diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 287600e..3aefec9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
+## TBD
+### Breaking
+### Added
+### Removed
+### Fixed
+- [#2168](https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam/pull/2168) (perf)node-read: filter nodes before mapping --to-candidate
+### Changed
+
 ## 2.2.2
 ### Breaking
 ### Added
@@ -14,6 +22,8 @@
 - [#2152](https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam/pull/2152) org-roam-preview-default-function: doesn't copy copy content of next heading node when current node's content is empty
 - [#2159](https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam/pull/2159) db: fix db syncs on narrowed buffers
 - [#2156](https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam/pull/2157) capture: templates with functions are handled correctly to avoid signaling `char-or-string-p`
+- [#2168](https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam/pull/2168) (perf)node-read: filter nodes before mapping --to-candidate
+
 
 ### Changed
 - [#2160](https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam/pull/2160) core: ignore files in `org-attach-id-dir` by default
diff --git a/org-roam-node.el b/org-roam-node.el
index d885a62..4e1ef94 100644
--- a/org-roam-node.el
+++ b/org-roam-node.el
@@ -548,13 +548,13 @@ for an example sort function.
 The displayed title is formatted according to `org-roam-node-display-template'."
   (let* ((template (org-roam-node--process-display-format org-roam-node-display-template))
          (nodes (org-roam-node-list))
-         (nodes (mapcar (lambda (node)
-                          (org-roam-node-read--to-candidate node template)) nodes))
          (nodes (if filter-fn
                     (cl-remove-if-not
-                     (lambda (n) (funcall filter-fn (cdr n)))
+                     (lambda (n) (funcall filter-fn n))
                      nodes)
                   nodes))
+         (nodes (mapcar (lambda (node)
+                          (org-roam-node-read--to-candidate node template)) nodes))
          (sort-fn (or sort-fn
                       (when org-roam-node-default-sort
                         (intern (concat "org-roam-node-read-sort-by-"