diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 63d0a6ffcc..9fba1f36db 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 This file documents the revision history for the Monitoring Webinterface Thruk.
 
+next:
+          - fix livestatus error on landing page (#1299)
+
 3.08.3   Fri Jul 21 13:06:06 CEST 2023
           - improve landing page performance
           - fix replacing links in plugin output containing spaces
diff --git a/lib/Thruk/Controller/main.pm b/lib/Thruk/Controller/main.pm
index 002bd48adb..bdf4a0e2fc 100644
--- a/lib/Thruk/Controller/main.pm
+++ b/lib/Thruk/Controller/main.pm
@@ -288,12 +288,12 @@ sub index {
 sub _get_top5_hostgroups {
     my($c, $hostfilter) = @_;
 
-    my $auth_filter = Thruk::Utils::Auth::get_auth_filter($c, 'hosts');
+    my $auth_filter = [Thruk::Utils::Auth::get_auth_filter($c, 'hosts')];
     if(!$auth_filter && !$hostfilter) {
         return _get_top5_hostgroups_sums($c);
     }
     my $hosts = $c->db->get_hosts(
-        filter => [ $auth_filter, $hostfilter, groups => { '!=', '' } ],
+        filter => [ $auth_filter, $hostfilter, { groups => { '!=', '' }} ],
         columns => ['name', 'groups'],
         debug_hint => 'top hostgroups',
     );