diff --git a/ZertoApiWrapper/Private/Get-ZertoApiFilter.ps1 b/ZertoApiWrapper/Private/Get-ZertoApiFilter.ps1
index a6400ca..c4253ca 100644
--- a/ZertoApiWrapper/Private/Get-ZertoApiFilter.ps1
+++ b/ZertoApiWrapper/Private/Get-ZertoApiFilter.ps1
@@ -1,22 +1,41 @@
 function Get-ZertoApiFilter {
     [cmdletbinding()]
+    [Outputtype([String])]
     param(
         [Parameter( Mandatory = $true,
             HelpMessage = "Hashtable that contains filter keys and values"
         )]
+        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
         [hashtable]$filterTable
     )
     # Define the start of the return string
     [string]$returnString = "?"
-
+    $commonParameters = @(
+        "Debug"
+        "ErrorAction"
+        "ErrorVariable"
+        "InformationAction"
+        "InformationVariable"
+        "OutVariable"
+        "OutBuffer"
+        "PipelineVariable"
+        "Verbose"
+        "WarningAction"
+        "WarningVariable"
+        "WhatIf"
+        "Confirm"
+    )
     #Foreach item in the table, process each item
     foreach ( $key in $filterTable.Keys ) {
-        #If this is not the first item added to the string, add the ampersand and filter
-        if ($returnString.Length -gt 1) {
-            $returnString = "{0}&{1}={2}" -f $returnString, $key, $filterTable[$key]
-        } else {
-            #If it is the first item, just add the first item
-            $returnString = "{0}{1}={2}" -f $returnString, $key, $filterTable[$key]
+        # If the key is not a common parameter, process it.
+        if ($key -notin $commonParameters) {
+            #If this is not the first item added to the string, add the ampersand and filter
+            if ($returnString.Length -gt 1) {
+                $returnString = "{0}&{1}={2}" -f $returnString, $key, $filterTable[$key]
+            } else {
+                #If it is the first item, just add the first item
+                $returnString = "{0}{1}={2}" -f $returnString, $key, $filterTable[$key]
+            }
         }
     }
     # Return the built query String