diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/partials/_filters.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/partials/_filters.scss
index 2b86c586..cee6f4a4 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/partials/_filters.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/partials/_filters.scss
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@
       & + .filter-options {
         max-height: 200px;
         overflow-y: scroll;
+        scrollbar-gutter: auto;
         scroll-behavior: auto;
       }
     }
     &.expanded:after {
+      font-family: FontAwesome;
       content: '\f078';
     }
     &::-webkit-details-marker {
@@ -81,17 +83,25 @@
         }
 
         &:hover,
-        &:focus,
-        &.applied {
+        &:focus {
           background: #000;
-          color: #fff;
           span {
             color: #fff;
           }
         }
-
         &.applied {
-          font-weight: $fw-bold;
+          .name {
+            color: #000;
+            &:hover,
+            &:focus {
+              color: #fff;
+            }
+          }
+          .name::after {
+            font-family: FontAwesome;
+            margin-left: 0.5rem;
+            content: '\f00d';
+          }
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/app/helpers/results_helper.rb b/app/helpers/results_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..13302e6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/results_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module ResultsHelper
+  def results_summary(hits)
+    hits.to_i >= 10000 ? '10,000+ items' : "#{number_with_delimiter(hits)} items"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/search/_filter.html.erb b/app/views/search/_filter.html.erb
index b09e348e..95a13de1 100644
--- a/app/views/search/_filter.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/search/_filter.html.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <% return if values.empty? %>
 
 <div class="category">
-  <button class="filter-label <%= 'expanded' if @enhanced_query[category.to_sym].present? %>"
+  <button class="filter-label <%= 'expanded' if @enhanced_query[category.to_sym].present? || first == true %>"
           onClick="toggleFilter(this)"><%= nice_labels[category] || category %></button>
   <div class="filter-options">
     <ul class="category-terms list-unbulleted">
diff --git a/app/views/search/results.html.erb b/app/views/search/results.html.erb
index 49049211..38c3ac5d 100644
--- a/app/views/search/results.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/search/results.html.erb
@@ -49,6 +49,22 @@
   <%= render(partial: 'shared/error', collection: @errors) %>
 
   <div class="<%= 'layout-1q3q' if @filters.present? %> layout-band top-space">
+    <% if @filters.present? %>
+      <aside class="col1q filter-container">
+        <div id="filters">
+          <h2 class="hd-3">Filter your results</h2>
+          <h3 class="hd-4"><em><%= results_summary(@pagination[:hits]) %></em></h3>
+          <% @filters&.each_with_index do |(category, values), index| %>
+            <% if index == 0 %>
+              <%= render(partial: 'search/filter', locals: {category: category, values: values, first: true}) %>
+            <% else %>
+              <%= render(partial: 'search/filter', locals: {category: category, values: values, first: false }) %>
+            <% end %>
+          <% end %>
+        </div>
+      </aside>
+    <% end %>
+
     <div class="col3q wrap-results">
       <% if @results.present? %>
         <ul id="results" class="list-unbulleted">
@@ -61,19 +77,6 @@
       <% end %>
     </div>
 
-    <% if @filters.present? %>
-      <aside class="col1q filter-container">
-        <div id="filters">
-          <h2 class="hd-3">Filter your results</h2>
-          <h3 class="hd-4"><em><%= @pagination[:hits] %> items</em></h3>
-          <% @filters&.each do |category, values| %>
-            <%= render(partial: 'search/filter', locals: {category: category, values: values}) %>
-          <% end %>
-        </div>
-      </aside>
-    <% end %>
-  </div>
-
   <% if @results.present? %>
     <div id="pagination">  
       <%= render partial: "pagination" %>
diff --git a/test/helpers/results_helper_test.rb b/test/helpers/results_helper_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..023069b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/helpers/results_helper_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class ResultsHelperTest < ActionView::TestCase
+  include ResultsHelper
+
+  test 'if number of hits is equal to 10,000, results summary returns "10,000+"' do
+    hits = 10000
+    assert_equal '10,000+ items', results_summary(hits)
+  end
+
+  test 'if number of hits is above 10,000, results summary returns "10,000+"' do
+    hits = 10500
+    assert_equal '10,000+ items', results_summary(hits)
+  end
+
+  test 'if number of hits is below 10,000, results summary returns actual number of results' do
+    hits = 9000
+    assert_equal '9,000 items', results_summary(hits)
+  end
+end