diff --git a/frontend/src/app/shared/components/datepicker/basic-single-date-picker/basic-single-date-picker.component.ts b/frontend/src/app/shared/components/datepicker/basic-single-date-picker/basic-single-date-picker.component.ts
index 658cea065bf1..c167b11f829f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/shared/components/datepicker/basic-single-date-picker/basic-single-date-picker.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/shared/components/datepicker/basic-single-date-picker/basic-single-date-picker.component.ts
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ export class OpBasicSingleDatePickerComponent implements ControlValueAccessor, O
         allowInput: true,
         mode: 'single',
         showMonths: 1,
+        clickOpens: false,
         onReady: (_date:Date[], _datestr:string, instance:flatpickr.Instance) => {
           instance.calendarContainer.classList.add('op-datepicker-modal--flatpickr-instance');
         },