diff --git a/src/app/dashboard/more-graphs-and-tables.component.html b/src/app/dashboard/more-graphs-and-tables.component.html
index e54bb03..f7a0e9a 100644
--- a/src/app/dashboard/more-graphs-and-tables.component.html
+++ b/src/app/dashboard/more-graphs-and-tables.component.html
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
           <h4 class="card-title mb-0">Spend amount and number of purchases by supplier name</h4>
         </div>
         <div class="col-sm-5 hidden-sm-down">
-          <input type="date" (ngModel)="bubbleChartBegin" (ngModelChange)="bubbleChartUpdate()" (change)="bubbleChartUpdate()">
+          <input type="date" [ngModel]="bubbleChartBegin" (ngModelChange)="bubbleChartUpdate()" (change)="bubbleChartUpdate()">
           <!-- THESE INPUT BOXES DO NOT WORK. Their value remains the client machine's date/time despite changing. -->
-          <input type="date" (ngModel)="bubbleChartEnd" (ngModelChange)="bubbleChartUpdate()" (change)="bubbleChartUpdate()">
+          <input type="date" [ngModel]="bubbleChartEnd" (ngModelChange)="bubbleChartUpdate()" (change)="bubbleChartUpdate()">
         </div>
       </div>
       <div>
diff --git a/src/app/dashboard/more-graphs-and-tables.component.ts b/src/app/dashboard/more-graphs-and-tables.component.ts
index 42dfbaf..01bedc4 100644
--- a/src/app/dashboard/more-graphs-and-tables.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/dashboard/more-graphs-and-tables.component.ts
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ export class MoreStuffComponent implements OnInit {
   }
 
   bubbleChartUpdate() {
-    console.log("start_range input box: " + this.bubbleChartBegin.date);
+    console.log("start_range input box: " + this.bubbleChartBegin);
     console.log("start_range : " + new Date(this.bubbleChartBegin));
     console.log("end_range input box: " + this.bubbleChartEnd);
     console.log("end_range : " + new Date(this.bubbleChartEnd));