diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/audit-log/no-events.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/audit-log/no-events.hbs
index 8ef96b7b17..69bcfac747 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/audit-log/no-events.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/audit-log/no-events.hbs
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
     <div class="no-posts">
         {{svg-jar "activity-placeholder" class="gh-members-placeholder"}}
         {{#if @filter}}
-            <h4>No actions match the current filter</h4>
-            <LinkTo @route="settings.audit-log" @query={{reset-query-params "audit-log"}} class="gh-btn gh-btn-lg">
-                <span>Show all actions</span>
+            <h4>No events match the current filter</h4>
+            <LinkTo @route="settings.audit-log" @query={{reset-query-params "settings.audit-log"}} class="gh-btn gh-btn-lg">
+                <span>Show all events</span>
             </LinkTo>
         {{else}}
-            <h4>No actions yet</h4>
+            <h4>No events yet</h4>
         {{/if}}
     </div>
 </div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/helpers/reset-query-params.js b/ghost/admin/app/helpers/reset-query-params.js
index 7bae1fbdd8..957865d6d0 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/helpers/reset-query-params.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/helpers/reset-query-params.js
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ export const DEFAULT_QUERY_PARAMS = {
     'members-activity': {
         excludedEvents: null,
         member: null
+    },
+    'settings.audit-log': {
+        excludedEvents: null,
+        excludedResources: null,
+        user: null
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/templates/settings/audit-log.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/templates/settings/audit-log.hbs
index cfb12ec762..63e76b7a91 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/templates/settings/audit-log.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/templates/settings/audit-log.hbs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <section class="gh-canvas gh-members-activity">
     <GhCanvasHeader class="gh-canvas-header">
     <h2 class="gh-canvas-title" data-test-screen-title>
-        <LinkTo @route="settings.audit-log" data-test-link="audit-log-back">Audit log</LinkTo>
+        <LinkTo @route="settings.audit-log" @query={{reset-query-params "settings.audit-log"}} data-test-link="audit-log-back">Audit log</LinkTo>
         {{#if this.userRecord}}
             <span>{{svg-jar "arrow-right"}}</span>
             <span class="truncate">{{or this.userRecord.name this.userRecord.email}}</span>