diff --git a/sdk/src/androidTest/java/com/bugsnag/android/MetaDataTest.java b/sdk/src/androidTest/java/com/bugsnag/android/MetaDataTest.java
index 6dea83eae4..a72b5ee2e1 100644
--- a/sdk/src/androidTest/java/com/bugsnag/android/MetaDataTest.java
+++ b/sdk/src/androidTest/java/com/bugsnag/android/MetaDataTest.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import org.json.JSONArray;
 import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import static com.bugsnag.android.BugsnagTestUtils.streamableToJson;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
@@ -24,6 +26,13 @@
 @SmallTest
 public class MetaDataTest {
 
+    private Client client;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() throws Exception {
+        client = BugsnagTestUtils.generateClient();
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testBasicSerialization() throws JSONException, IOException {
         MetaData metaData = new MetaData();
@@ -188,4 +197,36 @@ public void testNestedFiltering() throws JSONException, IOException {
         assertEquals("[FILTERED]", sensitiveMapJson.getString("confirm_password"));
         assertEquals("safe", sensitiveMapJson.getString("normal"));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testFilterConstructor() throws Exception {
+        MetaData metaData = client.getMetaData();
+        metaData.addToTab("foo", "password", "abc123");
+        JSONObject jsonObject = streamableToJson(metaData);
+
+        assertArrayEquals(new String[]{"password"}, metaData.getFilters());
+        assertEquals("[FILTERED]", jsonObject.getJSONObject("foo").get("password"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testFilterSetter() throws Exception {
+        MetaData metaData = new MetaData();
+        client.setMetaData(metaData);
+        assertArrayEquals(new String[]{"password"}, metaData.getFilters());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testFilterOverride() throws Exception {
+        MetaData metaData = client.getMetaData();
+        client.setFilters("test", "another");
+        assertArrayEquals(new String[]{"test", "another"}, metaData.getFilters());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testFilterMetadataOverride() throws Exception {
+        MetaData data = new MetaData();
+        data.setFilters("CUSTOM");
+        client.setMetaData(data);
+        assertArrayEquals(new String[]{"CUSTOM"}, data.getFilters());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/src/main/java/com/bugsnag/android/Configuration.java b/sdk/src/main/java/com/bugsnag/android/Configuration.java
index eff55eafce..2e84476482 100644
--- a/sdk/src/main/java/com/bugsnag/android/Configuration.java
+++ b/sdk/src/main/java/com/bugsnag/android/Configuration.java
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ public class Configuration extends Observable implements Observer {
     private String endpoint = "https://notify.bugsnag.com";
     private String sessionEndpoint = "https://sessions.bugsnag.com";
 
-    private String[] filters = new String[]{"password"};
     private String[] ignoreClasses;
     @Nullable
     private String[] notifyReleaseStages = null;
@@ -191,7 +190,7 @@ public void setBuildUUID(String buildUuid) {
      * @return Filters
      */
     public String[] getFilters() {
-        return filters;
+        return metaData.getFilters();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -208,7 +207,6 @@ public String[] getFilters() {
      * @param filters a list of keys to filter from metaData
      */
     public void setFilters(String[] filters) {
-        this.filters = filters;
         this.metaData.setFilters(filters);
     }
 
diff --git a/sdk/src/main/java/com/bugsnag/android/MetaData.java b/sdk/src/main/java/com/bugsnag/android/MetaData.java
index 45325b6d7a..258aba7797 100644
--- a/sdk/src/main/java/com/bugsnag/android/MetaData.java
+++ b/sdk/src/main/java/com/bugsnag/android/MetaData.java
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ public class MetaData extends Observable implements JsonStream.Streamable {
     private static final String FILTERED_PLACEHOLDER = "[FILTERED]";
     private static final String OBJECT_PLACEHOLDER = "[OBJECT]";
 
-    private String[] filters;
+    private String[] filters = {"password"};
+
     @NonNull
     final Map<String, Object> store;
 
@@ -118,6 +119,10 @@ void setFilters(String... filters) {
         notifyBugsnagObservers(NotifyType.FILTERS);
     }
 
+    String[] getFilters() {
+        return filters;
+    }
+
     @NonNull
     static MetaData merge(@NonNull MetaData... metaDataList) {
         List<Map<String, Object>> stores = new ArrayList<>();