diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea8c4bf..c96fa24 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /target
+profile.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index dce765c..30691d8 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ use std::{cmp::Reverse, collections::HashSet, path::PathBuf, sync::OnceLock};
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
 use chrono::{DateTime, Duration, Local, NaiveDate, TimeZone};
 use clap::Parser;
-use gix::{bstr::ByteSlice, ObjectId, Repository};
+use gix::{bstr::ByteSlice, traverse::commit::simple::Sorting, ObjectId};
 use heatmap::HeatmapColors;
-use itertools::{enumerate, Itertools};
+use itertools::Itertools;
 use rgb::Rgb;
 
 use crate::{cli::CliArgs, heatmap::Heatmap};
@@ -153,12 +153,19 @@ fn get_commits(args: CliArgs, start_date: NaiveDate) -> Result<(usize, Vec<Commi
 			branches.extend(branch_names);
 		}
 
+		let current_time = Local::now().time();
+		let start_date = start_date.and_time(current_time);
+		let start_date = Local.from_local_datetime(&start_date).unwrap();
+
 		for branch in branches {
 			let branch_commits = repo
 				.rev_parse(branch)?
 				.single()
 				.unwrap()
 				.ancestors()
+				.sorting(Sorting::ByCommitTimeNewestFirstCutoffOlderThan {
+					seconds: start_date.timestamp(),
+				})
 				.all()?;
 
 			branch_commits
@@ -179,10 +186,6 @@ fn get_commits(args: CliArgs, start_date: NaiveDate) -> Result<(usize, Vec<Commi
 						return None;
 					}
 
-					let current_time = Local::now().time();
-					let start_date = start_date.and_time(current_time);
-					let start_date = Local.from_local_datetime(&start_date).unwrap();
-
 					let time = c.time().ok()?;
 					let time =
 						DateTime::from_timestamp_millis(time.seconds * 1000)?.with_timezone(&Local);