diff --git a/static/quiz_item.coffee b/static/quiz_item.coffee
index 6de90f3..78f1211 100644
--- a/static/quiz_item.coffee
+++ b/static/quiz_item.coffee
@@ -1,18 +1,4 @@
 refreshQuestion = () ->
-  if(not sessionStorage.getItem('user_items'))
-    $.ajax
-      url: "/user_items",
-      dataType: 'json',
-      success: (e) ->
-        sessionStorage.setItem('user_items', JSON.stringify(e['item_list']))
-        sessionStorage.setItem('radical_count', e['radical_count'])
-        sessionStorage.setItem('kanji_count', e['kanji_count'])
-        sessionStorage.setItem('vocabulary_count', e['vocabulary_count'])
-        refreshQuestion()
-  if($('#radical-num').text() == '')
-    $('#radical-num').text(sessionStorage.getItem('radical_count'));
-    $('#kanji-num').text(sessionStorage.getItem('kanji_count'));
-    $('#vocab-num').text(sessionStorage.getItem('vocabulary_count'));
   if(sessionStorage.getItem('user_items'))
     items = JSON.parse(sessionStorage.getItem('user_items'))
     selection = items[Math.floor(Math.random() * items.length)]
@@ -45,6 +31,58 @@ refreshQuestion = () ->
         $("#kana").attr("placeholder", "かな")
         wanakana.bind(input_element);
 
+updateQuizItemStats = () ->
+  $('#radical-num').text(sessionStorage.getItem('radical_count'));
+  $('#kanji-num').text(sessionStorage.getItem('kanji_count'));
+  $('#vocab-num').text(sessionStorage.getItem('vocabulary_count'));
+
+filterQuestions = () ->
+  input_data = $('#filter-input').val()
+  if(input_data)
+    sessionStorage.removeItem('user_items')
+    sessionStorage.removeItem('radical_count')
+    sessionStorage.removeItem('kanji_count')
+    sessionStorage.removeItem('vocabulary_count')
+    target_url = "/user_items/" + input_data
+    $.ajax
+      url: target_url,
+      dataType: 'json',
+      success: (e) ->
+        if(e.hasOwnProperty('error'))
+          document.getElementById('filter-input').value = ''
+          $('#error-text').text(e['error'])
+          $('#error-area').show();
+          filterQuestions()
+        else
+          sessionStorage.setItem('user_items', JSON.stringify(e['item_list']))
+          sessionStorage.setItem('radical_count', e['radical_count'])
+          sessionStorage.setItem('kanji_count', e['kanji_count'])
+          sessionStorage.setItem('vocabulary_count', e['vocabulary_count'])
+          updateQuizItemStats()
+          refreshQuestion()
+  else
+    sessionStorage.removeItem('user_items')
+    sessionStorage.removeItem('radical_count')
+    sessionStorage.removeItem('kanji_count')
+    sessionStorage.removeItem('vocabulary_count')
+    $.ajax
+      url: "/user_items",
+      dataType: 'json',
+      success: (e) ->
+        sessionStorage.setItem('user_items', JSON.stringify(e['item_list']))
+        sessionStorage.setItem('radical_count', e['radical_count'])
+        sessionStorage.setItem('kanji_count', e['kanji_count'])
+        sessionStorage.setItem('vocabulary_count', e['vocabulary_count'])
+        updateQuizItemStats()
+        refreshQuestion()
+
+$('#filter-form').submit( (e) ->
+  e.preventDefault()
+  filterQuestions()
+  refreshQuestion()
+  $('#modal-filter').modal('hide')
+)
+
 $(document).keypress (e) ->
     if(e.which == 13)
       $("#submit-answer").click();
@@ -72,6 +110,7 @@ $("#api-refresh").click (e) ->
     $('#success-area').show();
   ).fail(() ->
     $('#error-area').show();
+    $('#error-text').text("Cannot refresh API. Try again later.")
     $("#api-refresh").find('span').removeClass('glyphicon-spin');
   );
 
@@ -84,4 +123,4 @@ $('#success-area').find('button').click () ->
 $ ->
   $(document).ready ->
     $('[data-toggle="tooltip"]').tooltip();
-    refreshQuestion();
+    filterQuestions()
diff --git a/static/quiz_item.js b/static/quiz_item.js
index a0f3590..c1fb596 100644
--- a/static/quiz_item.js
+++ b/static/quiz_item.js
@@ -1,27 +1,9 @@
 // Generated by CoffeeScript 1.10.0
 (function() {
-  var refreshQuestion;
+  var filterQuestions, refreshQuestion, updateQuizItemStats;
 
   refreshQuestion = function() {
     var input_element, items, selection;
-    if (!sessionStorage.getItem('user_items')) {
-      $.ajax({
-        url: "/user_items",
-        dataType: 'json',
-        success: function(e) {
-          sessionStorage.setItem('user_items', JSON.stringify(e['item_list']));
-          sessionStorage.setItem('radical_count', e['radical_count']);
-          sessionStorage.setItem('kanji_count', e['kanji_count']);
-          sessionStorage.setItem('vocabulary_count', e['vocabulary_count']);
-          return refreshQuestion();
-        }
-      });
-    }
-    if ($('#radical-num').text() === '') {
-      $('#radical-num').text(sessionStorage.getItem('radical_count'));
-      $('#kanji-num').text(sessionStorage.getItem('kanji_count'));
-      $('#vocab-num').text(sessionStorage.getItem('vocabulary_count'));
-    }
     if (sessionStorage.getItem('user_items')) {
       items = JSON.parse(sessionStorage.getItem('user_items'));
       selection = items[Math.floor(Math.random() * items.length)];
@@ -60,6 +42,67 @@
     }
   };
 
+  updateQuizItemStats = function() {
+    $('#radical-num').text(sessionStorage.getItem('radical_count'));
+    $('#kanji-num').text(sessionStorage.getItem('kanji_count'));
+    return $('#vocab-num').text(sessionStorage.getItem('vocabulary_count'));
+  };
+
+  filterQuestions = function() {
+    var input_data, target_url;
+    input_data = $('#filter-input').val();
+    if (input_data) {
+      sessionStorage.removeItem('user_items');
+      sessionStorage.removeItem('radical_count');
+      sessionStorage.removeItem('kanji_count');
+      sessionStorage.removeItem('vocabulary_count');
+      target_url = "/user_items/" + input_data;
+      return $.ajax({
+        url: target_url,
+        dataType: 'json',
+        success: function(e) {
+          if (e.hasOwnProperty('error')) {
+            document.getElementById('filter-input').value = '';
+            $('#error-text').text(e['error']);
+            $('#error-area').show();
+            return filterQuestions();
+          } else {
+            sessionStorage.setItem('user_items', JSON.stringify(e['item_list']));
+            sessionStorage.setItem('radical_count', e['radical_count']);
+            sessionStorage.setItem('kanji_count', e['kanji_count']);
+            sessionStorage.setItem('vocabulary_count', e['vocabulary_count']);
+            updateQuizItemStats();
+            return refreshQuestion();
+          }
+        }
+      });
+    } else {
+      sessionStorage.removeItem('user_items');
+      sessionStorage.removeItem('radical_count');
+      sessionStorage.removeItem('kanji_count');
+      sessionStorage.removeItem('vocabulary_count');
+      return $.ajax({
+        url: "/user_items",
+        dataType: 'json',
+        success: function(e) {
+          sessionStorage.setItem('user_items', JSON.stringify(e['item_list']));
+          sessionStorage.setItem('radical_count', e['radical_count']);
+          sessionStorage.setItem('kanji_count', e['kanji_count']);
+          sessionStorage.setItem('vocabulary_count', e['vocabulary_count']);
+          updateQuizItemStats();
+          return refreshQuestion();
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  };
+
+  $('#filter-form').submit(function(e) {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    filterQuestions();
+    refreshQuestion();
+    return $('#modal-filter').modal('hide');
+  });
+
   $(document).keypress(function(e) {
     if (e.which === 13) {
       return $("#submit-answer").click();
@@ -95,6 +138,7 @@
       return $('#success-area').show();
     }).fail(function() {
       $('#error-area').show();
+      $('#error-text').text("Cannot refresh API. Try again later.");
       return $("#api-refresh").find('span').removeClass('glyphicon-spin');
     });
   });
@@ -110,7 +154,7 @@
   $(function() {
     return $(document).ready(function() {
       $('[data-toggle="tooltip"]').tooltip();
-      return refreshQuestion();
+      return filterQuestions();
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/templates/quiz.html b/templates/quiz.html
index ea028e5..120ae93 100644
--- a/templates/quiz.html
+++ b/templates/quiz.html
@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
 {% extends "layout.html" %}
 {% block content %}
+<div class="modal fade" id="modal-filter" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="mySmallModalLabel">
+    <div class="modal-dialog modal-sm">
+        <div class="modal-content">
+            <div class="modal-header">
+                <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span></button>
+                <h4 class="modal-title">Filter</h4>
+            </div>
+            <form id="filter-form">
+                <div class="modal-body">
+                    <input type="text" pattern="\d[\d-,]*\d*" class="form-control" id="filter-input" placeholder="e.g. 1-3,5,8">
+                </div>
+                <div class="modal-footer">
+                    <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
+                    <button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit">Save changes</button>
+                </div>
+            </form>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+</div>
 <nav class="navbar navbar-default">
     <div class="container-fluid">
         <div class="navbar-header">
@@ -8,8 +27,13 @@
             </a>
         </div>
         <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
+            <li>
+            <button type="button" id="itemfilter" class="btn btn-default navbar-btn" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#modal-filter">
+                Filter
+            </button>
+            </li>
             <li class="dropdown">
-                <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-option-horizontal"></span></a>
+                <button class="btn btn-default navbar-btn dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Stats</button>
                 <ul class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="dLabel">
                     <li><span id="radical-num"></span> Radicals</li>
                     <li><span id="kanji-num"></span> Kanji</li>
@@ -30,7 +54,7 @@
     <div class="row">
         <div class="col-md-12 text-center">
             <div id="error-area" class="alert alert-danger alert-dismissible collapse" role="alert">
-                <button type="button" class="close" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span></button>Cannot refresh API. Try again later.
+                <button type="button" class="close" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span></button><div id="error-text"></div>
             </div>
             <div id="success-area" class="alert alert-success alert-dismissible collapse" role="alert">
                 <button type="button" class="close" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span></button>API Refreshed!
diff --git a/wanikaniburned.py b/wanikaniburned.py
index 21fc8b6..18ea524 100644
--- a/wanikaniburned.py
+++ b/wanikaniburned.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import json
+import json, re
 from flask import Flask, render_template, redirect, url_for, jsonify, flash
 from flask.ext.login import LoginManager, login_user, login_required, current_user, logout_user, login_fresh
 from flask.ext.sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ app.config.from_pyfile('config.py')
 login_manager = LoginManager()
 login_manager.init_app(app)
 db = SQLAlchemy(app)
+filter_regex = re.compile('\d+([,-]\d+)*')
 
 
 class LoginForm(Form):
@@ -91,12 +92,12 @@ class User(db.Model):
 
 
 def parse_range(input_range):
-    if input_range.match('\d+([,-]\d+)*'):
+    if filter_regex.match(input_range):
         result = []
         components = input_range.split(',')
         for item in components:
             if item.isdigit():
-                result.append(item)
+                result.append(int(item))
             else:
                 range_ends = item.split('-')
                 result.extend(list(range(range_ends[0], range_ends[1])))
@@ -115,9 +116,9 @@ def get_items_with_level_restriction(level_range):
                 items.append({'item_type': 'radical', 'question': item['character'], 'answer': item['meaning']})
     kanji_count = 0
     for item in json.loads(current_user.kanji):
-        kanji_count += 1
         made_answer = ""
         if item['user_specific'] and item['user_specific']['burned'] and item['level'] in level_range:
+            kanji_count += 1
             if item['onyomi'] and item['kunyomi']:
                 made_answer = item['onyomi'] + ',' + item['kunyomi'].replace('.*', '')
             elif item['onyomi']:
@@ -132,8 +133,11 @@ def get_items_with_level_restriction(level_range):
             vocabulary_count += 1
             items.append({'item_type': 'vocabulary', 'question': item['character'], 'answer': item['kana'],
                           'answer_meaning': item['meaning']})
-    return jsonify(radical_count=radical_count, kanji_count=kanji_count, vocabulary_count=vocabulary_count,
-                   item_list=items)
+    if not items:
+        return jsonify(error="No items within these filter parameters")
+    else:
+        return jsonify(radical_count=radical_count, kanji_count=kanji_count, vocabulary_count=vocabulary_count,
+                       item_list=items)
 
 
 @login_manager.user_loader
@@ -177,7 +181,7 @@ def show_quiz():
 @app.route('/user_items')
 @login_required
 def get_items():
-    return get_items_with_level_restriction(list(range(0, 60)))
+    return get_items_with_level_restriction(list(range(0, 61)))
 
 
 @app.route('/user_items/<level_range>')