diff --git a/bin/cron.php b/bin/cron.php
index b2b518676..11205e61a 100755
--- a/bin/cron.php
+++ b/bin/cron.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 // Set maximum execution time to 9 minutes as cron runs every 10 minutes. (There should be better way to do this)
 $start_time = microtime(true);
 $max_exec_time = (int)Config::get('cron.ttl_cron') * 60;
+$intercept_if_expired = (int)Config::get('cron.intercept_if_expired');
 set_time_limit($max_exec_time);
 
 // Define vars
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ function cron_interrupt($signo) {
 
 		//echo $msg . "<br />";
 		cron_log(strip_tags($msg), true);
-		if (microtime(true) - $start_time > $max_exec_time) {
+		if ($intercept_if_expired && microtime(true) - $start_time > $max_exec_time) {
 			throw new Exception("Cron Intercepted! Started at: $start_date, Intercepted at: " . date('r'));
 		}
 	endforeach;
diff --git a/config_default/settings.php b/config_default/settings.php
index a1626fe65..4d77253a1 100644
--- a/config_default/settings.php
+++ b/config_default/settings.php
@@ -81,4 +81,6 @@
 	'ttl_cron' => 15,
 	// maximum time to live for log file in minutes
 	'ttl_lockfile' => 30,
-);
\ No newline at end of file
+	// Should cron be intercepted if session time is exceeded?
+	'intercept_if_expired' => false,
+);