diff --git a/API/Extensions/QueryExtensions/Filtering/SeriesFilter.cs b/API/Extensions/QueryExtensions/Filtering/SeriesFilter.cs
index 115f84297..dc3743c78 100644
--- a/API/Extensions/QueryExtensions/Filtering/SeriesFilter.cs
+++ b/API/Extensions/QueryExtensions/Filtering/SeriesFilter.cs
@@ -93,11 +93,9 @@ public static class SeriesFilter
     {
         if (rating < 0 || !condition || userId <= 0) return queryable;
 
-        // Users see rating as %, so they are likely to pass 10%. We need to turn that into the underlying float encoding
-        if (rating.IsNot(0f))
-        {
-            rating /= 100f;
-        }
+        // AppUserRating stores a 5-digit number.
+        rating = Math.Clamp(rating, 0f, 5f);
+
 
         switch (comparison)
         {
diff --git a/UI/Web/src/assets/langs/en.json b/UI/Web/src/assets/langs/en.json
index 690e08351..228b8d0fb 100644
--- a/UI/Web/src/assets/langs/en.json
+++ b/UI/Web/src/assets/langs/en.json
@@ -1842,7 +1842,7 @@
         "unit-reading-date": "Date",
         "unit-average-rating": "Kavita+ external rating, percent",
         "unit-reading-progress": "Percent",
-        "unit-user-rating": "{{metadata-filter-row.unit-reading-progress}}",
+        "unit-user-rating": "0.0 - 5.0 Stars",
         "unit-read-last": "Days from TODAY"
     },