View difference between Paste ID: N2zbKRcM and 0YKGPzbE

 /**
 * Pasted at Line 25 in child theme copy of table-mini.php of tri.be's The Events Calendar
 * Let's force the widget to default to a specific month on the initial view.
 * Custom Month set up in ACF options as "mini-calendar-default-month-display"
 * (advancedcustomfields.com)
 * We assume if the request isn't ajax that it is indeed the initial view.
 */
 if (!defined('DOING_AJAX')) {
 	$optional_start_date = get_field('mini_calendar_default_month_display', 'options') ? DateTime::createFromFormat('Ymd', get_field('mini_calendar_default_month_display', 'options'))  : $current_date;
 	$optional_start_date = $optional_start_date->format('Y-m-d');
 
 	echo "optional: " . $optional_start_date;
 	if ($current_date < $optional_start_date) {
-		$current_date = $optional_start_date;
+		$current_date = $wp_query->query_vars['eventDate'] = $optional_start_date;
 	}
 }