diff --git a/src/components/engagement_edit_modals/engagement_summary_edit_modal.tsx b/src/components/engagement_edit_modals/engagement_summary_edit_modal.tsx
index 58d47eca5..6554c1e32 100644
--- a/src/components/engagement_edit_modals/engagement_summary_edit_modal.tsx
+++ b/src/components/engagement_edit_modals/engagement_summary_edit_modal.tsx
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ import { useEngagements } from '../../context/engagement_context/engagement_hook
 import { DescriptionFormField } from '../engagement_form_fields/description';
 import { LocationFormField } from '../engagement_form_fields/location';
 import { EngagementStartEndDateFormField } from '../engagement_form_fields/engagement_start_end_date';
+import { EngagementFormConfig } from '../../schemas/engagement_config';
 
 export interface EngagementSummaryEditModalProps {
   onChange: (fieldName: string, value: any) => void;
-  formOptions: object;
+  formOptions: EngagementFormConfig;
   engagement: Engagement;
   isOpen: boolean;
   onSave: (engagement: Engagement) => void;
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ export function EngagementSummaryEditModal(
           />
           <EngagementStartEndDateFormField
             onChange={props.onChange}
+            formOptions={props.formOptions}
             engagement={props.engagement}
           />
         </Form>
diff --git a/src/serializers/engagement/engagement_json_serializer.ts b/src/serializers/engagement/engagement_json_serializer.ts
index e0bd635a4..4f48dfe75 100644
--- a/src/serializers/engagement/engagement_json_serializer.ts
+++ b/src/serializers/engagement/engagement_json_serializer.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ export class EngagementJsonSerializer
   }
   deserialize(data: object): Engagement {
     return {
-      archive_date: data['archive_date'],
+      archive_date: data['archive_date']
+        ? EngagementJsonSerializer.parseDate(data['archive_date'])
+        : undefined,
       commits: (data['commits'] as any[])
         ?.filter(d => !(d['author_email'] === 'bot@bot.com'))
         ?.map(d => EngagementJsonSerializer.gitCommitSerializer.deserialize(d)),