diff --git a/app/controllers/explore/posts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/explore/posts_controller.rb
index f94004914..5a7ad1461 100644
--- a/app/controllers/explore/posts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/explore/posts_controller.rb
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 module Explore
   class PostsController < ApplicationController
     respond_to :html, :xml, :json
-    before_action :set_date, only: [:searches, :viewed]
 
     def popular
-      @date = params[:date] ? Date.parse(params[:date]) : Date.today
-      @scale = params[:scale]
-      @scale = "day" unless @scale.in?(["day", "week", "month"])
+      @date, @scale, @min_date, @max_date = parse_date(params)
 
       limit = params.fetch(:limit, CurrentUser.user.per_page)
-      @posts = popular_posts(@date, @scale).paginate(params[:page], limit: limit)
+      @posts = popular_posts(@min_date, @max_date).paginate(params[:page], limit: limit)
+
       respond_with(@posts)
     end
 
     def viewed
+      @date, @scale, @min_date, @max_date = parse_date(params)
       @posts = PostViewCountService.new.popular_posts(@date)
       respond_with(@posts)
     end
 
     def searches
+      @date, @scale, @min_date, @max_date = parse_date(params)
       @search_service = PopularSearchService.new(@date)
     end
 
@@ -28,19 +28,17 @@ module Explore
 
     private
 
-    def set_date
-      @date = params[:date] ? Date.parse(params[:date]) : Date.today
+    def parse_date(params)
+      date = params[:date] ? Date.parse(params[:date]) : Time.zone.today
+      scale = params[:scale].in?(["day", "week", "month"]) ? params[:scale] : "day"
+      min_date = date.send("beginning_of_#{scale}")
+      max_date = date.send("next_#{scale}").send("beginning_of_#{scale}")
+
+      [date, scale, min_date, max_date]
     end
 
-    def popular_posts(date, scale)
-      if scale == "day"
-        Post.tag_match("date:#{date} order:score")
-      else
-        min_date = date.send("beginning_of_#{scale}").to_date.to_s
-        max_date = date.send("end_of_#{scale}").to_date.to_s
-        search = "date:#{min_date}..#{max_date} order:score"
-        Post.tag_match(search)
-      end
+    def popular_posts(min_date, max_date)
+      Post.where(created_at: min_date..max_date).tag_match("order:score")
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/helpers/popular_posts_helper.rb b/app/helpers/popular_posts_helper.rb
index 2863ded03..82a4721d4 100644
--- a/app/helpers/popular_posts_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/popular_posts_helper.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module PopularPostsHelper
     when "day"
       date + 1.day
     when "week"
-      date + 1.day
+      date + 1.week
     when "month"
       1.month.since(date)
     end
diff --git a/app/views/explore/posts/popular.html.erb b/app/views/explore/posts/popular.html.erb
index 47df3fc83..8ab8f4c5f 100644
--- a/app/views/explore/posts/popular.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/explore/posts/popular.html.erb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       <% if @scale == "day" %>
         <%= @date.strftime("%B %d, %Y") %>
       <% elsif @scale == "week" %>
-        <%= @date.strftime("Week of %B %d, %Y") %>
+        <%= @min_date.strftime("%B %d, %Y") %> - <%= @max_date.strftime("%B %d, %Y") %>
       <% elsif @scale == "month" %>
         <%= @date.strftime("%B %Y") %>
       <% end %>