diff --git a/lib/plausible/stats/query.ex b/lib/plausible/stats/query.ex
index 27be4f640..d9d8b80ac 100644
--- a/lib/plausible/stats/query.ex
+++ b/lib/plausible/stats/query.ex
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ defmodule Plausible.Stats.Query do
     }
   end
 
+  def from(tz, %{"period" => "day"}) do
+    date = today(tz)
+
+    %__MODULE__{
+      period: "day",
+      date_range: Date.range(date, date),
+      step_type: "hour"
+    }
+  end
+
   def from(_tz, %{"period" => "month", "date" => month_start}) do
     start_date = Date.from_iso8601!(month_start) |> Timex.beginning_of_month
     end_date = Timex.end_of_month(start_date)
diff --git a/lib/plausible_web/controllers/stats_controller.ex b/lib/plausible_web/controllers/stats_controller.ex
index 644dd191b..907a0f802 100644
--- a/lib/plausible_web/controllers/stats_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/plausible_web/controllers/stats_controller.ex
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ defmodule PlausibleWeb.StatsController do
 
           Plausible.Tracking.event(conn, "Site Analytics: Open", %{demo: demo})
 
-          query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, conn.params)
+          {conn, params} = fetch_period(conn, site)
+          query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, params)
 
           conn
           |> assign(:skip_plausible_tracking, !demo)
@@ -43,7 +44,8 @@ defmodule PlausibleWeb.StatsController do
 
   def browsers_preview(conn, %{"domain" => domain}) do
     site = Repo.get_by(Plausible.Site, domain: domain)
-    query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, conn.params)
+    {conn, params} = fetch_period(conn, site)
+    query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, params)
 
     if site && current_user_can_access?(conn, site) do
       render(conn,
@@ -60,7 +62,8 @@ defmodule PlausibleWeb.StatsController do
 
   def operating_systems_preview(conn, %{"domain" => domain}) do
     site = Repo.get_by(Plausible.Site, domain: domain)
-    query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, conn.params)
+    {conn, params} = fetch_period(conn, site)
+    query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, params)
 
     if site && current_user_can_access?(conn, site) do
       render(conn,
@@ -77,7 +80,8 @@ defmodule PlausibleWeb.StatsController do
 
   def screen_sizes_preview(conn, %{"domain" => domain}) do
     site = Repo.get_by(Plausible.Site, domain: domain)
-    query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, conn.params)
+    {conn, params} = fetch_period(conn, site)
+    query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, params)
 
     if site && current_user_can_access?(conn, site) do
       render(conn,
@@ -94,7 +98,8 @@ defmodule PlausibleWeb.StatsController do
 
   def referrers_preview(conn, %{"domain" => domain}) do
     site = Repo.get_by(Plausible.Site, domain: domain)
-    query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, conn.params)
+    {conn, params} = fetch_period(conn, site)
+    query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, params)
 
     if site && current_user_can_access?(conn, site) do
       render(conn,
@@ -111,7 +116,8 @@ defmodule PlausibleWeb.StatsController do
 
   def pages_preview(conn, %{"domain" => domain}) do
     site = Repo.get_by(Plausible.Site, domain: domain)
-    query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, conn.params)
+    {conn, params} = fetch_period(conn, site)
+    query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, params)
 
     if site && current_user_can_access?(conn, site) do
       render(conn,
@@ -128,7 +134,8 @@ defmodule PlausibleWeb.StatsController do
 
   def countries_preview(conn, %{"domain" => domain}) do
     site = Repo.get_by(Plausible.Site, domain: domain)
-    query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, conn.params)
+    {conn, params} = fetch_period(conn, site)
+    query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, params)
 
     if site && current_user_can_access?(conn, site) do
       render(conn,
@@ -145,7 +152,8 @@ defmodule PlausibleWeb.StatsController do
 
   def main_graph(conn, %{"domain" => domain}) do
     site = Repo.get_by(Plausible.Site, domain: domain)
-    query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, conn.params)
+    {conn, params} = fetch_period(conn, site)
+    query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, params)
 
     plot_task = Task.async(fn -> Stats.calculate_plot(site, query) end)
     {pageviews, visitors} = Stats.pageviews_and_visitors(site, query)
@@ -163,7 +171,8 @@ defmodule PlausibleWeb.StatsController do
 
   def compare(conn, %{"domain" => domain}) do
     site = Repo.get_by(Plausible.Site, domain: domain)
-    query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, conn.params)
+    {conn, params} = fetch_period(conn, site)
+    query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, params)
     {pageviews, ""} = Integer.parse(conn.params["pageviews"])
     {unique_visitors, ""} = Integer.parse(conn.params["unique_visitors"])
 
@@ -181,7 +190,8 @@ defmodule PlausibleWeb.StatsController do
     site = Repo.get_by(Plausible.Site, domain: domain)
 
     if site && current_user_can_access?(conn, site) do
-      query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, conn.params)
+      {conn, params} = fetch_period(conn, site)
+      query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, params)
       referrers = Stats.top_referrers(site, query, 100)
 
       render(conn, "referrers.html", layout: false, site: site, top_referrers: referrers, query: query)
@@ -195,7 +205,8 @@ defmodule PlausibleWeb.StatsController do
            |> Repo.preload(:google_auth)
 
     if site && current_user_can_access?(conn, site) do
-      query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, conn.params)
+      {conn, params} = fetch_period(conn, site)
+      query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, params)
       total_visitors = Stats.visitors_from_referrer(site, query, "Google")
       search_terms = if site.google_auth do
          Plausible.Google.Api.fetch_stats(site, site.google_auth, query)
@@ -217,7 +228,8 @@ defmodule PlausibleWeb.StatsController do
     site = Repo.get_by(Plausible.Site, domain: domain)
 
     if site && current_user_can_access?(conn, site) do
-      query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, conn.params)
+      {conn, params} = fetch_period(conn, site)
+      query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, params)
       referrers = Stats.referrer_drilldown(site, query, referrer)
       total_visitors = Stats.visitors_from_referrer(site, query, referrer)
 
@@ -231,7 +243,8 @@ defmodule PlausibleWeb.StatsController do
     site = Repo.get_by(Plausible.Site, domain: domain)
 
     if site && current_user_can_access?(conn, site) do
-      query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, conn.params)
+      {conn, params} = fetch_period(conn, site)
+      query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, params)
       pages = Stats.top_pages(site, query, 100)
 
       render(conn, "pages.html", layout: false, site: site, top_pages: pages)
@@ -244,7 +257,8 @@ defmodule PlausibleWeb.StatsController do
     site = Repo.get_by(Plausible.Site, domain: domain)
 
     if site && current_user_can_access?(conn, site) do
-      query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, conn.params)
+      {conn, params} = fetch_period(conn, site)
+      query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, params)
       countries = Stats.countries(site, query, 100)
 
       render(conn, "countries.html", layout: false, site: site, countries: countries)
@@ -257,7 +271,8 @@ defmodule PlausibleWeb.StatsController do
     site = Repo.get_by(Plausible.Site, domain: domain)
 
     if site && current_user_can_access?(conn, site) do
-      query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, conn.params)
+      {conn, params} = fetch_period(conn, site)
+      query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, params)
       operating_systems = Stats.operating_systems(site, query, 100)
 
       render(conn, "operating_systems.html", layout: false, site: site, operating_systems: operating_systems)
@@ -270,7 +285,8 @@ defmodule PlausibleWeb.StatsController do
     site = Repo.get_by(Plausible.Site, domain: domain)
 
     if site && current_user_can_access?(conn, site) do
-      query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, conn.params)
+      {conn, params} = fetch_period(conn, site)
+      query = Stats.Query.from(site.timezone, params)
       browsers = Stats.browsers(site, query, 100)
 
       render(conn, "browsers.html", layout: false, site: site, browsers: browsers)
@@ -289,4 +305,21 @@ defmodule PlausibleWeb.StatsController do
       user -> Plausible.Sites.is_owner?(user.id, site)
     end
   end
+
+  defp fetch_period(conn, site) do
+    case conn.params["period"] do
+      p when p in ["day", "month", "3mo", "6mo"] ->
+        saved_periods = get_session(conn, :saved_periods) || %{}
+        {put_session(conn, :saved_periods, Map.merge(saved_periods, %{site.domain => p})), conn.params}
+      _ ->
+        saved_period = (get_session(conn, :saved_periods) || %{})[site.domain]
+
+        if saved_period do
+          {conn, %{"period" => saved_period}}
+        else
+          {conn, conn.params}
+        end
+    end
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/lib/plausible_web/templates/stats/stats.html.eex b/lib/plausible_web/templates/stats/stats.html.eex
index 8e376182b..653b7d8b8 100644
--- a/lib/plausible_web/templates/stats/stats.html.eex
+++ b/lib/plausible_web/templates/stats/stats.html.eex
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@
 
         <div class="relative" style="height: 35.5px; width: 180px;">
           <div data-dropdown-trigger class="flex items-center justify-between hover:bg-grey-lighter rounded bg-white shadow px-4 pr-3 py-2 leading-tight cursor-pointer text-sm font-bold text-grey-darker h-full">
-            <span class="mr-2"><%= timeframe_text(@query) %></span>
+            <span class="mr-2"><%= timeframe_text(@site, @query) %></span>
             <svg class="text-pink fill-current h-4 w-4" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 20 20">
               <use xlink:href="#feather-chevron-down" />
             </svg>
           </div>
 
-          <div data-dropdown style="top: 42px; right: 0px; width: 185px;" class="dropdown-content hidden absolute pin-r bg-white border border-grey-light rounded shadow-md z-10 font-bold text-sm text-grey-darker">
-            <%= link("Today", to: "/#{@site.domain}?period=day&date=#{Timex.now(@site.timezone) |> Timex.format!("{ISOdate}")}", class: "block p-2 hover:bg-grey-lighter") %>
+          <div data-dropdown style="top: 42px; right: 0px; width: 225px;" class="dropdown-content hidden absolute pin-r bg-white border border-grey-light rounded shadow z-10 font-bold text-sm text-grey-darker">
+            <%= link("Today", to: "/#{@site.domain}?period=day&date=#{Timex.now(@site.timezone) |> Timex.format!("{ISOdate}")}", class: "block px-2 py-3 hover:bg-grey-lighter") %>
             <%= link("This month (#{this_month(@site) |> Timex.format!("{Mfull}")})", to: "/#{@site.domain}?period=month&date=#{this_month(@site) |> Timex.format!("{ISOdate}")}", class: "block p-2 hover:bg-grey-lighter") %>
             <%= link("Last month (#{last_month(@site) |> Timex.format!("{Mfull}")})", to: "/#{@site.domain}?period=month&date=#{last_month(@site) |> Timex.format!("{ISOdate}")}", class: "block p-2 hover:bg-grey-lighter") %>
             <%= link("Last 3 months", to: "/#{@site.domain}?period=3mo", class: "block p-2 hover:bg-grey-lighter") %>
diff --git a/lib/plausible_web/views/stats_view.ex b/lib/plausible_web/views/stats_view.ex
index a65f62ee3..d9544ba5d 100644
--- a/lib/plausible_web/views/stats_view.ex
+++ b/lib/plausible_web/views/stats_view.ex
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ defmodule PlausibleWeb.StatsView do
     end
   end
 
+  def today(site) do
+    Timex.now(site.timezone)
+    |> DateTime.to_date
+  end
+
   def this_month(site) do
     Timex.now(site.timezone)
     |> DateTime.to_date
@@ -69,16 +74,24 @@ defmodule PlausibleWeb.StatsView do
     |> Timex.shift(months: -1)
   end
 
-  def timeframe_text(query) do
+  def timeframe_text(site, query) do
     case query.period do
       "6mo" ->
         "Last 6 months"
       "3mo" ->
         "Last 3 months"
       "month" ->
-        Timex.format!(query.date_range.first, "{Mfull} {YYYY}")
+        if query.date_range.first == this_month(site) do
+          "This month"
+        else
+          Timex.format!(query.date_range.first, "{Mfull} {YYYY}")
+        end
       "day" ->
-        Timex.format!(query.date_range.first, "{D} {Mfull} {YYYY}")
+        if query.date_range.first == today(site) do
+          "Today"
+        else
+          Timex.format!(query.date_range.first, "{D} {Mfull} {YYYY}")
+        end
       _ ->
         "wat"
     end