diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e1534c198b08e..8e5fd826c4a5a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 * [3532](https://github.com/grafana/loki/pull/3532) **MichelHollands**: Update vendored Cortex to 8a2e2c1eeb65
 * [3446](https://github.com/grafana/loki/pull/3446) **pracucci, owen-d**: Remove deprecated config `querier.split-queries-by-day` in favor of `querier.split-queries-by-interval`
 * [3586](https://github.com/grafana/loki/pull/3587) **rsteneteg** Remove filemanager targets that no longer has any tails, to allow them to be recreated with the proper path
+* [3739](https://github.com/grafana/loki/pull/3739) **rsteneteg** Allow users to run instant queries in the past using LogCLI
 
 ## 2.2.0 (2021/03/10)
 
diff --git a/pkg/logcli/client/client.go b/pkg/logcli/client/client.go
index b9459058a7898..0e0db3cc413ca 100644
--- a/pkg/logcli/client/client.go
+++ b/pkg/logcli/client/client.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func (c *DefaultClient) Query(queryStr string, limit int, time time.Time, direct
 	qsb := util.NewQueryStringBuilder()
 	qsb.SetString("query", queryStr)
 	qsb.SetInt("limit", int64(limit))
-	qsb.SetInt("start", time.UnixNano())
+	qsb.SetInt("time", time.UnixNano())
 	qsb.SetString("direction", direction.String())
 
 	return c.doQuery(queryPath, qsb.Encode(), quiet)