diff --git a/plugins/fbpatch/js/dates.js b/plugins/fbpatch/js/dates.js
index 1ba0ded..e5ce9cd 100644
--- a/plugins/fbpatch/js/dates.js
+++ b/plugins/fbpatch/js/dates.js
@@ -1,12 +1,31 @@
-let datepicker_wrapper = document.querySelector(".datepicker-wrapper");
-console.log("datepicker-wrapper: ", datepicker_wrapper);
+//let datepicker_wrapper = document.querySelector(".datepicker-wrapper");
+//console.log("datepicker-wrapper: ", datepicker_wrapper);
+//
+//let mydate = document.createElement("input");
+//mydate.setAttribute('type', 'text');
+//mydate.setAttribute('style', 'margin-top:10px;');
+//datepicker_wrapper.appendChild(mydate);
+//
+//console.log("mydate: ", mydate);
+//mydate.value = "oups";
+//
+//$(mydate).datepicker({dateFormat: "yymmdd",});
 
-let mydate = document.createElement("input");
-mydate.setAttribute('type', 'text');
-mydate.setAttribute('style', 'margin-top:10px;');
-datepicker_wrapper.appendChild(mydate);
 
-console.log("mydate: ", mydate);
-mydate.value = "oups";
 
-$(mydate).datepicker({dateFormat: "yymmdd",});
+
+
+
+/*
+* overriding the datepicker function to intercept the arguments
+*
+*/
+// Store the original jQuery UI datepicker function
+const originalDatepicker = jQuery.fn.datepicker;
+jQuery.fn.datepicker = function(options) {
+	// Log the function call and its arguments
+	console.log('Datepicker function is called with options:', options);
+
+	// Call the original datepicker function with the same arguments
+	return originalDatepicker.call(this, options);
+};
diff --git a/plugins/fbpatch/php/patches/dates.php b/plugins/fbpatch/php/patches/dates.php
index ad66855..7aa1377 100644
--- a/plugins/fbpatch/php/patches/dates.php
+++ b/plugins/fbpatch/php/patches/dates.php
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ jquery date picker :
 function add_form_builder_dates_patch() {
 	$handle = 'form_builder_dates_patch';
 	$url = Fbpatch::root_url() . '/js/dates.js';
-	$dependencies = array();
+	$dependencies = array('jquery-ui-datepicker');
 	$version = null;
-	$defer = true;
+	$defer = false;
 	wp_enqueue_script($handle, $url, $dependencies, $version, $defer);
 }
 add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', __NAMESPACE__.'\add_form_builder_dates_patch', 22);