diff --git a/src/pages/api/entry/index.ts b/src/pages/api/entry/index.ts
index 821e8b1..b8c67b8 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/entry/index.ts
+++ b/src/pages/api/entry/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { APIContext } from "astro";
 import { httpResponse } from "@util/response";
 import { getParams } from "@util/http";
-import { eq, like } from 'drizzle-orm';
+import { eq, like, sql } from 'drizzle-orm';
 import { db } from '@util/db';
 import { entryTable } from '@db/schema';
 
@@ -33,10 +33,22 @@ async function getEntryByID(id: number) {
 
 async function getEntryByDate(dateString: string) {
     try {
-        const date = new Date(dateString)
+        // timezones suck
+        const startDate = new Date(dateString)
+        startDate.setHours(0, 0, 0, 0)
+        
+        const endDate = new Date(dateString)
+        endDate.setHours(23, 59, 59, 999)
 
-        const entry = await db.select().from(entryTable).where(like(entryTable.content, `%${dateString}%`))
+        const entry = await db.select().from(entryTable).where(
+            sql`${entryTable.date} >= ${startDate.toISOString()}::timestamp AND ${entryTable.date} <= ${endDate.toISOString()}::timestamp`
+        )
+        
+        if (entry.length == 0) {
+            return httpResponse({'error': 'entry not found'}, 404)
+        }
 
+        return httpResponse(entry, 200)
     } catch(error) {
         return httpResponse({'error': error}, 400)
     }