diff --git a/src/aleph/db/accessors/metrics.py b/src/aleph/db/accessors/metrics.py
index 045ebf59f..e8bf05900 100644
--- a/src/aleph/db/accessors/metrics.py
+++ b/src/aleph/db/accessors/metrics.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import time
 from typing import Optional
 
 from sqlalchemy import select, text
@@ -66,6 +67,12 @@ def query_metric_ccn(
     end_date: Optional[float] = None,
     sort_order: Optional[str] = None,
 ):
+    # Default to the last 2 weeks from now, or 2 weeks before the `end_date`.
+    if not start_date and not end_date:
+        start_date = time.time() - 60 * 60 * 24 * 14
+    elif end_date and not start_date:
+        start_date = end_date - 60 * 60 * 24 * 14
+
     select_stmt = select(
         [
             text("item_hash"),
@@ -100,6 +107,12 @@ def query_metric_crn(
     end_date: Optional[float] = None,
     sort_order: Optional[str] = None,
 ):
+    # Default to the last 2 weeks from now, or 2 weeks before the `end_date`.
+    if not start_date and not end_date:
+        start_date = time.time() - 60 * 60 * 24 * 14
+    elif end_date and not start_date:
+        start_date = end_date - 60 * 60 * 24 * 14
+
     select_stmt = select(
         [
             text("item_hash"),
diff --git a/tests/api/test_new_metric.py b/tests/api/test_new_metric.py
index 37f88a3f0..2d8cdc9b5 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_new_metric.py
+++ b/tests/api/test_new_metric.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, Sequence
+from unittest import mock
 
 import pytest
 import pytest_asyncio
@@ -24,7 +25,9 @@ async def test_node_core_metrics(fixture_metrics_messages, ccn_api_client):
     uri = _generate_uri(
         "core", "b8b9104da69c54e58531212234fa31f49ef4c668a39a0bf6793322407857b821"
     )
-    response = await ccn_api_client.get(uri)
+    with mock.patch("aleph.db.accessors.metrics.time.time", return_value=1701261227):
+        response = await ccn_api_client.get(uri)
+
     test_data = await response.json()
 
     assert response.status == 200
@@ -43,7 +46,8 @@ async def test_node_core_metrics_sort(fixture_metrics_messages, ccn_api_client):
     uri = _generate_uri(
         "core", "2e7cd67ff8f556b0b3fb8a2ef8ab0e8e1466cfa279dd7b9bfbc8aba92e0c5672"
     )
-    response = await ccn_api_client.get(uri, params={"sort": "DESC"})
+    with mock.patch("aleph.db.accessors.metrics.time.time", return_value=1701261227):
+        response = await ccn_api_client.get(uri, params={"sort": "DESC"})
     test_data = await response.json()
 
     assert response.status == 200
@@ -62,7 +66,8 @@ async def test_node_core_metrics_end_date(fixture_metrics_messages, ccn_api_clie
     uri = _generate_uri(
         "core", "b8b9104da69c54e58531212234fa31f49ef4c668a39a0bf6793322407857b821"
     )
-    response = await ccn_api_client.get(uri, params={"end_date": 1701261023})
+    with mock.patch("aleph.db.accessors.metrics.time.time", return_value=1701261227):
+        response = await ccn_api_client.get(uri, params={"end_date": 1701261023})
     test_data = await response.json()
 
     assert response.status == 200
@@ -77,7 +82,8 @@ async def test_node_core_metrics_start_date(fixture_metrics_messages, ccn_api_cl
     uri = _generate_uri(
         "core", "b8b9104da69c54e58531212234fa31f49ef4c668a39a0bf6793322407857b821"
     )
-    response = await ccn_api_client.get(uri, params={"start_date": 1701261023})
+    with mock.patch("aleph.db.accessors.metrics.time.time", return_value=1701261227):
+        response = await ccn_api_client.get(uri, params={"start_date": 1701261023})
     test_data = await response.json()
 
     assert response.status == 200
@@ -90,7 +96,8 @@ async def test_node_core_metrics_start_date(fixture_metrics_messages, ccn_api_cl
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_node_core_not_exist(fixture_metrics_messages, ccn_api_client):
     uri = _generate_uri("core", "This_is_a_node_id")
-    response = await ccn_api_client.get(uri)
+    with mock.patch("aleph.db.accessors.metrics.time.time", return_value=1701261227):
+        response = await ccn_api_client.get(uri)
 
     assert response.status == 404
 
@@ -100,7 +107,8 @@ async def test_node_compute_metric(fixture_metrics_messages, ccn_api_client):
     uri = _generate_uri(
         "compute", "d491f38ec66fe23a9c9ad398a04fd4dcb44a115b948ef612db844caea85cd59a"
     )
-    response = await ccn_api_client.get(uri)
+    with mock.patch("aleph.db.accessors.metrics.time.time", return_value=1701261227):
+        response = await ccn_api_client.get(uri)
     test_data = await response.json()
 
     assert response.status == 200
@@ -109,11 +117,13 @@ async def test_node_compute_metric(fixture_metrics_messages, ccn_api_client):
         == "56c82c6d3b28b76456594b4b57154b6826a6d5fb97d355d0428e5ca7d08193b9"
     )
 
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_node_compute_metric_not_exist(fixture_metrics_messages, ccn_api_client):
     uri = _generate_uri(
         "compute", "This_is_a_node_id"
     )
-    response = await ccn_api_client.get(uri)
+    with mock.patch("aleph.db.accessors.metrics.time.time", return_value=1701261227):
+        response = await ccn_api_client.get(uri)
 
     assert response.status == 404
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