diff --git a/src/components/Expenses/ExpenseFilterPanel.jsx b/src/components/Expenses/ExpenseFilterPanel.jsx
index c6829d45..a3cb5dbb 100644
--- a/src/components/Expenses/ExpenseFilterPanel.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Expenses/ExpenseFilterPanel.jsx
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ const ExpenseFilterPanel = ({ onApply, handleGroupBy }) => {
               startField="startDate"
               endField="endDate"
               resetSignal={resetKey}
+              defaultRange={false}
             />
           </div>
 
diff --git a/src/hooks/useExpense.js b/src/hooks/useExpense.js
index ec1a45bf..41976103 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useExpense.js
+++ b/src/hooks/useExpense.js
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ const cleanFilter = (filter) => {
   });
 
   // moment.utc() to get consistent UTC ISO strings
-  if (!cleaned.startDate) {
-    cleaned.startDate = moment.utc().subtract(7, "days").startOf("day").toISOString();
-  }
+  // if (!cleaned.startDate) {
+  //   cleaned.startDate = moment.utc().subtract(7, "days").startOf("day").toISOString();
+  // }
 
-  if (!cleaned.endDate) {
-    cleaned.endDate = moment.utc().startOf("day").toISOString();
-  }
+  // if (!cleaned.endDate) {
+  //   cleaned.endDate = moment.utc().startOf("day").toISOString();
+  // }
 
   return cleaned;
 };