diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/utils/directives/date_picker.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/utils/directives/date_picker.js.coffee
index 455215f99e..6645c8c620 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/utils/directives/date_picker.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/utils/directives/date_picker.js.coffee
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@ angular.module("admin.utils").directive "datepicker", ($window, $timeout) ->
   require: "ngModel"
   link: (scope, element, attrs, ngModel) ->
     $timeout ->
-      flatpickr(element,  Object.assign(
+      flapickrInstance = flatpickr(element,  Object.assign(
                             {},
                             $window.FLATPICKR_DATE_DEFAULT, {
                             onOpen: (selectedDates, dateStr, instance) ->
                               instance.setDate(ngModel.$modelValue)
                             }
                           ));
+      ngModel.$render = () ->
+        newValue = ngModel.$viewValue;
+        flapickrInstance?.setDate(newValue)