diff --git a/cookbook/migrations/0012_auto_20191115_1504.py b/cookbook/migrations/0012_auto_20191115_1504.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..022cc9586
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbook/migrations/0012_auto_20191115_1504.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.2.7 on 2019-11-15 14:04
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('cookbook', '0011_recipe_time'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='recipe',
+            name='time',
+            field=models.IntegerField(default=0),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/recipes/settings.py b/recipes/settings.py
index 28eb92f26..44d2cf760 100644
--- a/recipes/settings.py
+++ b/recipes/settings.py
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ ALLOWED_HOSTS = os.getenv('ALLOWED_HOSTS').split(',') if os.getenv('ALLOWED_HOST
 LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = "index"
 LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL = "index"
 
+SESSION_EXPIRE_AT_BROWSER_CLOSE = False
+SESSION_COOKIE_AGE = 365 * 60 * 24
+
 CRISPY_TEMPLATE_PACK = 'bootstrap4'
 DJANGO_TABLES2_TEMPLATE = 'cookbook/templates/generic/table_template.html'