diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 3ea6295c3d..e45ab4e234 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Changelog
 
 **Fixed**
 
+- #706 Filtering by Department is not working
 - #712 Dates in date picker are visible again
 - #703 Containers of Duplicated Analyses are not found
 - #698 Fix Publish Actions for Batches
diff --git a/bika/lims/browser/js/bika.lims.site.js b/bika/lims/browser/js/bika.lims.site.js
index 61ceacfa21..5087b2905c 100644
--- a/bika/lims/browser/js/bika.lims.site.js
+++ b/bika/lims/browser/js/bika.lims.site.js
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@
       this.init_client_combogrid();
       this.init_datepickers();
       this.init_referencedefinition();
+      this.department_filter_cookie = "filter_by_department_info";
+      this.department_filter_disabled_cookie = "dep_filter_disabled";
       this.init_department_filtering();
       this.bind_eventhandler();
-      this.allowed_keys = [8, 9, 13, 35, 36, 37, 39, 46, 44, 60, 62, 45, 69, 101, 61];
-      this.department_filter_cookie = "filter_by_department_info";
-      return this.department_filter_disabled_cookie = "dep_filter_disabled";
+      return this.allowed_keys = [8, 9, 13, 35, 36, 37, 39, 46, 44, 60, 62, 45, 69, 101, 61];
     };
 
 
diff --git a/bika/lims/browser/js/coffee/bika.lims.site.coffee b/bika/lims/browser/js/coffee/bika.lims.site.coffee
index d4a6b8e269..b4c7b7c20b 100644
--- a/bika/lims/browser/js/coffee/bika.lims.site.coffee
+++ b/bika/lims/browser/js/coffee/bika.lims.site.coffee
@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@ class window.SiteView
     # initialze reference definition selection
     @init_referencedefinition()
 
-    # initialze department filtering
+    # Department Filtering
+    # The name of the department filter cookies
+    @department_filter_cookie = "filter_by_department_info"
+    @department_filter_disabled_cookie = "dep_filter_disabled"
+
+    # initialize department filtering
     @init_department_filtering()
 
     # bind the event handler to the elements
@@ -52,11 +57,6 @@ class window.SiteView
       61    # =
     ]
 
-    # The name of the department filter cookies
-    @department_filter_cookie = "filter_by_department_info"
-    @department_filter_disabled_cookie = "dep_filter_disabled"
-
-
   ### INITIALIZERS ###
 
   bind_eventhandler: =>