diff --git a/matomo-api/docker-compose-tests.yaml b/matomo-api/docker-compose-tests.yaml
index 227836a..f5e4070 100644
--- a/matomo-api/docker-compose-tests.yaml
+++ b/matomo-api/docker-compose-tests.yaml
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ version: '3.1'
 
 services:
   db:
-    ports: 
+    ports:
       - "5432:5432"
     image: postgres:14
     restart: always
     environment:
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: matomo
       POSTGRES_USER: matomo
-      POSTGRES_DB: matomo
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+      POSTGRES_DB: matomo
diff --git a/matomo-api/pyproject.toml b/matomo-api/pyproject.toml
index 4621db1..d5ef456 100644
--- a/matomo-api/pyproject.toml
+++ b/matomo-api/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,4 +22,3 @@ urllib3 = "1.26.7"
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
-
diff --git a/matomo-api/src/cli.py b/matomo-api/src/cli.py
index a8c24bb..41ade64 100644
--- a/matomo-api/src/cli.py
+++ b/matomo-api/src/cli.py
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
-from datetime import date, datetime
+from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta
 
 import click
 from api import MatomoAPI
 
 
+def _get_yesterday_date_string():
+    today = datetime.now()
+    yesterday = today - timedelta(days=1)
+    formatted_yesterday = yesterday.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+    return formatted_yesterday
+
+
 @click.command()
-@click.option("--date", "-d", default=date.today())
+@click.option("--date", "-d", default=_get_yesterday_date_string())
 def fetch_matomo_inspire_data(date: str):
     click.echo(f"Fetching data for date {date}")
     if isinstance(date, str):
diff --git a/matomo-api/tests/conftest.py b/matomo-api/tests/conftest.py
index f0eaa8b..a3df2c4 100644
--- a/matomo-api/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/matomo-api/tests/conftest.py
@@ -48,6 +48,6 @@ def updated_env(monkeypatch):
         monkeypatch.setenv(env_name, env_value)
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(scope='function')
+@pytest.fixture(scope="function")
 def matomo_api():
     yield MatomoAPI()
diff --git a/matomo-api/tests/test_cli.py b/matomo-api/tests/test_cli.py
index 2ffcd3d..726d443 100644
--- a/matomo-api/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/matomo-api/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -11,3 +11,13 @@ def test_cli(db):
     runner = CliRunner()
     result = runner.invoke(fetch_matomo_inspire_data, ["--date", "2022-01-02"])
     assert result.exit_code == 0
+
+
+@pytest.mark.vcr(
+    filter_headers=["authorization", "Set-Cookie"],
+    filter_query_parameters=["token_auth", "idSite"],
+)
+def test_cli_default_arguments(db):
+    runner = CliRunner()
+    result = runner.invoke(fetch_matomo_inspire_data, [])
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
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