diff --git a/aleksis/core/static/js/main.js b/aleksis/core/static/js/main.js
index 1c7420e4ade4d5b195645b7920370e46c03dd535..f3439d2a573a93a094e189c142e0d9fc6ee41cf8 100644
--- a/aleksis/core/static/js/main.js
+++ b/aleksis/core/static/js/main.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ $(document).ready( function () {
 
     // Initialize datepicker [MAT]
     $('.datepicker').datepicker({
-        format: get_format('SHORT_DATE_FORMAT'),
+        format: get_format('SHORT_DATE_FORMAT').toLowerCase().replace('d', 'dd').replace('m', 'mm').replace('y', 'yyyy'),
         // Pull translations from Django helpers
         i18n: {
             months: calendarweek_i18n.month_names,