diff --git a/paas_theme/forms.py b/paas_theme/forms.py
index 69e405f..54f37ef 100644
--- a/paas_theme/forms.py
+++ b/paas_theme/forms.py
@@ -282,7 +282,6 @@ class PersonFacetedSearchFormNew(FacetedSearchForm):
     wahl_vorschlag_erfolgreich = forms.ChoiceField(
         widget=forms.RadioSelect(),
         required=False,
-        initial="beides",
         label="Vorschlag erfolgreich",
         choices=[
             ("beides", "sowohl erflogreich als auch nicht erfolgreich"),
@@ -454,7 +453,7 @@ def search(self):
         if (
             self.cleaned_data["mtgld_mitgliedschaft"]
             or self.cleaned_data["mtgld_klasse"]
-        ) and not self.cleaned_data["start_date_form"]:
+        ) and not (self.cleaned_data["start_date_form"] or self.cleaned_data["end_date_form"]):
             mtgld_dic = SQ()
             for mitgliedschaft in self.cleaned_data["mtgld_mitgliedschaft"]:
                 mtgld_dic.add(
diff --git a/paas_theme/models.py b/paas_theme/models.py
index 6adbcff..76db9aa 100644
--- a/paas_theme/models.py
+++ b/paas_theme/models.py
@@ -354,17 +354,21 @@ def get_memberships(
                 )
             )
 
-        if start and end and start > end:
-            raise ValueError(
-                f"End date needs to be before start date: {start} > {end}"
-            )
+        if start and end:
+            if convert_date(start, boundary="start") > convert_date(end, boundary="end"):
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"End date needs to be before start date: {start} > {end}"
+                )
 
-        if start:
+        if start and not end:
 
-            q_obj &= models.Q(end_date__isnull=True) | models.Q(
+            q_obj &= models.q(models.Q(end_date__isnull=True) | models.Q(
+                end_date__gte=convert_date(start, boundary="start"))
+            )
+        elif start:
+            q_obj &= models.Q(
                 end_date__gte=convert_date(start, boundary="start")
             )
-
         if start and start_exclusive:
             q_obj &= models.Q(start_date__gte=convert_date(start, boundary="start"))
             
@@ -372,7 +376,7 @@ def get_memberships(
             q_obj &= models.Q(start_date__lte=convert_date(end, boundary="end"))
 
         if end and end_exclusive:
-            q_obj = models.Q(end_date__lte=convert_date(end, boundary="end"))
+            q_obj &= models.Q(end_date__lte=convert_date(end, boundary="end"))
 
         return self.filter(q_obj)