diff --git a/backend/index.js b/backend/index.js
index 0e0810ee63b3b49873c90d958b05d7d5b7761205..d76cd63470afea95166243ee8a3e26777ade947b 100755
--- a/backend/index.js
+++ b/backend/index.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const sessOptions = {
     resave: false,
     saveUninitialized: true,
     rolling: true,
-    cookie: { maxAge: 60000 }
+    cookie: { maxAge: 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 } // 7 days
 }
 
 if (app.get('env') === 'production') {