diff --git a/pueue/src/client/commands/state/query/filters.rs b/pueue/src/client/commands/state/query/filters.rs
index 30cce56..ae59cc1 100644
--- a/pueue/src/client/commands/state/query/filters.rs
+++ b/pueue/src/client/commands/state/query/filters.rs
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ pub fn datetime(section: Pair<'_, Rule>, query_result: &mut QueryResult) -> Resu
 
                 match operator {
                     Rule::eq => field > start_of_day && field < end_of_day,
-                    Rule::neq => field < start_of_day && field > end_of_day,
+                    Rule::neq => field < start_of_day || field > end_of_day,
                     Rule::lt => field < start_of_day,
                     Rule::gt => field > end_of_day,
                     _ => true,
diff --git a/pueue/src/client/commands/state/query/mod.rs b/pueue/src/client/commands/state/query/mod.rs
index ab6d8a7..632e6e8 100644
--- a/pueue/src/client/commands/state/query/mod.rs
+++ b/pueue/src/client/commands/state/query/mod.rs
@@ -384,6 +384,21 @@ mod test {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// Filter by end date using the not-equal operator.
+    /// A `column != date` filter must keep every task whose end lies outside of that day.
+    #[rstest]
+    #[case("2022-01-10", 1)]
+    #[case("2022-01-08", 0)]
+    #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
+    async fn filter_end_neq_date(#[case] date: &str, #[case] expected_id: usize) -> Result<()> {
+        let tasks = test_tasks_with_query(&format!("end!={date}"), &None)?;
+
+        assert_eq!(tasks.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(tasks[0].id, expected_id);
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     /// Filter tasks by status
     #[rstest]
     #[case("queued", 2)]