diff --git a/pandora/app/views.py b/pandora/app/views.py
index c78f5e488..5601b095b 100644
--- a/pandora/app/views.py
+++ b/pandora/app/views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # vi:si:et:sw=4:sts=4:ts=4
 import copy
+from datetime import datetime
 
 from django.shortcuts import render_to_response, redirect
 from django.template import RequestContext
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ def init(request):
 
     response['data']['site'] = config
     response['data']['user'] = init_user(request.user, request)
+    request.session['last_init'] = str(datetime.now())
     return render_to_json_response(response)
 actions.register(init)
 
diff --git a/pandora/settings.py b/pandora/settings.py
index c81b31358..c36cba898 100644
--- a/pandora/settings.py
+++ b/pandora/settings.py
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ USE_IMDB = False
 VIDEO_PREFIX=''
 #VIDEO_PREFIX='videoPART.example.com'
 #SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIN=*.example.com"
+SESSION_COOKIE_AGE=60*24*60*60
 
 SCRIPT_ROOT = normpath(join(PROJECT_ROOT, '..', 'scripts'))
 #change script to customize