diff --git a/src/getAttribute.js b/src/getAttribute.js
index 68d407e..3833261 100644
--- a/src/getAttribute.js
+++ b/src/getAttribute.js
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
  * Returns the {attr} selector of the element
  * @param  { Element } el - The element.
  * @param  { String } attribute - The attribute name.
+ * @param { Function } filter
  * @return { String | null } - The {attr} selector of the element.
  */
-export const getAttributeSelector = ( el, attribute ) =>
+export const getAttributeSelector = ( el, attribute, filter ) =>
 {
   const attributeValue = el.getAttribute(attribute)
 
-  if (attributeValue === null) {
+  if (attributeValue === null || (filter && !filter('attribute', attribute, attributeValue))) {
     return null
   }
 
diff --git a/src/getAttributes.js b/src/getAttributes.js
index a177fa5..789d812 100644
--- a/src/getAttributes.js
+++ b/src/getAttributes.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export function getAttributes( el, attributesToIgnore = ['id', 'class', 'length'
 
   return attrs.reduce( ( sum, next ) =>
   {
-    if ( ! ( attributesToIgnore.indexOf( next.nodeName ) > -1 ) && (!filter || filter('attributes', next.nodeName, next.value)) )
+    if ( ! ( attributesToIgnore.indexOf( next.nodeName ) > -1 ) && (!filter || filter('attribute', next.nodeName, next.value)) )
     {
       sum.push( `[${next.nodeName}="${next.value}"]` );
     }
diff --git a/src/getClasses.js b/src/getClasses.js
index f4ab76c..b2bdb4d 100644
--- a/src/getClasses.js
+++ b/src/getClasses.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export function getClasses( el, filter )
 
   try {
     return Array.prototype.slice.call( el.classList )
-    .filter((cls) => !filter || filter('class', 'class', cls));
+    .filter((cls) => !filter || filter('attribute', 'class', cls));
   } catch (e) {
     let className = el.getAttribute( 'class' );
 
diff --git a/src/getID.js b/src/getID.js
index 0fe9cc9..bbe032a 100644
--- a/src/getID.js
+++ b/src/getID.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export function getID( el, filter )
 {
   const id = el.getAttribute( 'id' );
 
-  if( id !== null && id !== '' && (!filter || filter('id', 'id', id)))
+  if( id !== null && id !== '' && (!filter || filter('attribute', 'id', id)))
   {
     return `#${CSS.escape( id )}`;
   }
diff --git a/src/getName.js b/src/getName.js
index 722c9e6..8d10f70 100644
--- a/src/getName.js
+++ b/src/getName.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export function getName( el, filter )
 {
   const name = el.getAttribute( 'name' );
 
-  if( name !== null && name !== '' && (!filter || filter('name', 'name', name)))
+  if( name !== null && name !== '' && (!filter || filter('attribute', 'name', name)))
   {
     return `[name="${name}"]`;
   }
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 894a433..d3c7285 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -16,12 +16,21 @@ import { getAttributeSelector } from './getAttribute';
 const dataRegex = /^data-.+/;
 const attrRegex = /^attribute:(.+)/m;
 
+/**
+ * @typedef Filter
+ * @type {Function}
+ * @param {string} type - the trait being considered ('attribute', 'tag', 'nth-child').
+ * @param {string} key - your trait key (for 'attribute' will be the attribute name, for others will typically be the same as 'type').
+ * @param {string} value - the trait value.
+ * @returns {boolean} whether this trait can be used when building the selector (true = allow). Defaults to 'true' if no value returned.
+ */
+
 /**
  * Returns all the selectors of the element
  * @param  { Object } element
  * @return { Object }
  */
-function getAllSelectors( el, selectors, attributesToIgnore, filters )
+function getAllSelectors( el, selectors, attributesToIgnore, filter )
 {
   const consolidatedAttributesToIgnore = [...attributesToIgnore]
   const nonAttributeSelectors = []
@@ -37,12 +46,12 @@ function getAllSelectors( el, selectors, attributesToIgnore, filters )
 
   const funcs =
     {
-      'tag'        : elem => getTag( elem, filters.tag ),
-      'nth-child'  : elem => getNthChild( elem, filters.nthChild ),
-      'attributes' : elem => getAttributes( elem, consolidatedAttributesToIgnore, filters.attributes ),
-      'class'      : elem => getClassSelectors( elem, filters.class ),
-      'id'         : elem => getID( elem, filters.id ),
-      'name'       : elem => getName (elem, filters.name ),
+      'tag'        : elem => getTag( elem, filter ),
+      'nth-child'  : elem => getNthChild( elem, filter ),
+      'attributes' : elem => getAttributes( elem, consolidatedAttributesToIgnore, filter ),
+      'class'      : elem => getClassSelectors( elem, filter ),
+      'id'         : elem => getID( elem, filter ),
+      'name'       : elem => getName (elem, filter ),
     };
 
   return nonAttributeSelectors
@@ -118,11 +127,11 @@ function getUniqueCombination( element, items, tag )
  * @param  { Array } options
  * @return { String }
  */
-function getUniqueSelector( element, selectorTypes, attributesToIgnore, filters )
+function getUniqueSelector( element, selectorTypes, attributesToIgnore, filter )
 {
   let foundSelector;
 
-  const elementSelectors = getAllSelectors( element, selectorTypes, attributesToIgnore, filters );
+  const elementSelectors = getAllSelectors( element, selectorTypes, attributesToIgnore, filter );
 
   for( let selectorType of selectorTypes )
   {
@@ -134,13 +143,11 @@ function getUniqueSelector( element, selectorTypes, attributesToIgnore, filters
     if ( isDataAttributeSelectorType || isAttributeSelectorType )
     {
       const attributeToQuery = isDataAttributeSelectorType ? selectorType : selectorType.replace(attrRegex, '$1')
-      const attributeValue = element.getAttribute(attributeToQuery)
-      const attributeFilter = filters[selectorType];
-
+      const attributeSelector = getAttributeSelector(element, attributeToQuery, filter)
       // if we found a selector via attribute
-      if ( attributeValue !== null && (!attributeFilter || attributeFilter(selectorType, attributeToQuery, attributeValue)) )
+      if ( attributeSelector )
       {
-        selector = getAttributeSelector( element, attributeToQuery );
+        selector = getAttributeSelector( element, attributeToQuery, filter );
         selectorType = 'attribute';
       }
     }
@@ -187,10 +194,7 @@ function getUniqueSelector( element, selectorTypes, attributesToIgnore, filters
  * @param {Object} options (optional) Customize various behaviors of selector generation
  * @param {String[]} options.selectorTypes Specify the set of traits to leverage when building selectors in precedence order
  * @param {String[]} options.attributesToIgnore Specify a set of attributes to *not* leverage when building selectors
- * @param {Object} options.filters Specify a set of filter functions to conditionally reject various traits when building selectors. Keys correspond to a `selectorTypes` entry, values should be a function accepting three parameters:
- * * selectorType: The selector type/category being generated
- * * key: The key being evaluated - this will typically match the `selectorType` except in aggregate types like `attributes`
- * * value: The value to consider. Returning `true` will allow its use in selector generation, `false` will prevent.
+ * @param {Filter} options.filter Provide a filter function to conditionally reject various traits when building selectors.
  * @param {Map<Element, String>} options.selectorCache Provide a cache to improve performance of repeated selector generation - it is the responsibility of the caller to handle cache invalidation. Caching is performed using the input Element as key. This cache handles Element -> Selector caching.
  * @param {Map<String, Boolean>} options.isUniqueCache Provide a cache to improve performance of repeated selector generation - it is the responsibility of the caller to handle cache invalidation. Caching is performed using the input Element as key. This cache handles Selector -> isUnique caching.
  * @return {String}
@@ -201,10 +205,18 @@ export default function unique( el, options={} ) {
   const { 
     selectorTypes=['id', 'name', 'class', 'tag', 'nth-child'], 
     attributesToIgnore= ['id', 'class', 'length'],
-    filters = {},
+    filter,
     selectorCache,
     isUniqueCache
   } = options;
+  // If filter was provided wrap it to ensure a default value of `true` is returned if the provided function fails to return a value
+  const normalizedFilter = filter && function(type, key, value) {
+    const result = filter(type, key, value)
+    if (result === null || result === undefined) {
+      return true
+    }
+    return result
+  }
   const allSelectors = [];
 
   let currentElement = el
@@ -216,7 +228,7 @@ export default function unique( el, options={} ) {
         currentElement,
         selectorTypes,
         attributesToIgnore,
-        filters
+        normalizedFilter
       )
       if (selectorCache) {
         selectorCache.set(currentElement, selector)
diff --git a/test/unique-selector.js b/test/unique-selector.js
index b5bfe29..d9e7332 100644
--- a/test/unique-selector.js
+++ b/test/unique-selector.js
@@ -27,19 +27,20 @@ describe( 'Unique Selector Tests', () =>
   } );
 
   it('ID filters appropriately', () => {
-    const filters = {
-      'id': (type, key, value) => {
+    const filter = (type, key, value) => {
+      if (type === 'attribute' && key === 'id') {
         return /oo/.test(value)
       }
+      return true
     }
     let el = $.parseHTML( '<div id="foo"></div>' )[0];
     $(el).appendTo('body')
-    let uniqueSelector = unique( el, { filters } );
+    let uniqueSelector = unique( el, { filter } );
     expect( uniqueSelector ).to.equal( '#foo' );
 
     el = $.parseHTML( '<div id="bar"></div>' )[0];
     $(el).appendTo('body')
-    uniqueSelector = unique( el, { filters } );
+    uniqueSelector = unique( el, { filter } );
     expect( uniqueSelector ).to.equal( 'body > :nth-child(2)' );
   });
 
@@ -84,19 +85,20 @@ describe( 'Unique Selector Tests', () =>
   } );
 
   it('Classes filters appropriately', () => {
-    const filters = {
-      'class': (type, key, value) => {
+    const filter = (type, key, value) => {
+      if (type === 'attribute' && key === 'class') {
         return value.startsWith('a')
       }
+      return true
     }
     let el = $.parseHTML( '<div class="a1"></div>' )[0];
     $(el).appendTo('body')
-    let uniqueSelector = unique( el, { filters } );
+    let uniqueSelector = unique( el, { filter } );
     expect( uniqueSelector ).to.equal( '.a1' );
 
     el = $.parseHTML( '<div class="b1 a2"></div>' )[0];
     $(el).appendTo('body')
-    uniqueSelector = unique( el, { filters } );
+    uniqueSelector = unique( el, { filter } );
     expect( uniqueSelector ).to.equal( '.a2' );
   });
 
@@ -141,9 +143,11 @@ describe( 'Unique Selector Tests', () =>
     // by other selectorType generators
     const uniqueSelector = unique( el, {
       selectorTypes : ['data-foo', 'attribute:a', 'attributes', 'nth-child'],
-      filters: {
-        'data-foo': () => false,
-        'attribute:a': () => false,
+      filter: (type, key, value) => {
+        if (type === 'attribute' && ['data-foo', 'a'].includes(key)) {
+          return false
+        }
+        return true
       }
     } );
     expect( uniqueSelector ).to.equal( ':nth-child(2) > :nth-child(1)' );
@@ -183,19 +187,20 @@ describe( 'Unique Selector Tests', () =>
     } );
 
     it('filters appropriately', () => {
-      const filters = {
-        'data-foo': (type, key, value) => {
+      const filter = (type, key, value) => {
+        if (type === 'attribute' && key === 'data-foo') {
           return value === 'abc'
         }
+        return true
       }
       let el = $.parseHTML( '<div data-foo="abc" class="test1"></div>' )[0];
       $(el).appendTo('body')
-      let uniqueSelector = unique( el, { filters, selectorTypes : ['data-foo', 'class'] } );
+      let uniqueSelector = unique( el, { filter, selectorTypes : ['data-foo', 'class'] } );
       expect( uniqueSelector ).to.equal( '[data-foo="abc"]' );
 
       el = $.parseHTML( '<div data-foo="def" class="test2"></div>' )[0];
       $(el).appendTo('body')
-      uniqueSelector = unique( el, { filters, selectorTypes : ['data-foo', 'class'] } );
+      uniqueSelector = unique( el, { filter, selectorTypes : ['data-foo', 'class'] } );
       expect( uniqueSelector ).to.equal( '.test2' );
     })
   });
@@ -216,19 +221,20 @@ describe( 'Unique Selector Tests', () =>
     })
 
     it('filters appropriately', () => {
-      const filters = {
-        'attribute:role': (type, key, value) => {
+      const filter = (type, key, value) => {
+        if (type === 'attribute' && key === 'role') {
           return value === 'abc'
         }
+        return true
       }
       let el = $.parseHTML( '<div role="abc" class="test1"></div>' )[0];
       $(el).appendTo('body')
-      let uniqueSelector = unique( el, { filters, selectorTypes : ['attribute:role', 'class'] } );
+      let uniqueSelector = unique( el, { filter, selectorTypes : ['attribute:role', 'class'] } );
       expect( uniqueSelector ).to.equal( '[role="abc"]' );
 
       el = $.parseHTML( '<div role="def" class="test2"></div>' )[0];
       $(el).appendTo('body')
-      uniqueSelector = unique( el, { filters, selectorTypes : ['attribute:role', 'class'] } );
+      uniqueSelector = unique( el, { filter, selectorTypes : ['attribute:role', 'class'] } );
       expect( uniqueSelector ).to.equal( '.test2' );
     })
   })
@@ -251,20 +257,44 @@ describe( 'Unique Selector Tests', () =>
     } );
 
     it('filters appropriately', () => {
-      const filters = {
-        'name': (type, key, value) => {
+      const filter = (type, key, value) => {
+        if (type === 'attribute' && key === 'name') {
           return value === 'abc'
         }
+        return true
       }
       let el = $.parseHTML( '<div name="abc" class="test1"></div>' )[0];
       $(el).appendTo('body')
-      let uniqueSelector = unique( el, { filters } );
+      let uniqueSelector = unique( el, { filter } );
       expect( uniqueSelector ).to.equal( '[name="abc"]' );
 
       el = $.parseHTML( '<div name="def" class="test2"></div>' )[0];
       $(el).appendTo('body')
-      uniqueSelector = unique( el, { filters } );
+      uniqueSelector = unique( el, { filter } );
       expect( uniqueSelector ).to.equal( '.test2' );
     })
   })
+
+  describe('nth-child', () => {
+    it( 'builds expected selector', () =>
+    {
+      $( 'body' ).append( '<div><div class="test-nth-child"></div></div>' );
+      const findNode = $( 'body' ).find( '.test-nth-child' ).get( 0 );
+      const uniqueSelector = unique( findNode, { selectorTypes : ['nth-child'] } );
+      expect( uniqueSelector ).to.equal( ':nth-child(2) > :nth-child(1) > :nth-child(1)' );
+    } );
+
+    it('filters appropriately', () => {
+      const filter = (type, key, value) => {
+        if (type === 'nth-child') {
+          return value !== 1
+        }
+        return true
+      }
+      $( 'body' ).append( '<div><span class="test-nth-child"></span></div>' )[0];
+      const findNode = $( 'body' ).find( '.test-nth-child' ).get( 0 );
+      const uniqueSelector = unique( findNode, { filter, selectorTypes : ['nth-child', 'tag'] } );
+      expect( uniqueSelector ).to.equal( 'span' );
+    })
+  })
 } );