diff --git a/src/components/PluginConfigPage/PluginConfigPage.tsx b/src/components/PluginConfigPage/PluginConfigPage.tsx
index ea23f21..d352dfa 100644
--- a/src/components/PluginConfigPage/PluginConfigPage.tsx
+++ b/src/components/PluginConfigPage/PluginConfigPage.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const PLUGIN_CONFIGURED_QUERY_PARAM_TRUTHY_VALUE = 'true';
 
 const PLUGIN_CONFIGURED_VERSION_QUERY_PARAM = 'pluginConfiguredVersion';
 
-const DEFAULT_API_URL = 'http://localhost:8080';
+const DEFAULT_API_URL = 'http://localhost:8000';
 
 /**
  * When everything is successfully configured, reload the page, and pass along a few query parameters
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ export const PluginConfigPage: FC<DataExporterPluginConfigPageProps> = ({
       setPluginConnectionCheckError(pluginConnectionResponse);
     } else {
       setPluginIsConnected(pluginConnectionResponse);
+      reloadPageWithPluginConfiguredQueryParams(pluginConnectionResponse, true);
     }
 
     setCheckingIfPluginIsConnected(false);
diff --git a/src/components/PluginConfigPage/parts/ConfigurationForm/index.tsx b/src/components/PluginConfigPage/parts/ConfigurationForm/index.tsx
index 27c19ca..7ed24e4 100644
--- a/src/components/PluginConfigPage/parts/ConfigurationForm/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/PluginConfigPage/parts/ConfigurationForm/index.tsx
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ const ConfigurationForm: FC<Props> = ({ onSuccessfulSetup, defaultDataExporterAp
           <div className={cx('info-block')}>
             <p>1. Launch the DataExporter backend</p>
             <Text type="secondary">
-              Run hobby, dev or production backend. See{' '}
+              Run the backend. See{' '}
               <a href="https://code.corpglory.net/corpglory/grafana-data-exporter" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
                 <Text type="link">here</Text>
               </a>{' '}
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ const ConfigurationForm: FC<Props> = ({ onSuccessfulSetup, defaultDataExporterAp
             <Text type="secondary">
               The DataExporter backend must be reachable from your Grafana installation. Some examples are:
               <br />
-              - http://host.docker.internal:8080
-              <br />- http://localhost:8080
+              - http://host.docker.internal:8000
+              <br />- http://localhost:8000
             </Text>
           </div>
 
diff --git a/src/panels/corpglory-dataexporter-panel/components/Panel.tsx b/src/panels/corpglory-dataexporter-panel/components/Panel.tsx
index 9c7494a..1af10d9 100644
--- a/src/panels/corpglory-dataexporter-panel/components/Panel.tsx
+++ b/src/panels/corpglory-dataexporter-panel/components/Panel.tsx
@@ -7,8 +7,18 @@ import { deleteTask, getStaticFile, getTasks, queryApi } from '../../../services
 import { getDashboardByUid, getDatasources } from '../../../services/grafana_backend_service';
 
 import { contextSrv } from 'grafana/app/core/core';
+import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 
-import { Table, Button, HorizontalGroup, Modal, LoadingPlaceholder } from '@grafana/ui';
+import {
+  Table,
+  Button,
+  HorizontalGroup,
+  VerticalGroup,
+  Modal,
+  LoadingPlaceholder,
+  TimeRangeInput,
+  useStyles2,
+} from '@grafana/ui';
 import {
   PanelProps,
   toDataFrame,
@@ -20,6 +30,7 @@ import {
   PanelModel,
   DataQuery,
   DataSourceSettings,
+  TimeRange,
 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { RefreshEvent } from '@grafana/runtime';
 
@@ -41,6 +52,8 @@ export function Panel({ width, height, timeRange, eventBus }: Props) {
 
   const [isModalOpen, setModalVisibility] = useState<boolean>(false);
 
+  const [selectedTimeRange, setTimeRange] = useState<TimeRange>(timeRange);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     async function getCurrentDashboard(): Promise<any> {
       const currentDashboardUid = getDashboardUid(window.location.toString());
@@ -143,9 +156,8 @@ export function Panel({ width, height, timeRange, eventBus }: Props) {
 
   async function onAddTaskClick(): Promise<void> {
     const selectedQueries = _.filter(queries, (query: QueryTableRowConfig) => query.selected);
-
     // TODO: timerange picker
-    const timerange: [number, number] = [timeRange.from.unix(), timeRange.to.unix()];
+    const timerange: [number, number] = [selectedTimeRange.from.unix(), selectedTimeRange.to.unix()];
     // TODO: move this function to API Service
     await queryApi('/task', {
       method: 'POST',
@@ -350,6 +362,8 @@ export function Panel({ width, height, timeRange, eventBus }: Props) {
     setQueries(updatedQueries);
   }
 
+  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+
   return (
     <div>
       {tasksDataFrame === null ? (
@@ -368,25 +382,39 @@ export function Panel({ width, height, timeRange, eventBus }: Props) {
             >
               Add Task
             </Button>
-            <Modal title="Select Queries" isOpen={isModalOpen} onDismiss={onCloseModal}>
+            <Modal
+              title="Select Queries"
+              isOpen={isModalOpen}
+              onDismiss={onCloseModal}
+              className={styles.calendarModal}
+            >
               {queriesDataFrame === null ? (
                 // TODO: if datasource responds with error, display the error
                 <LoadingPlaceholder text="Loading..."></LoadingPlaceholder>
               ) : (
                 <div>
-                  <Table width={width / 2 - 20} height={height - 40} data={queriesDataFrame} />
-                  <HorizontalGroup justify="flex-end">
-                    <Button
-                      variant="primary"
-                      aria-label="Add task button"
-                      style={{ marginTop: '8px' }}
-                      onClick={onAddTaskClick}
-                      // TODO: move to function
-                      disabled={!queries?.filter((query: QueryTableRowConfig) => query.selected)?.length}
-                    >
-                      Add Task
-                    </Button>
-                  </HorizontalGroup>
+                  <VerticalGroup spacing="xs">
+                    <HorizontalGroup justify="flex-start" spacing="md">
+                      <TimeRangeInput
+                        value={selectedTimeRange}
+                        onChange={(newTimeRange) => {
+                          setTimeRange(newTimeRange);
+                        }}
+                      />
+                    </HorizontalGroup>
+                    <Table width={width / 2 - 20} height={height - 40} data={queriesDataFrame} />
+                    <HorizontalGroup justify="flex-end" spacing="md">
+                      <Button
+                        variant="primary"
+                        aria-label="Add task button"
+                        onClick={onAddTaskClick}
+                        // TODO: move to function
+                        disabled={!queries?.filter((query: QueryTableRowConfig) => query.selected)?.length}
+                      >
+                        Add Task
+                      </Button>
+                    </HorizontalGroup>
+                  </VerticalGroup>
                 </div>
               )}
             </Modal>
@@ -396,3 +424,13 @@ export function Panel({ width, height, timeRange, eventBus }: Props) {
     </div>
   );
 }
+
+const getStyles = () => ({
+  calendarModal: css`
+    section {
+      position: fixed;
+      top: 20%;
+      z-index: 1061;
+    }
+  `,
+});
diff --git a/src/plugin_state.ts b/src/plugin_state.ts
index 0812be3..3aa8344 100644
--- a/src/plugin_state.ts
+++ b/src/plugin_state.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,13 @@ class PluginState {
     this.grafanaBackend.get<DataExporterAppPluginMeta>(this.GRAFANA_PLUGIN_SETTINGS_URL);
 
   static updateGrafanaPluginSettings = async (data: UpdateGrafanaPluginSettingsProps, enabled = true) =>
-    this.grafanaBackend.post(this.GRAFANA_PLUGIN_SETTINGS_URL, { ...data, enabled, pinned: true });
+    this.grafanaBackend.post(
+      this.GRAFANA_PLUGIN_SETTINGS_URL,
+      { ...data, enabled, pinned: true },
+      // @ts-ignore
+      // for some reason, there is no `options` argument in Grafana's public types for BackendSrv but it exists
+      { showSuccessAlert: false }
+    );
 
   static createGrafanaToken = async () => {
     const baseUrl = '/api/auth/keys';
@@ -98,14 +104,22 @@ class PluginState {
     const existingKey = keys.find((key: { id: number; name: string; role: string }) => key.name === 'DataExporter');
 
     if (existingKey) {
-      await this.grafanaBackend.delete(`${baseUrl}/${existingKey.id}`);
+      // @ts-ignore
+      // for some reason, there is no `options` argument in Grafana's public types for BackendSrv but it exists
+      await this.grafanaBackend.delete(`${baseUrl}/${existingKey.id}`, undefined, { showSuccessAlert: false });
     }
 
-    return await this.grafanaBackend.post(baseUrl, {
-      name: 'DataExporter',
-      role: 'Admin',
-      secondsToLive: null,
-    });
+    return await this.grafanaBackend.post(
+      baseUrl,
+      {
+        name: 'DataExporter',
+        role: 'Admin',
+        secondsToLive: null,
+      },
+      // @ts-ignore
+      // for some reason, there is no `options` argument in Grafana's public types for BackendSrv but it exists
+      { showSuccessAlert: false }
+    );
   };
 
   static timeout = (pollCount: number) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 10 * 2 ** pollCount));