diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/components/List/Filters/SidebarListFilter.tsx b/ui/v2.5/src/components/List/Filters/SidebarListFilter.tsx
index 6754787db..fe9b7987c 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/components/List/Filters/SidebarListFilter.tsx
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/components/List/Filters/SidebarListFilter.tsx
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ export const SidebarListFilter: React.FC<{
   postSelected?: React.ReactNode;
   preCandidates?: React.ReactNode;
   postCandidates?: React.ReactNode;
+  onOpen?: () => void;
   // used to store open/closed state in SidebarStateContext
   sectionID?: string;
 }> = ({
@@ -292,6 +293,7 @@ export const SidebarListFilter: React.FC<{
   postCandidates,
   preSelected,
   postSelected,
+  onOpen,
   sectionID,
 }) => {
   // TODO - sort items?
@@ -344,6 +346,7 @@ export const SidebarListFilter: React.FC<{
           {postSelected ? <div className="extra">{postSelected}</div> : null}
         </>
       }
+      onOpen={onOpen}
     >
       {preCandidates ? <div className="extra">{preCandidates}</div> : null}
       <CandidateList
diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Shared/Sidebar.tsx b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Shared/Sidebar.tsx
index 0130fe85f..bf19f5842 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Shared/Sidebar.tsx
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Shared/Sidebar.tsx
@@ -76,10 +76,18 @@ export const SidebarSection: React.FC<
     text: React.ReactNode;
     className?: string;
     outsideCollapse?: React.ReactNode;
+    onOpen?: () => void;
     // used to store open/closed state in SidebarStateContext
     sectionID?: string;
   }>
-> = ({ className = "", text, outsideCollapse, sectionID = "", children }) => {
+> = ({
+  className = "",
+  text,
+  outsideCollapse,
+  onOpen,
+  sectionID = "",
+  children,
+}) => {
   // this is optional
   const contextState = React.useContext(SidebarStateContext);
   const openState =
@@ -93,6 +101,12 @@ export const SidebarSection: React.FC<
     }
   }
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (openState && onOpen) {
+      onOpen();
+    }
+  }, [openState, onOpen]);
+
   const collapseProps: Partial<CollapseProps> = {
     mountOnEnter: true,
     unmountOnExit: true,
diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/docs/en/Changelog/v0290.md b/ui/v2.5/src/docs/en/Changelog/v0290.md
index f08c4aec1..51ca93e5d 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/docs/en/Changelog/v0290.md
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/docs/en/Changelog/v0290.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 * Include IP address in login errors in log. ([#5760](https://github.com/stashapp/stash/pull/5760))
 
 ### 🐛 Bug fixes
+* **[0.29.3]** Fixed sidebar filter contents not loading. ([#6240](https://github.com/stashapp/stash/pull/6240))
 * **[0.29.2]** Fixed Play Random not playing from the current filtered scenes on scene list sub-pages. ([#6202](https://github.com/stashapp/stash/pull/6202))
 * **[0.29.2]** Fixed infinite loop in Group Sub-Groups panel. ([#6212](https://github.com/stashapp/stash/pull/6212))
 * **[0.29.2]** Page no longer scrolls when selecting criterion for the first time in the Edit Filter dialog. ([#6205](https://github.com/stashapp/stash/pull/6205))