diff --git a/src/angular-advanced-searchbox.html b/src/angular-advanced-searchbox.html
index 8210ce2..e553f43 100644
--- a/src/angular-advanced-searchbox.html
+++ b/src/angular-advanced-searchbox.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
             </a>
             <div class="key" data-key="{{searchParam.key}}" ng-click="enterEditMode($event, $index)">{{searchParam.name}}:</div>
             <div class="value">
-                <span ng-show="!searchParam.editMode" ng-click="enterEditMode($event, $index)">{{searchParam.value}}</span>
+                <span ng-show="!searchParam.editMode" ng-click="enterEditMode($event, $index)">{{searchParam.value | toString:searchParam.suggestedToString}}</span>
                 <input name="value"
                        type="{{searchParam.type}}"
                        nit-auto-size-input
diff --git a/src/angular-advanced-searchbox.js b/src/angular-advanced-searchbox.js
index 227c295..96826b3 100644
--- a/src/angular-advanced-searchbox.js
+++ b/src/angular-advanced-searchbox.js
@@ -437,5 +437,11 @@ angular.module('angular-advanced-searchbox', [])
                 }
             };
         }
-    ]);
+    ])
+    .filter('toString', function() {
+        return function(input, customToString) {
+            customToString = customToString || String;
+            return customToString(input);
+        };
+    });
 })();