs.stringify({...derived, offset: ctx.pageParam})
             }).json<PaginatedResponse<PlayApiCommonDetailed>>()
         }
     }),
diff --git a/src/core/Api.ts b/src/core/Api.ts
index a13ec267..0860559f 100644
--- a/src/core/Api.ts
+++ b/src/core/Api.ts
@@ -151,4 +151,6 @@ export type MsSseEvent<T extends object = Record<string, any>> = {
 export type SortPlaysBy = 'played' | 'seen';
 export interface SortPlaysByProps {
     sortBy: SortPlaysBy
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+export type PlayStateUI = PlayState | 'dead queued';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/core/Atomic.ts b/src/core/Atomic.ts
index 7c16aae9..39f5d3c8 100644
--- a/src/core/Atomic.ts
+++ b/src/core/Atomic.ts
@@ -658,6 +658,7 @@ export type PlayClientState = PlayStateCommon | 'duped' | 'scrobbled';
 export const PLAY_CLIENT_STATE = [...PLAY_STATE_COMMON, 'duped', 'scrobbled'];
 export type PlayState = PlaySourceState | PlayClientState;
 export const PLAY_STATES = Array.from(new Set([...PLAY_CLIENT_STATE, ...PLAY_SOURCE_STATE]));
+export const isPlayState = (val: string): val is PlayState => PLAY_STATES.includes(val);
 
 
 export type QueueStatus = 'queued' | 'completed' | 'failed';
diff --git a/src/core/StringUtils.ts b/src/core/StringUtils.ts
index b07bb4fe..e1762fb3 100644
--- a/src/core/StringUtils.ts
+++ b/src/core/StringUtils.ts
@@ -191,9 +191,10 @@ export const slice = (str: string, index: number, count: number, add?: string):
 
     return str.slice(0, index) + (add || "") + str.slice(index + count);
 }
-export const capitalize = (str: any) => {
-    return str.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + str.slice(1)
-}
+
+export const capitalize = (str: string) => str.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + str.slice(1)
+
+export const capitalizeWords = (str: string, delimiter = ' ') => str.split(delimiter).map(x => capitalize(x)).join(delimiter);
 
 /**
  * Split a string-ish variable by a list of deliminators and return the first actually split array or default to returning the string as the first element.