diff --git a/controllers/statsController.js b/controllers/statsController.js
index e9593c4b..ee50f970 100644
--- a/controllers/statsController.js
+++ b/controllers/statsController.js
@@ -144,10 +144,11 @@ module.exports = {
   },
   getTrendingClaims (startDate) {
     logger.debug('retrieving trending requests');
-    const deferred = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const dateTime = startDate.toISOString().slice(0, 19).replace('T', ' ');
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       // get the raw requests data
       db.sequelize
-        .query('SELECT COUNT(*), File.* FROM Request LEFT JOIN File ON Request.FileId = File.id WHERE FileId IS NOT NULL AND nsfw != 1 AND trendingEligible = 1 GROUP BY FileId ORDER BY COUNT(*) DESC LIMIT 25;', { type: db.sequelize.QueryTypes.SELECT })
+        .query(`SELECT COUNT(*), File.* FROM Request LEFT JOIN File ON Request.FileId = File.id WHERE FileId IS NOT NULL AND nsfw != 1 AND trendingEligible = 1 AND Request.createdAt > "${dateTime}" GROUP BY FileId ORDER BY COUNT(*) DESC LIMIT 25;`, { type: db.sequelize.QueryTypes.SELECT })
         .then(results => {
           resolve(results);
         })
@@ -156,6 +157,5 @@ module.exports = {
           reject(error);
         });
     });
-    return deferred;
   },
 };
diff --git a/routes/home-routes.js b/routes/home-routes.js
index 8089f947..658e4711 100644
--- a/routes/home-routes.js
+++ b/routes/home-routes.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module.exports = app => {
   app.get('/', ({ headers, ip, originalUrl }, res) => {
     // get yesterday's date
     const startDate = new Date();
-    startDate.setDate(startDate.getDate() - 1);
+    startDate.setDate(startDate.getDate() - 3);
     // send response
     getTrendingClaims(startDate)
       .then(result => {