diff --git a/src/command.cpp b/src/command.cpp
index da2277450..76af86638 100644
--- a/src/command.cpp
+++ b/src/command.cpp
@@ -532,7 +532,8 @@ std::string handleDelete ()
   std::vector <Task> tasks;
   context.tdb.lock (context.config.get ("locking", true));
   handleRecurrence ();
-  context.tdb.loadPending (tasks, context.filter);
+  Filter filter;
+  context.tdb.loadPending (tasks, filter);
 
   // Filter sequence.
   std::vector <Task> all = tasks;
@@ -631,7 +632,8 @@ std::string handleStart ()
   std::vector <Task> tasks;
   context.tdb.lock (context.config.get ("locking", true));
   handleRecurrence ();
-  context.tdb.loadPending (tasks, context.filter);
+  Filter filter;
+  context.tdb.loadPending (tasks, filter);
 
   // Filter sequence.
   context.filter.applySequence (tasks, context.sequence);
@@ -682,7 +684,8 @@ std::string handleStop ()
   std::vector <Task> tasks;
   context.tdb.lock (context.config.get ("locking", true));
   handleRecurrence ();
-  context.tdb.loadPending (tasks, context.filter);
+  Filter filter;
+  context.tdb.loadPending (tasks, filter);
 
   // Filter sequence.
   context.filter.applySequence (tasks, context.sequence);
@@ -728,7 +731,8 @@ std::string handleDone ()
   std::vector <Task> tasks;
   context.tdb.lock (context.config.get ("locking", true));
   handleRecurrence ();
-  context.tdb.loadPending (tasks, context.filter);
+  Filter filter;
+  context.tdb.loadPending (tasks, filter);
 
   // Filter sequence.
   std::vector <Task> all = tasks;
@@ -858,7 +862,8 @@ std::string handleModify ()
   std::vector <Task> tasks;
   context.tdb.lock (context.config.get ("locking", true));
   handleRecurrence ();
-  context.tdb.loadPending (tasks, context.filter);
+  Filter filter;
+  context.tdb.loadPending (tasks, filter);
 
   // Filter sequence.
   std::vector <Task> all = tasks;
@@ -907,7 +912,7 @@ std::string handleModify ()
 
         if (taskDiff (before, *other))
         {
-          if (changes && permission.confirmed (before, taskDifferences (before, *task) + "Are you sure?"))
+          if (changes && permission.confirmed (before, taskDifferences (before, *other) + "Are you sure?"))
           {
             context.tdb.update (*other);
             ++count;
@@ -935,7 +940,8 @@ std::string handleAppend ()
   std::vector <Task> tasks;
   context.tdb.lock (context.config.get ("locking", true));
   handleRecurrence ();
-  context.tdb.loadPending (tasks, context.filter);
+  Filter filter;
+  context.tdb.loadPending (tasks, filter);
 
   // Filter sequence.
   std::vector <Task> all = tasks;
@@ -966,7 +972,7 @@ std::string handleAppend ()
 
         if (taskDiff (before, *other))
         {
-          if (changes && permission.confirmed (before, taskDifferences (before, *task) + "Are you sure?"))
+          if (changes && permission.confirmed (before, taskDifferences (before, *other) + "Are you sure?"))
           {
             context.tdb.update (*other);
 
@@ -1001,7 +1007,8 @@ std::string handleDuplicate ()
 
   std::vector <Task> tasks;
   context.tdb.lock (context.config.get ("locking", true));
-  context.tdb.loadPending (tasks, context.filter);
+  Filter filter;
+  context.tdb.loadPending (tasks, filter);
 
   // Filter sequence.
   context.filter.applySequence (tasks, context.sequence);
@@ -1235,7 +1242,8 @@ std::string handleAnnotate ()
 
   std::vector <Task> tasks;
   context.tdb.lock (context.config.get ("locking", true));
-  context.tdb.loadPending (tasks, context.filter);
+  Filter filter;
+  context.tdb.loadPending (tasks, filter);
 
   // Filter sequence.
   context.filter.applySequence (tasks, context.sequence);
diff --git a/src/tests/bug.bulk.t b/src/tests/bug.bulk.t
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..2016abc13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/bug.bulk.t
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+#! /usr/bin/perl
+################################################################################
+## task - a command line task list manager.
+##
+## Copyright 2006 - 2009, Paul Beckingham.
+## All rights reserved.
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+## the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+## Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+## version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+## FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+## details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+## this program; if not, write to the
+##
+##     Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+##     51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+##     Boston, MA
+##     02110-1301
+##     USA
+##
+################################################################################
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More tests => 14;
+
+# Create the rc file.
+if (open my $fh, '>', 'bulk.rc')
+{
+  print $fh "data.location=.\n",
+            "confirmation=yes\n",
+            "bulk=2\n";
+  close $fh;
+  ok (-r 'bulk.rc', 'Created bulk.rc');
+}
+
+# Add some tasks with project, prioriy and due date, some with only due date.
+# Bulk add a project and priority to the tasks that were without.
+qx{../task rc:bulk.rc add t1 pro:p1 pri:H due:monday};
+qx{../task rc:bulk.rc add t2 pro:p1 pri:M due:tuesday};
+qx{../task rc:bulk.rc add t3 pro:p1 pri:L due:wednesday};
+qx{../task rc:bulk.rc add t4              due:thursday};
+qx{../task rc:bulk.rc add t5              due:friday};
+qx{../task rc:bulk.rc add t6              due:saturday};
+
+my $output = qx{yes|../task rc:bulk.rc pro:p1 pri:M 4 5 6};
+unlike ($output, qr/Task 4 "t4"\n  - No changes were made/, 'Task 4 modified');
+unlike ($output, qr/Task 5 "t5"\n  - No changes were made/, 'Task 5 modified');
+unlike ($output, qr/Task 6 "t6"\n  - No changes were made/, 'Task 6 modified');
+#diag ("---");
+#diag ($output);
+#diag ("---");
+
+$output = qx{../task rc:bulk.rc info 4};
+like ($output, qr/Project\s+p1/, 'project applied to 4');
+like ($output, qr/Priority\s+M/, 'priority applied to 4');
+
+$output = qx{../task rc:bulk.rc info 5};
+like ($output, qr/Project\s+p1/, 'project applied to 5');
+like ($output, qr/Priority\s+M/, 'priority applied to 5');
+
+$output = qx{../task rc:bulk.rc info 6};
+like ($output, qr/Project\s+p1/, 'project applied to 6');
+like ($output, qr/Priority\s+M/, 'priority applied to 6');
+
+# Cleanup.
+unlink 'pending.data';
+ok (!-r 'pending.data', 'Removed pending.data');
+
+unlink 'completed.data';
+ok (!-r 'completed.data', 'Removed completed.data');
+
+unlink 'undo.data';
+ok (!-r 'undo.data', 'Removed undo.data');
+
+unlink 'bulk.rc';
+ok (!-r 'bulk.rc', 'Removed bulk.rc');
+
+exit 0;
+