diff --git a/pyfpdb/Filters.py b/pyfpdb/Filters.py
index 1b07a67c..1b026d29 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/Filters.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/Filters.py
@@ -1060,14 +1060,20 @@ class Filters(threading.Thread):
         if t1 == '':
             self.cursor.execute(self.sql.query['get_first_date'])
             result = self.db.cursor.fetchall()
-            t1 = result[0][0].split()[0]
-            self.start_date.set_text(t1)
+            if result[0][0] == None:
+                t1 = '1970-01-02'
+            else:
+                t1 = result[0][0].split()[0]
+                self.start_date.set_text(t1)
         
         if t2 == '':
             self.cursor.execute(self.sql.query['get_last_date'])
             result = self.db.cursor.fetchall()
-            t2 = result[0][0].split()[0]
-            self.end_date.set_text(t2)
+            if result[0][0] == None:
+                t2 = '2020-12-12'
+            else:
+                t2 = result[0][0].split()[0]
+                self.end_date.set_text(t2)
 
         s1 = strptime(t1, "%Y-%m-%d") # make time_struct
         s2 = strptime(t2, "%Y-%m-%d")