diff --git a/src/routes/session_parser.ts b/src/routes/session_parser.ts
index 22323ce58..503cfff75 100644
--- a/src/routes/session_parser.ts
+++ b/src/routes/session_parser.ts
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ const sessionParser = session({
     cookie: {
         path: config.Session.cookiePath,
         httpOnly: true,
-        maxAge:  config.Session.cookieMaxAge
+        maxAge:  config.Session.cookieMaxAge * 1000 // needs value in milliseconds
     },
     name: "trilium.sid",
     store: new FileStore({
-        ttl: config.Session.cookieMaxAge / 1000, // needs value in seconds
+        ttl: config.Session.cookieMaxAge,
         path: `${dataDir.TRILIUM_DATA_DIR}/sessions`
     })
 });
diff --git a/src/services/config.ts b/src/services/config.ts
index 28b598b53..b17ed954b 100644
--- a/src/services/config.ts
+++ b/src/services/config.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ const config: TriliumConfig = {
             process.env.TRILIUM_SESSION_COOKIEPATH || iniConfig?.Session?.cookiePath || "/",
 
         cookieMaxAge:
-            process.env.TRILIUM_SESSION_COOKIEMAXAGE || iniConfig?.Session?.cookieMaxAge || "24 * 60 * 60 * 1000" // 24 hours in Milliseconds
+            process.env.TRILIUM_SESSION_COOKIEMAXAGE || iniConfig?.Session?.cookieMaxAge || 21 * 24 * 60 * 60 // 21 Days in Seconds
     },
 
     Sync: {