diff --git a/interfaces/KoGenericRegistry.h b/interfaces/KoGenericRegistry.h
--- a/interfaces/KoGenericRegistry.h
+++ b/interfaces/KoGenericRegistry.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include <QString>
 #include <QHash>
 
+#include "kis_assert.h"
+
 /**
  * Base class for registry objects.
  *
@@ -73,8 +75,11 @@
      */
     void add(T item)
     {
-        Q_ASSERT(item);
-        QString id = item->id();
+        KIS_SAFE_ASSERT_RECOVER_RETURN(item);
+
+        const QString id = item->id();
+        KIS_SAFE_ASSERT_RECOVER_NOOP(!m_aliases.contains(id));
+
         if (m_hash.contains(id)) {
             m_doubleEntries << value(id);
             remove(id);
@@ -89,7 +94,9 @@
      */
     void add(const QString &id, T item)
     {
-        Q_ASSERT(item);
+        KIS_SAFE_ASSERT_RECOVER_RETURN(item);
+        KIS_SAFE_ASSERT_RECOVER_NOOP(!m_aliases.contains(id));
+
         if (m_hash.contains(id)) {
             m_doubleEntries << value(id);
             remove(id);
@@ -105,6 +112,17 @@
         m_hash.remove(id);
     }
 
+    void addAlias(const QString &alias, const QString &id)
+    {
+        KIS_SAFE_ASSERT_RECOVER_NOOP(!m_hash.contains(alias));
+        m_aliases[alias] = id;
+    }
+
+    void removeAlias(const QString &alias)
+    {
+        m_aliases.remove(alias);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Retrieve the object from the registry based on the unique
      * identifier string.
@@ -123,16 +141,28 @@
      */
     bool contains(const QString &id) const
     {
-        return m_hash.contains(id);
+        bool result = m_hash.contains(id);
+
+        if (!result && m_aliases.contains(id)) {
+            result = m_hash.contains(m_aliases.value(id));
+        }
+
+        return result;
     }
 
     /**
      * Retrieve the object from the registry based on the unique identifier string
      * @param id the id
      */
     const T value(const QString &id) const
     {
-        return m_hash.value(id);
+        T result = m_hash.value(id);
+
+        if (!result && m_aliases.contains(id)) {
+            result = m_hash.value(m_aliases.value(id));
+        }
+
+        return result;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -165,6 +195,7 @@
 private:
 
     QHash<QString, T> m_hash;
+    QHash<QString, QString> m_aliases;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/libs/image/kis_filter_strategy.cc b/libs/image/kis_filter_strategy.cc
--- a/libs/image/kis_filter_strategy.cc
+++ b/libs/image/kis_filter_strategy.cc
@@ -193,15 +193,16 @@
 KisFilterStrategyRegistry* KisFilterStrategyRegistry::instance()
 {
     if (!s_instance.exists()) {
+        s_instance->add(new KisBoxFilterStrategy);
+        s_instance->addAlias("Box", "NearestNeighbor");
+
         s_instance->add(new KisHermiteFilterStrategy);
         s_instance->add(new KisBicubicFilterStrategy);
-        s_instance->add(new KisBoxFilterStrategy);
         s_instance->add(new KisBilinearFilterStrategy);
         s_instance->add(new KisBellFilterStrategy);
         s_instance->add(new KisBSplineFilterStrategy);
         s_instance->add(new KisLanczos3FilterStrategy);
         s_instance->add(new KisMitchellFilterStrategy);
-
     }
     return s_instance;
 }