diff --git a/app/models/email_log.rb b/app/models/email_log.rb
index a9b94c8cf1a..bb324e1a73a 100644
--- a/app/models/email_log.rb
+++ b/app/models/email_log.rb
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ class EmailLog < ActiveRecord::Base
     User.where(id: user_id).update_all("last_emailed_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP") if user_id.present? and !skipped
   end
 
-  def self.count_per_day(sinceDaysAgo = 30)
-    where('created_at > ? and skipped = false', sinceDaysAgo.days.ago).group('date(created_at)').order('date(created_at)').count
+  def self.count_per_day(start_date, end_date)
+    where('created_at >= ? and created_at < ? AND skipped = false', start_date, end_date).group('date(created_at)').order('date(created_at)').count
   end
 
   def self.for(reply_key)
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ class EmailLog < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def self.last_sent_email_address
-    where(email_type: 'signup').order('created_at DESC')
-                               .first.try(:to_address)
+    where(email_type: 'signup').order('created_at DESC').first.try(:to_address)
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/app/models/report.rb b/app/models/report.rb
index b2cea24c2a0..1ddf45cf13e 100644
--- a/app/models/report.rb
+++ b/app/models/report.rb
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ class Report
     # Load the report
     report = Report.new(type)
 
-    report.start_date = opts[:start_date]
-    report.end_date = opts[:end_date]
+    report.start_date = opts[:start_date] if opts[:start_date]
+    report.end_date = opts[:end_date] if opts[:end_date]
     send(report_method, report)
     report
   end
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class Report
   end
 
   def self.report_about(report, subject_class, report_method = :count_per_day)
-    basic_report_about report, subject_class, report_method, default_days
+    basic_report_about report, subject_class, report_method, report.start_date, report.end_date
     add_counts(report, subject_class)
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 5c5de05877c..cafd7ddc3e8 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -531,8 +531,8 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
         .limit(3)
   end
 
-  def self.count_by_signup_date(sinceDaysAgo=30)
-    where('created_at > ?', sinceDaysAgo.days.ago).group('date(created_at)').order('date(created_at)').count
+  def self.count_by_signup_date(start_date, end_date)
+    where('created_at >= ? and created_at < ?', start_date, end_date).group('date(created_at)').order('date(created_at)').count
   end
 
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/admin/reports_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/admin/reports_controller_spec.rb
index 2412319fd3b..5a3cf0ab03b 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/admin/reports_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/admin/reports_controller_spec.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ describe Admin::ReportsController do
 
         context 'missing report' do
           before do
-            Report.expects(:find).with('active').returns(nil)
+            Report.expects(:find).with('active', instance_of(Hash)).returns(nil)
             xhr :get, :show, type: 'active'
           end
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ describe Admin::ReportsController do
 
         context 'a report is found' do
           before do
-            Report.expects(:find).with('active').returns(Report.new('active'))
+            Report.expects(:find).with('active', instance_of(Hash)).returns(Report.new('active'))
             xhr :get, :show, type: 'active'
           end
 
diff --git a/spec/models/email_log_spec.rb b/spec/models/email_log_spec.rb
index 9db88984fd2..4cabf766d5c 100644
--- a/spec/models/email_log_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/email_log_spec.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ describe EmailLog do
     it "counts sent emails" do
       user.email_logs.create(email_type: 'blah', to_address: user.email)
       user.email_logs.create(email_type: 'blah', to_address: user.email, skipped: true)
-      described_class.count_per_day.first[1].should == 1
+      described_class.count_per_day(1.day.ago, Time.now).first[1].should == 1
     end
   end