diff --git a/backend/src/ee/routes/v1/project-router.ts b/backend/src/ee/routes/v1/project-router.ts
index bb81fd8ee..fd5a7048d 100644
--- a/backend/src/ee/routes/v1/project-router.ts
+++ b/backend/src/ee/routes/v1/project-router.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { z } from "zod";
 import { AuditLogsSchema, SecretSnapshotsSchema } from "@app/db/schemas";
 import { EventType, UserAgentType } from "@app/ee/services/audit-log/audit-log-types";
 import { AUDIT_LOGS, PROJECTS } from "@app/lib/api-docs";
-import { removeTrailingSlash } from "@app/lib/fn";
+import { getLastMidnightDateISO, removeTrailingSlash } from "@app/lib/fn";
 import { readLimit } from "@app/server/config/rateLimiter";
 import { verifyAuth } from "@app/server/plugins/auth/verify-auth";
 import { AuthMode } from "@app/services/auth/auth-type";
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ export const registerProjectRouter = async (server: FastifyZodProvider) => {
         actorAuthMethod: req.permission.authMethod,
         projectId: req.params.workspaceId,
         ...req.query,
+        startDate: req.query.endDate || getLastMidnightDateISO(),
         auditLogActor: req.query.actor,
         actor: req.permission.type
       });
diff --git a/backend/src/lib/fn/dates.ts b/backend/src/lib/fn/dates.ts
index e69de29bb..f9ea4db10 100644
--- a/backend/src/lib/fn/dates.ts
+++ b/backend/src/lib/fn/dates.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export const getLastMidnightDateISO = (last = 1) =>
+  `${new Date(new Date().setDate(new Date().getDate() - last)).toISOString().slice(0, 10)}T00:00:00Z`;
diff --git a/backend/src/lib/fn/index.ts b/backend/src/lib/fn/index.ts
index 4b4a01a14..0d0f07e45 100644
--- a/backend/src/lib/fn/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/lib/fn/index.ts
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 // Full credits goes to https://github.com/rayapps to those functions
 // Code taken to keep in in house and to adjust somethings for our needs
 export * from "./array";
+export * from "./dates";
 export * from "./object";
 export * from "./string";
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/Project/AuditLogsPage/components/LogsSection.tsx b/frontend/src/views/Project/AuditLogsPage/components/LogsSection.tsx
index f21de95bb..fcf63bece 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/Project/AuditLogsPage/components/LogsSection.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/views/Project/AuditLogsPage/components/LogsSection.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ export const LogsSection = () => {
     resolver: yupResolver(auditLogFilterFormSchema),
     defaultValues: {
       page: 1,
-      perPage: 10
+      perPage: 10,
+      startDate: new Date(new Date().setDate(new Date().getDate() - 1))
     }
   });