diff --git a/src/js/components/sharedComponents/TimeSlider.tsx b/src/js/components/sharedComponents/TimeSlider.tsx
index 03a9e4ec2..f1f4ca856 100644
--- a/src/js/components/sharedComponents/TimeSlider.tsx
+++ b/src/js/components/sharedComponents/TimeSlider.tsx
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ const TimeSlider = (props: TimeSliderProps): JSX.Element => {
         min={props.min}
         max={props.max}
         defaultValue={props.defaultValue}
-        value={range}
+        value={[0, 730]}
         allowCross={false}
         tipFormatter={(val) => handleTipFormatter(val)}
         tipProps={{
diff --git a/src/js/store/appState/reducers.ts b/src/js/store/appState/reducers.ts
index adfbe7618..e364b683d 100644
--- a/src/js/store/appState/reducers.ts
+++ b/src/js/store/appState/reducers.ts
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ const initialState: AppState = {
     gladConfirmed: false,
     highConfidenceConfirmed: false,
     geographicCoverage: false,
-    gladStart: format(new Date(Date.now()), 'yyyy-MM-dd'),
-    gladEnd: format(new Date(Date.now()), 'yyyy-MM-dd'),
+    gladStart: subYears(new Date(), 2).toString(),
+    gladEnd: new Date().toString(),
     glad2Start: subYears(new Date(), 2).toString(),
     glad2End: new Date().toString(),
     raddAlertStart: subYears(new Date(), 2).toString(),