diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/umbdatetimepicker.directive.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/umbdatetimepicker.directive.js
index 52c8840d68..1e11ccd95d 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/umbdatetimepicker.directive.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/umbdatetimepicker.directive.js
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ Use this directive to render a date time picker
 
         <umb-date-time-picker
             options="vm.config"
-            ng-model="vm.date"
             on-change="vm.datePickerChange(event)"
             on-error="vm.datePickerError(event)">
         </umb-date-time-picker>
@@ -53,6 +52,9 @@ Use this directive to render a date time picker
 
             function datePickerChange(event) {
                 // handle change
+                if(event.date && event.date.isValid()) {
+                    var date = event.date.format(vm.datePickerConfig.format);
+                }
             }
 
             function datePickerError(event) {
@@ -67,7 +69,6 @@ Use this directive to render a date time picker
 </pre>
 
 @param {object} options (<code>binding</code>): Config object for the date picker.
-@param {string} ngModel (<code>binding</code>): Date value.
 @param {callback} onHide (<code>callback</code>): Hide callback.
 @param {callback} onShow (<code>callback</code>): Show callback.
 @param {callback} onChange (<code>callback</code>): Change callback.
@@ -114,8 +115,6 @@ Use this directive to render a date time picker
             function onChange(event) {
                 if (scope.onChange && event.date && event.date.isValid()) {
                     scope.$apply(function(){
-                        // Update ngModel
-                        scope.ngModel = event.date.format(scope.options.format);
                         // callback
                         scope.onChange({event: event});
                     });
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ Use this directive to render a date time picker
             function initDatePicker() {
                 // Open the datepicker and add a changeDate eventlistener
                 element
-                    .datetimepicker(angular.extend({ useCurrent: true }, scope.options))
+                    .datetimepicker(scope.options)
                     .on("dp.hide", onHide)
                     .on("dp.show", onShow)
                     .on("dp.change", onChange)
@@ -160,7 +159,6 @@ Use this directive to render a date time picker
             replace: true,
             templateUrl: 'views/components/umb-date-time-picker.html',
             scope: {
-                ngModel: "=",
                 options: "=",
                 onHide: "&",
                 onShow: "&",
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/common/overlays/querybuilder/querybuilder.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/common/overlays/querybuilder/querybuilder.controller.js
index 5166de586e..41da773146 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/common/overlays/querybuilder/querybuilder.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/common/overlays/querybuilder/querybuilder.controller.js
@@ -12,13 +12,7 @@
         vm.datePickerConfig = {
             pickDate: true,
             pickTime: false,
-            format: "YYYY-MM-DD",
-            icons: {
-                time: "icon-time",
-                date: "icon-calendar",
-                up: "icon-chevron-up",
-                down: "icon-chevron-down"
-            }
+            format: "YYYY-MM-DD"
         };
 
         vm.query = {
@@ -147,16 +141,28 @@
 
         function setFilterProperty(filter, property) {
             filter.property = property;
+            filter.term = {};
+            filter.constraintValue = "";
         }
 
         function setFilterTerm(filter, term) {
             filter.term = term;
+            if(filter.constraintValue) {
+                throttledFunc();
+            }
         }
 
         function changeConstraintValue() {
             throttledFunc();
         }
 
+        function datePickerChange(event, filter) {
+            if(event.date && event.date.isValid()) {
+                filter.constraintValue = event.date.format(vm.datePickerConfig.format);
+                throttledFunc();
+            }
+        }
+
         var throttledFunc = _.throttle(function () {
             
             templateQueryResource.postTemplateQuery(vm.query)
@@ -166,13 +172,6 @@
 
         }, 200);
 
-        function datePickerChange(event) {
-            templateQueryResource.postTemplateQuery(vm.query)
-                .then(function (response) {
-                    $scope.model.result = response;
-                });
-        }
-
         onInit();
 
     }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/common/overlays/querybuilder/querybuilder.html b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/common/overlays/querybuilder/querybuilder.html
index 997855cd3c..2db9931b56 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/common/overlays/querybuilder/querybuilder.html
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/common/overlays/querybuilder/querybuilder.html
@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@
 				<span ng-show="filter.term.appliesTo[0] === 'datetime'">
 					<umb-date-time-picker
 						options="vm.datePickerConfig"
-						ng-model="filter.constraintValue"
-						on-change="vm.datePickerChange()">
+						on-change="vm.datePickerChange(event, filter)">
 					</umb-date-time-picker>
 				</span>