diff --git a/tableauserverclient/server/filter.py b/tableauserverclient/server/filter.py
index 8802321fd..b936ceb92 100644
--- a/tableauserverclient/server/filter.py
+++ b/tableauserverclient/server/filter.py
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ def __init__(self, field, operator, value):
     def __str__(self):
         value_string = str(self._value)
         if isinstance(self._value, list):
-            value_string = value_string.replace(" ", "").replace("'", "")
+            # this should turn the string representation of the list
+            # from ['<string1>', '<string2>', ...]
+            # to [<string1>,<string2>]
+            # so effectively, remove any spaces between "," and "'" and then remove all "'"
+            value_string = value_string.replace(", '", ",'").replace("'", "")
         return "{0}:{1}:{2}".format(self.field, self.operator, value_string)
 
     @property
diff --git a/test/assets/request_option_filter_name_in.xml b/test/assets/request_option_filter_name_in.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ec42b8ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/assets/request_option_filter_name_in.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<tsResponse xmlns="http://tableau.com/api" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://tableau.com/api https://help.tableau.com/samples/en-us/rest_api/ts-api_3_18.xsd">
+    <pagination pageNumber="1" pageSize="100" totalAvailable="2"/>
+    <projects>
+        <project id="26558843-133c-45fc-9f67-697f30d25e62" name="default" description="The default project that was automatically created by Tableau." createdAt="2022-06-21T07:52:28Z" updatedAt="2022-06-21T07:52:28Z" contentPermissions="ManagedByOwner">
+            <owner id="19aadc25-d3d8-4467-96cc-09db69687b28"/>
+        </project>
+        <project id="7dce3c52-f058-4484-932c-3fc264638618" name="Salesforce Sales Projeśt" description="" createdAt="2023-02-21T02:53:34Z" updatedAt="2023-07-10T04:09:29Z" contentPermissions="ManagedByOwner">
+            <owner id="bc38ea93-af2b-4004-9ef8-2144a57d3777"/>
+        </project>
+    </projects>
+</tsResponse>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test_filter.py b/test/test_filter.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2121307f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_filter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import os
+import unittest
+
+import tableauserverclient as TSC
+
+
+class FilterTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        pass
+
+    def test_filter_equal(self):
+        filter = TSC.Filter(TSC.RequestOptions.Field.Name, TSC.RequestOptions.Operator.Equals, "Superstore")
+
+        self.assertEqual(str(filter), "name:eq:Superstore")
+
+    def test_filter_in(self):
+        # create a IN filter condition with project names that
+        # contain spaces and "special" characters
+        projects_to_find = ["default", "Salesforce Sales Projeśt"]
+        filter = TSC.Filter(TSC.RequestOptions.Field.Name, TSC.RequestOptions.Operator.In, projects_to_find)
+
+        self.assertEqual(str(filter), "name:in:[default,Salesforce Sales Projeśt]")
diff --git a/test/test_request_option.py b/test/test_request_option.py
index 5d8bdf05e..32526d1e6 100644
--- a/test/test_request_option.py
+++ b/test/test_request_option.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 PAGE_NUMBER_XML = os.path.join(TEST_ASSET_DIR, "request_option_page_number.xml")
 PAGE_SIZE_XML = os.path.join(TEST_ASSET_DIR, "request_option_page_size.xml")
 FILTER_EQUALS = os.path.join(TEST_ASSET_DIR, "request_option_filter_equals.xml")
+FILTER_NAME_IN = os.path.join(TEST_ASSET_DIR, "request_option_filter_name_in.xml")
 FILTER_TAGS_IN = os.path.join(TEST_ASSET_DIR, "request_option_filter_tags_in.xml")
 FILTER_MULTIPLE = os.path.join(TEST_ASSET_DIR, "request_option_filter_tags_in.xml")
 SLICING_QUERYSET = os.path.join(TEST_ASSET_DIR, "request_option_slicing_queryset.xml")
@@ -114,6 +115,30 @@ def test_filter_tags_in(self) -> None:
         self.assertEqual(set(["safari"]), matching_workbooks[1].tags)
         self.assertEqual(set(["sample"]), matching_workbooks[2].tags)
 
+    # check if filtered projects with spaces & special characters
+    # get correctly returned
+    def test_filter_name_in(self) -> None:
+        with open(FILTER_NAME_IN, "rb") as f:
+            response_xml = f.read().decode("utf-8")
+        with requests_mock.mock() as m:
+            m.get(
+                self.baseurl + "/projects?filter=name%3Ain%3A%5Bdefault%2CSalesforce+Sales+Proje%C5%9Bt%5D",
+                text=response_xml,
+            )
+            req_option = TSC.RequestOptions()
+            req_option.filter.add(
+                TSC.Filter(
+                    TSC.RequestOptions.Field.Name,
+                    TSC.RequestOptions.Operator.In,
+                    ["default", "Salesforce Sales Projeśt"],
+                )
+            )
+            matching_projects, pagination_item = self.server.projects.get(req_option)
+
+        self.assertEqual(2, pagination_item.total_available)
+        self.assertEqual("default", matching_projects[0].name)
+        self.assertEqual("Salesforce Sales Projeśt", matching_projects[1].name)
+
     def test_filter_tags_in_shorthand(self) -> None:
         with open(FILTER_TAGS_IN, "rb") as f:
             response_xml = f.read().decode("utf-8")