diff --git a/model/criteria/operators.go b/model/criteria/operators.go
index cb239539d..c41d9f692 100644
--- a/model/criteria/operators.go
+++ b/model/criteria/operators.go
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package criteria
 
-import "github.com/navidrome/navidrome/log"
-
 // Conjunctions need to implement this interface, to allow Criteria to extract child playlist IDs recursively
 type conjunction interface {
 	ChildPlaylistIds() []string
@@ -192,17 +190,9 @@ func extractPlaylistField(inputRule any, field string) (values []string) {
 		for _, rules := range rule {
 			values = append(values, extractPlaylistField(rules, field)...)
 		}
-	case InPlaylist:
-		if value, ok := rule[field].(string); ok {
+	case InPlaylist, NotInPlaylist:
+		if value, ok := rule.(Expression).fields()[field].(string); ok {
 			values = append(values, value)
-		} else {
-			log.Warn("Playlist field not a string", field)
-		}
-	case NotInPlaylist:
-		if value, ok := rule[field].(string); ok {
-			values = append(values, value)
-		} else {
-			log.Warn("Playlist field not a string", field)
 		}
 	}
 	return