diff --git a/clearml/automation/monitor.py b/clearml/automation/monitor.py
index 18d57c59..2547c5ca 100644
--- a/clearml/automation/monitor.py
+++ b/clearml/automation/monitor.py
@@ -91,15 +91,14 @@ class Monitor(object):
         timestamp = time()
         try:
             # retrieve experiments orders by last update time
-            task_filter = self.get_query_parameters()
-            task_filter.update(
-                {
-                    'page_size': 100,
-                    'page': 0,
-                    'status_changed': ['>{}'.format(datetime.utcfromtimestamp(previous_timestamp)), ],
-                    'project': self._get_projects_ids(),
-                }
-            )
+            task_filter = {
+                'page_size': 100,
+                'page': 0,
+                'status_changed': ['>{}'.format(datetime.utcfromtimestamp(previous_timestamp)), ],
+                'project': self._get_projects_ids(),
+            }
+            task_filter.update(self.get_query_parameters())
+
             queried_tasks = Task.get_tasks(task_name=self._task_name_filter, task_filter=task_filter)
         except Exception as ex:
             # do not update the previous timestamp