diff --git a/src/plugins/logfile/filterwidget.py b/src/plugins/logfile/filterwidget.py
index e1d6d6c..0405e42 100644
--- a/src/plugins/logfile/filterwidget.py
+++ b/src/plugins/logfile/filterwidget.py
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ class FilterWidget(QWidget):
         self.filter_model.truncate()
         self.source_model.clear_query_highlight()
         self.filter_model.clear_query_highlight()
+        self.hits_view.clear_selection_highlight()
         self._update_hits(-1)
         PluginRegistry.execute("update_ui")
 
@@ -283,6 +284,7 @@ class FilterWidget(QWidget):
 
         self.progress_bar.setValue(0)
         self._update_hits(-1)
+        self.hits_view.clear_selection_highlight()
 
         self.source_model.set_query_highlight(query, ignore_case, is_regex)
         self.filter_model.set_query_highlight(query, ignore_case, is_regex)
diff --git a/src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py b/src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py
index 82ca356..6e03d7e 100644
--- a/src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py
+++ b/src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ class BigText(QWidget):
     def scroll_to_byte(self, byte_offset: int):
         self.big_text.scroll_to_byte(byte_offset)
 
+    def clear_selection_highlight(self):
+        self.big_text.clear_selection_highlight()
+
     def destruct(self):
         self.watchdog.destruct()
         pass
@@ -142,6 +145,11 @@ class InnerBigText(QWidget):
 
         self.line_click_listeners: [Callable[[int], None]] = []
 
+    def clear_selection_highlight(self):
+        self.selection_highlight.start_byte = 0
+        self.selection_highlight.end_byte = 0
+        self._update_highlight_selected_text()
+
     def keyPressEvent(self, e: QKeyEvent) -> None:
 
         # print("%s + %s" % (e.keyCombination().keyboardModifiers(), e.key()))