diff --git a/src/packages/core/src/base-loader.ts b/src/packages/core/src/base-loader.ts
index 49f872a39..3fc7f8490 100644
--- a/src/packages/core/src/base-loader.ts
+++ b/src/packages/core/src/base-loader.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ type LoaderMap = { [key: string]: DataLoader<string, unknown> };
 type LoadOneOptions<G = unknown> = {
 	gqlEntityType: { new (...args: any[]): G };
 	id: string;
+	filter?: Filter<G>;
 };
 
 type LoadByRelatedIdOptions<G = unknown, D = unknown> = {
@@ -39,12 +40,14 @@ const getGqlEntityName = (gqlEntityType: any) => {
 
 const getBaseLoadOneLoader = <G = unknown, D = unknown>({
 	gqlEntityType,
+	filter,
 	keyStore,
 }: {
 	gqlEntityType: {
 		new (...args: any[]): G;
 	};
 	keyStore: LoaderMap;
+	filter?: Filter<G>;
 }) => {
 	const gqlTypeName = getGqlEntityName(gqlEntityType);
 	if (!keyStore[gqlTypeName]) {
@@ -59,11 +62,17 @@ const getBaseLoadOneLoader = <G = unknown, D = unknown>({
 			);
 			const primaryKeyField = graphweaverMetadata.primaryKeyFieldForEntity(entity) as keyof D;
 
-			const listFilter = {
+			let listFilter = {
 				[`${String(primaryKeyField)}_in`]: keys,
 				// Note: Typecast here shouldn't be necessary, but FilterEntity<G> doesn't like this.
 			} as Filter<G>;
 
+			if (filter) {
+				listFilter = {
+					_and: [listFilter, filter],
+				} as Filter<G>;
+			}
+
 			const backendFilter =
 				isTransformableGraphQLEntityClass(entity.target) && entity.target.toBackendEntityFilter
 					? entity.target.toBackendEntityFilter(listFilter)
@@ -214,9 +223,9 @@ export class BaseLoader {
 	private loadOneLoaderMap: LoaderMap = {};
 	private relatedIdLoaderMap: LoaderMap = {};
 
-	public loadOne<G = unknown, D = unknown>({ gqlEntityType, id }: LoadOneOptions<G>) {
-		const loader = getBaseLoadOneLoader<G, D>({ gqlEntityType, keyStore: this.loadOneLoaderMap });
-		return loader.load(id);
+	public loadOne<G = unknown, D = unknown>(args: LoadOneOptions<G>) {
+		const loader = getBaseLoadOneLoader<G, D>({ ...args, keyStore: this.loadOneLoaderMap });
+		return loader.load(args.id);
 	}
 
 	public loadByRelatedId<G = unknown, D = unknown>(args: LoadByRelatedIdOptions<G, D>) {
diff --git a/src/packages/core/src/resolvers.ts b/src/packages/core/src/resolvers.ts
index ea3d68a7d..28e2011fa 100644
--- a/src/packages/core/src/resolvers.ts
+++ b/src/packages/core/src/resolvers.ts
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ const _listRelationshipField = async <G, D, R, C extends BaseContext>(
 			gqlEntityType,
 			relatedField: field.relationshipInfo.relatedField as keyof D & string,
 			id: String(source[sourcePrimaryKeyField]),
-			filter: relatedEntityFilter as Filter<typeof gqlEntityType>,
+			filter,
 		});
 	} else if (idValue) {
 		logger.trace('Loading with loadOne');
@@ -705,6 +705,7 @@ const _listRelationshipField = async <G, D, R, C extends BaseContext>(
 				BaseLoaders.loadOne<R, D>({
 					gqlEntityType,
 					id: String(id),
+					filter,
 				})
 			)
 		);
diff --git a/src/packages/mikroorm/src/provider/provider.ts b/src/packages/mikroorm/src/provider/provider.ts
index 180e96f2c..9a00fa973 100644
--- a/src/packages/mikroorm/src/provider/provider.ts
+++ b/src/packages/mikroorm/src/provider/provider.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
 	graphweaverMetadata,
 } from '@exogee/graphweaver';
 import { logger } from '@exogee/logger';
-import { Reference, RequestContext, sql } from '@mikro-orm/core';
+import { LoadStrategy, Reference, RequestContext, sql } from '@mikro-orm/core';
 import { AutoPath, PopulateHint } from '@mikro-orm/postgresql';
 import { pluginManager, apolloPluginManager } from '@exogee/graphweaver-server';
 
@@ -401,13 +401,30 @@ export class MikroBackendProvider<D> implements BackendProvider<D> {
 		trace?: TraceOptions
 	): Promise<D[]> {
 		trace?.span.updateName(`Mikro-Orm - findByRelatedId ${this.entityType.name}`);
-		const queryFilter = {
-			$and: [{ [relatedField]: { $in: relatedFieldIds } }, ...[gqlToMikro(filter) ?? []]],
-		};
+
+		// Any is the actual type from MikroORM, sorry folks.
+		let queryFilter: any = { [relatedField]: { $in: relatedFieldIds } };
+
+		if (filter) {
+			// Since the user has supplied a filter, we need to and it in.
+			queryFilter = {
+				$and: [queryFilter, ...[gqlToMikro(filter)]],
+			};
+		}
 
 		const populate = [relatedField as AutoPath<typeof entity, PopulateHint>];
 		const result = await this.database.em.find(entity, queryFilter, {
+			// We only need one result per entity.
+			flags: [QueryFlag.DISTINCT],
+
+			// We do want to populate the relation, however, see below.
 			populate,
+
+			// We'd love to use the default joined loading strategy, but it doesn't work with the populateWhere option.
+			strategy: LoadStrategy.SELECT_IN,
+
+			// This tells MikroORM we only need to load the related entities if they match the filter specified above.
+			populateWhere: PopulateHint.INFER,
 		});
 
 		return result as D[];