diff --git a/public/api/auth/index.ts b/public/api/auth/index.ts
index 759ea86..d3284ed 100644
--- a/public/api/auth/index.ts
+++ b/public/api/auth/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { get_session, get_user, PRECHECK_TABLE, require_user, SESSION_ID_TOKEN,
 import * as bcrypt from '@da/bcrypt';
 import { verifyTotp } from '../../../utils/totp.ts';
 
-const DEFAULT_SESSION_TIME: number = 28 * (24 * (60 * (60 * 1_000))); // 28 days
+const DEFAULT_SESSION_TIME: number = 365 * (24 * (60 * (60 * 1_000))); // 365 days
 
 export const PRECHECKS: PRECHECK_TABLE = {};
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ const session_secret_buffer = new Uint8Array(20);
 export async function create_new_session(session_settings: SESSION_INFO): Promise<SESSION_RESULT> {
 	const now = new Date().toISOString();
 	const expires: string = session_settings.expires ??
-		new Date(new Date(now).valueOf() + DEFAULT_SESSION_TIME).toISOString();
+		new Date(new Date(now).valueOf() + DEFAULT_SESSION_TIME).toUTCString();
 
 	crypto.getRandomValues(session_secret_buffer);