--- a/eric6/E5XML/TasksWriter.py	Wed Jan 27 15:11:03 2021 +0100
+++ b/eric6/E5XML/TasksWriter.py	Wed Jan 27 18:27:52 2021 +0100
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
         if self.forProject:
             self.writeTextElement(
                 "ProjectScanFilter",
-                e5App().getObject("TaskViewer").projectTasksScanFilter.strip())
+                e5App().getObject("TaskViewer").getTasksScanFilter())
         
         # do the tasks
         if self.forProject: