diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 23093ee7..b169fa01 100755
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ app.use(cookieSession({
     name: "session",
     keys: [process.env.COOKIE_SECRET],
     // Cookie Options
-    maxAge: 60 * 60 * 1000 //Logged in for 1 hour
+    maxAge: 48 * 60 * 60 * 1000 //Logged in for 48 hours
 }));
 app.use(passport.initialize());
 app.use(passport.session()); //persistent login session
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8a6795c3..66d8ece1 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -559,9 +559,9 @@
       }
     },
     "@types/mongoose": {
-      "version": "5.3.10",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/mongoose/-/mongoose-5.3.10.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Sl5zbzBtjBMdEldbfiZEuF6p1FQZ+7R9TaFYROpeQzBKW9ZK/Xf0Y+E2mtWSNVM3mMjM/Hzw+20K+j/WV6TenQ==",
+      "version": "5.3.12",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/mongoose/-/mongoose-5.3.12.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-dmZv3H9lXWhLY8XrxJNu+pVUecquReR3AtPxVsnPTcTH/T/YTgxE0zeTavNcqaBUD5XXKtlTy+2VhZxDkn/0Jw==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "@types/mongodb": "*",
@@ -5763,9 +5763,9 @@
       }
     },
     "mongoose": {
-      "version": "5.4.8",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mongoose/-/mongoose-5.4.8.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-2wgBi1LBxL/pcG0nNP8zXBLRmWZFzg8pb2MH4JkMPIxP/HGtQQEP0DbG1Yzy+Igsp3M1+V/59uXW37O2Fg5mBQ==",
+      "version": "5.4.9",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mongoose/-/mongoose-5.4.9.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-4dSQpDUe/9b7A7dRrsyJfWmoGEpeMaZ/WZ/KIJFqTHbJm3NUWaWF++hhirAgjtoHNq2ZILIII0LHEhgzP2NuRw==",
       "requires": {
         "async": "2.6.1",
         "bson": "~1.1.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5b315bdf..4332f177 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         "handlebars": "^4.0.12",
         "jsonwebtoken": "^8.1.0",
         "memory-cache": "^0.2.0",
-        "mongoose": "^5.4.8",
+        "mongoose": "^5.4.9",
         "multer": "^1.3.1",
         "passport": "^0.4.0",
         "passport-local": "^1.0.0",
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         "@types/express": "^4.16.1",
         "@types/google-cloud__storage": "^1.7.2",
         "@types/mongodb": "^3.1.19",
-        "@types/mongoose": "^5.3.10",
+        "@types/mongoose": "^5.3.12",
         "@types/multer": "^1.3.7",
         "apidoc": "^0.17.7",
         "chai-http": "^4.2.1",