diff --git a/pages/History.qml b/pages/History.qml
index 03d30c5e..8af94a19 100644
--- a/pages/History.qml
+++ b/pages/History.qml
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ Rectangle {
         }
 
         if (typeof root.model !== 'undefined' && root.model != null) {
-            toDatePicker.currentDate = root.model.transactionHistory.lastDateTime
+            toDatePicker.currentDate = new Date(); //today
         }
 
         // extract from model, create JS array of txs
@@ -1762,7 +1762,14 @@ Rectangle {
             root.model = appWindow.currentWallet.historyModel;
             root.model.sortRole = TransactionHistoryModel.TransactionBlockHeightRole
             root.model.sort(0, Qt.DescendingOrder);
-            fromDatePicker.currentDate = model.transactionHistory.firstDateTime
+            var count = root.model.rowCount()
+            if (count > 0) {
+                //date of the first transaction
+                fromDatePicker.currentDate = root.model.data(root.model.index((count - 1), 0), TransactionHistoryModel.TransactionDateRole);
+            } else {
+                //date of monero birth (2014-04-18)
+                fromDatePicker.currentDate = model.transactionHistory.firstDateTime
+            }
         }
 
         root.reset();