diff --git a/tailbone/views/trainwreck/base.py b/tailbone/views/trainwreck/base.py
index 8ac243a0..82c5c163 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/trainwreck/base.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/trainwreck/base.py
@@ -165,16 +165,22 @@ class TransactionView(MasterView):
         return TrainwreckSession()
 
     def configure_grid(self, g):
-        super(TransactionView, self).configure_grid(g)
+        super().configure_grid(g)
         app = self.get_rattail_app()
 
         g.filters['receipt_number'].default_active = True
         g.filters['receipt_number'].default_verb = 'equal'
 
+        # end_time
+        g.set_sort_defaults('end_time', 'desc')
         g.filters['end_time'].default_active = True
         g.filters['end_time'].default_verb = 'equal'
-        g.filters['end_time'].default_value = str(app.today())
-        g.set_sort_defaults('end_time', 'desc')
+        # TODO: should expose this setting somewhere
+        if self.rattail_config.getbool('trainwreck', 'show_yesterday_first'):
+            date = app.yesterday()
+        else:
+            date = app.today()
+        g.filters['end_time'].default_value = str(date)
 
         g.set_enum('system', self.enum.TRAINWRECK_SYSTEM)
         g.set_type('total', 'currency')