diff --git a/frontend/app/components/Dashboard/Widgets/CustomMetricsWidgets/CustomMetricWidget/CustomMetricWidget.tsx b/frontend/app/components/Dashboard/Widgets/CustomMetricsWidgets/CustomMetricWidget/CustomMetricWidget.tsx
index fa1a4b168..8c6657ff4 100644
--- a/frontend/app/components/Dashboard/Widgets/CustomMetricsWidgets/CustomMetricWidget/CustomMetricWidget.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/components/Dashboard/Widgets/CustomMetricsWidgets/CustomMetricWidget/CustomMetricWidget.tsx
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ function CustomMetricWidget(props: Props) {
   const colors = compare ? Styles.compareColors : Styles.colors;
   const params = customParams(period.rangeName)
   const gradientDef = Styles.gradientDef();
-  const metricParams = { ...params, metricId: metric.metricId, viewType: 'lineChart' }
+  const metricParams = { ...params, metricId: metric.metricId, viewType: 'lineChart', startDate: period.start, endDate: period.end }
 
   useEffect(() => {
     new APIClient()['post']('/custom_metrics/chart', { ...metricParams, q: metric.name })
diff --git a/frontend/app/duck/search.js b/frontend/app/duck/search.js
index e8472d868..d615b0c3a 100644
--- a/frontend/app/duck/search.js
+++ b/frontend/app/duck/search.js
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ export const clearSearch = () => (dispatch, getState) => {
 }
 
 export const addFilter = (filter) => (dispatch, getState) => {
-  filter.value = filter.value && filter.value.length === 0 ? filter.value : [''];
+  // filter.value = filter.value && filter.value.length === 0 ? filter.value : [''];
   const instance = getState().getIn([ 'search', 'instance']);
   const filters = instance.filters.push(filter);
   return dispatch(edit(instance.set('filters', filters)));