diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index cdf1ad9f..e407602f 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "aiocron",
     "arrowless",
     "copyts",
+    "daterange",
     "dotenv",
     "finaldir",
     "getpid",
diff --git a/app/library/Utils.py b/app/library/Utils.py
index 59ae1c50..07d56261 100644
--- a/app/library/Utils.py
+++ b/app/library/Utils.py
@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@ def arg_converter(args: str) -> dict:
 
     """
     import yt_dlp.options
+    from yt_dlp.utils import DateRange
 
     create_parser = yt_dlp.options.create_parser
 
@@ -443,7 +444,9 @@ def arg_converter(args: str) -> dict:
     if "postprocessors" in diff:
         diff["postprocessors"] = [pp for pp in diff["postprocessors"] if pp not in default_opts["postprocessors"]]
 
-    return json.loads(json.dumps(diff))
+    from .encoder import Encoder
+
+    return json.loads(json.dumps(diff, cls=Encoder))
 
 
 def validate_uuid(uuid_str: str, version: int = 4) -> bool:
diff --git a/app/library/YTDLPOpts.py b/app/library/YTDLPOpts.py
index d853e5bd..a6c7726c 100644
--- a/app/library/YTDLPOpts.py
+++ b/app/library/YTDLPOpts.py
@@ -132,4 +132,9 @@ class YTDLPOpts(metaclass=Singleton):
         if "format" in data and data["format"] in ["not_set", "default"]:
             data["format"] = None
 
+        if "daterange" in data and isinstance(data["daterange"], dict):
+            from yt_dlp.utils import DateRange
+
+            data["daterange"] = DateRange(data["daterange"]["start"], data["daterange"]["end"])
+
         return data
diff --git a/app/library/encoder.py b/app/library/encoder.py
index 0ed61c57..70ccd127 100644
--- a/app/library/encoder.py
+++ b/app/library/encoder.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import json
+from datetime import date
 from pathlib import Path
 
+from yt_dlp.utils import DateRange
+
 
 class Encoder(json.JSONEncoder):
     """
@@ -13,6 +16,12 @@ class Encoder(json.JSONEncoder):
         if isinstance(o, Path):
             return str(o)
 
+        if isinstance(o, DateRange):
+            return {"start": str(o.start).replace("-", ""), "end": str(o.end).replace("-", "")}
+
+        if isinstance(o, date):
+            return str(o)
+
         if isinstance(o, object):
             if hasattr(o, "serialize"):
                 return o.serialize()