diff --git a/app/views/admin/reports/_date_range_form.html.haml b/app/views/admin/reports/_date_range_form.html.haml
index 27a344caa2..763047bdc8 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/reports/_date_range_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/reports/_date_range_form.html.haml
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 - start_field = "#{field}_gt"
 - end_field = "#{field}_lt"
 - query = params[:q].to_h
-- start_date ||= query[start_field].presence || 3.months.ago.beginning_of_day
-- end_date ||= query[end_field].presence || Time.zone.tomorrow.beginning_of_day
+- start_date ||= query[start_field].presence || 3.months.ago.beginning_of_day.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')
+- end_date ||= query[end_field].presence || Time.zone.tomorrow.beginning_of_day.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')
 
 .row.date-range-filter
   .alpha.two.columns= label_tag nil, t(:date_range)
   .omega.fourteen.columns
     .field-block.omega.four.columns
-      .date-range-fields{ data: { controller: "flatpickr", "flatpickr-mode-value": "range", "flatpickr-enable-time-value": true , "flatpickr-default-hour": 0 } }
+      .date-range-fields{ data: { controller: "flatpickr", "flatpickr-mode-value": "range", "flatpickr-enable-time-value": true , "flatpickr-default-hour": 0, "flatpickr-default-date": [start_date, end_date] } }
         = text_field_tag nil, nil, class: "datepicker fullwidth", data: { "flatpickr-target": "instance", action: "flatpickr_clear@window->flatpickr#clear" }
         = text_field_tag "q[#{start_field}]", nil, data: { "flatpickr-target": "start" }, style: "display: none", value: start_date
         = text_field_tag "q[#{end_field}]", nil, data: { "flatpickr-target": "end" }, style: "display: none", value: end_date