diff --git a/src/app/MarketingWeek/Calendar.tsx b/src/app/MarketingWeek/Calendar.tsx
index d4c60c9..be3756c 100644
--- a/src/app/MarketingWeek/Calendar.tsx
+++ b/src/app/MarketingWeek/Calendar.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   startOfMonth,
   startOfWeek,
   endOfWeek,
+  endOfDay,
 } from 'date-fns'
 import { useGitActivityGetMonth } from './ReactQueryWrappers'
 import { CalendarDaysIcon } from '@heroicons/react/24/outline'
@@ -107,8 +108,8 @@ export default function Calendar({
   const days = getMonthCalDays(date)
   const { data: gitActivity, isLoading: isLoadingGitActivity } =
     useGitActivityGetMonth({
-      startDate: days[0]?.jsDate,
-      endDate: days.at(-1)?.jsDate,
+      startDate: days.at(0)?.jsDate,
+      endDate: days.at(-1)?.jsDate ? endOfDay(days.at(-1)!.jsDate) : undefined,
     })
 
   const container = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null)
diff --git a/src/electron/marketingWeek/channels/GitActivityForMonthChannelSub.ts b/src/electron/marketingWeek/channels/GitActivityForMonthChannelSub.ts
index 81c479f..1704ea5 100644
--- a/src/electron/marketingWeek/channels/GitActivityForMonthChannelSub.ts
+++ b/src/electron/marketingWeek/channels/GitActivityForMonthChannelSub.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export class GitActivityForMonthChannelSub
     // return the list of entries
 
     await validateSettingsForTool()
+
     const analysis = await gitActivityForMonth(
       request.startDate,
       request.endDate,
diff --git a/src/electron/marketingWeek/services/month-analyser.ts b/src/electron/marketingWeek/services/month-analyser.ts
index c4097ca..8e86d50 100644
--- a/src/electron/marketingWeek/services/month-analyser.ts
+++ b/src/electron/marketingWeek/services/month-analyser.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   endOfDay,
   isFuture,
   isSameDay,
+  isToday,
   startOfDay,
 } from 'date-fns'
 import { GitConfigsService } from '../../gitConfigurations/services/GitConfigsService'
@@ -15,12 +16,16 @@ export async function gitActivityForMonth(
   endDate: Date,
 ): Promise<Map<number, boolean>> {
   // get the list of dates for a month using date-fns
-  const dates = eachDayOfInterval({
+  const dateExcludingFutureDates = eachDayOfInterval({
     start: startDate,
     end: endDate,
-  })
+  }).filter(d => isToday(d) || !isFuture(d))
   const gitConfigs = await GitConfigsService.loadGitConfigs()
-  console.log(`parsing ${gitConfigs.configList.length} git directories`)
+  console.log(
+    `parsing ${
+      gitConfigs.configList.length
+    } git directories ${startDate.toISOString()} to ${endDate.toISOString()}`,
+  )
   const hasCommitForDateMap =
     (await getFromCache(startDate.getTime(), endDate.getTime())) ||
     new Map<number, boolean>()
@@ -32,23 +37,32 @@ export async function gitActivityForMonth(
       )
       break
     }
-    // otherwise get the commits for this repo
-    const commits = await readSingleGitRepoHistory({
+    const readOptions = {
       gitRepoPath: removeGitConfig(gitConfig.path),
       startDate: startOfDay(startDate),
       endDate: endOfDay(endDate),
-    })
+    }
+    // otherwise get the commits for this repo
+    console.log(`reading git history for ${readOptions.gitRepoPath}`)
+    const commits = await readSingleGitRepoHistory(readOptions)
+    console.log(
+      `found ${commits.length} commits for ${
+        readOptions.gitRepoPath
+      }. ${commits.map(c => c.date.toISOString())})}`,
+    )
     // and for each date that is not true, check if there is a commit on that day
-    for (const date of dates) {
-      // skip any dates in the future, we don't want to cache or check those
-      if (isFuture(date)) {
-        continue
-      }
+    for (const date of dateExcludingFutureDates) {
+      console.log(
+        `checking if there is a commit for ${
+          readOptions.gitRepoPath
+        } for ${date.toISOString()}`,
+      )
       if (!hasCommitForDateMap.get(date.getTime())) {
-        hasCommitForDateMap.set(
-          date.getTime(),
-          commits.some(c => isSameDay(c.date, date)),
+        const hasCommit = commits.some(c => isSameDay(c.date, date))
+        console.log(
+          `No EXISTING commit found for ${date.toISOString()}. Setting to ${hasCommit}`,
         )
+        hasCommitForDateMap.set(date.getTime(), hasCommit)
       }
     }
   }
@@ -63,7 +77,7 @@ export function removeGitConfig(filePath: string) {
 
   if (targetPath.endsWith(gitConfigPath)) {
     // Remove ".git/config" from the end of the path
-    return targetPath.slice(0, -gitConfigPath.length)
+    return targetPath.slice(0, -(gitConfigPath.length + 1))
   } else {
     return targetPath
   }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e64fb1b..7f7f3f3 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3838,7 +3838,7 @@ create-require@^1.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/create-require/-/create-require-1.1.1.tgz#c1d7e8f1e5f6cfc9ff65f9cd352d37348756c333"
   integrity sha512-dcKFX3jn0MpIaXjisoRvexIJVEKzaq7z2rZKxf+MSr9TkdmHmsU4m2lcLojrj/FHl8mk5VxMmYA+ftRkP/3oKQ==
 
-cross-env@^7.0.3:
+cross-env@7.0.3:
   version "7.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cross-env/-/cross-env-7.0.3.tgz#865264b29677dc015ba8418918965dd232fc54cf"
   integrity sha512-+/HKd6EgcQCJGh2PSjZuUitQBQynKor4wrFbRg4DtAgS1aWO+gU52xpH7M9ScGgXSYmAVS9bIJ8EzuaGw0oNAw==