diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2fa1787..bc4c151 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
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+[![Build Status][ci-img]][ci] [![Docker Build Status](https://img.shields.io/docker/build/jaegertracing/spark-dependencies.svg)](https://hub.docker.com/r/jaegertracing/spark-dependencies/builds/)
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 # Jaeger Spark dependencies
@@ -74,10 +74,12 @@ Elasticsearch is used when `STORAGE=elasticsearch`.
     * `ES_USERNAME` and `ES_PASSWORD`: Elasticsearch basic authentication. Use when X-Pack security
                                        (formerly Shield) is in place. By default no username or
                                        password is provided to elasticsearch.
-    * `ES_CLIENT_NODE_ONLY`: Set to true to disable elasticsearch cluster nodes.discovery and enable nodes.client.only. 
-                             If your elasticsearch cluster's data nodes only listen on loopback ip, set this to true. 
+    * `ES_CLIENT_NODE_ONLY`: Set to true to disable elasticsearch cluster nodes.discovery and enable nodes.client.only.
+                             If your elasticsearch cluster's data nodes only listen on loopback ip, set this to true.
                              Defaults to false
     * `ES_INDEX_PREFIX`: index prefix of Jaeger indices. By default unset.
+    * `ES_TIME_RANGE`: How far in the past the job should look to for spans, the maximum and default is `24h`.
+                       Any value accepted by [date-math](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/common-options.html#date-math) can be used here, but the anchor is always `now`.
 
 Example usage:
 
@@ -93,11 +95,11 @@ STORAGE=elasticsearch ES_NODES=http://localhost:9200 java -jar jaeger-spark-depe
 docker build -t jaegertracing/spark-dependencies:latest .
 ```
 
-In tests it's possible to specify version of Jaeger images by env variable `JAEGER_VERSION` 
+In tests it's possible to specify version of Jaeger images by env variable `JAEGER_VERSION`
 or system property `jaeger.version`. By default tests are using latest images.
 
 ## License
-  
+
 [Apache 2.0 License](./LICENSE).
 
 
diff --git a/jaeger-spark-dependencies-elasticsearch/src/main/java/io/jaegertracing/spark/dependencies/elastic/ElasticsearchDependenciesJob.java b/jaeger-spark-dependencies-elasticsearch/src/main/java/io/jaegertracing/spark/dependencies/elastic/ElasticsearchDependenciesJob.java
index 36d9160..42426c0 100644
--- a/jaeger-spark-dependencies-elasticsearch/src/main/java/io/jaegertracing/spark/dependencies/elastic/ElasticsearchDependenciesJob.java
+++ b/jaeger-spark-dependencies-elasticsearch/src/main/java/io/jaegertracing/spark/dependencies/elastic/ElasticsearchDependenciesJob.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ public static final class Builder {
     Boolean clientNodeOnly = Boolean.parseBoolean(Utils.getEnv("ES_CLIENT_NODE_ONLY", "false"));
     Boolean nodesWanOnly = Boolean.parseBoolean(Utils.getEnv("ES_NODES_WAN_ONLY", "false"));
     String indexPrefix = Utils.getEnv("ES_INDEX_PREFIX", null);
+    String spanRange = Utils.getEnv("ES_TIME_RANGE", "24h");
 
     final Map<String, String> sparkProperties = new LinkedHashMap<>();
 
@@ -117,6 +118,12 @@ public Builder indexPrefix(String indexPrefix) {
       return this;
     }
 
+     /** span range for Jaeger indices. By default 24h */
+    public Builder spanRange(String spanRange) {
+      this.spanRange = spanRange;
+      return this;
+    }
+
     /** Day to process dependencies for. Defaults to today. */
     public Builder day(LocalDate day) {
       this.day = day.atStartOfDay(ZoneOffset.UTC);
@@ -158,6 +165,7 @@ private static String getSystemPropertyAsFileResource(String key) {
   private final ZonedDateTime day;
   private final SparkConf conf;
   private final String indexPrefix;
+  private final String spanRange;
 
   ElasticsearchDependenciesJob(Builder builder) {
     this.day = builder.day;
@@ -186,6 +194,7 @@ private static String getSystemPropertyAsFileResource(String key) {
       conf.set(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
     }
     this.indexPrefix = builder.indexPrefix;
+    this.spanRange = builder.spanRange;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -219,7 +228,10 @@ void run(String[] spanIndices, String[] depIndices,String peerServiceTag) {
         String spanIndex = spanIndices[i];
         String depIndex = depIndices[i];
         log.info("Running Dependencies job for {}, reading from {} index, result storing to {}", day, spanIndex, depIndex);
-        JavaPairRDD<String, Iterable<Span>> traces = JavaEsSpark.esJsonRDD(sc, spanIndex)
+        // Send raw query to ES to select only the docs / spans we want to consider for this job
+        // This doesn't change the default behavior as the daily indexes only contain up to 24h of data
+        String esQuery = String.format("{\"range\": {\"startTimeMillis\": { \"gte\": \"now-%s\" }}}", spanRange);
+        JavaPairRDD<String, Iterable<Span>> traces = JavaEsSpark.esJsonRDD(sc, spanIndex, esQuery)
             .map(new ElasticTupleToSpan())
             .groupBy(Span::getTraceId);
         List<Dependency> dependencyLinks = DependenciesSparkHelper.derive(traces,peerServiceTag);