diff --git a/examples/session/src/main.rs b/examples/session/src/main.rs
index a94f98e2..7bb21eb2 100644
--- a/examples/session/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/session/src/main.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ impl<'a, 'r> FromRequest<'a, 'r> for User {
 #[post("/login", data = "<login>")]
 fn login(mut session: Session, login: Form<Login>) -> Flash<Redirect> {
     if login.get().username == "Sergio" && login.get().password == "password" {
-        session.add(Cookie::new("user_id", 1.to_string()));
+        session.set(Cookie::new("user_id", 1.to_string()));
         Flash::success(Redirect::to("/"), "Successfully logged in.")
     } else {
         Flash::error(Redirect::to("/login"), "Invalid username/password.")
diff --git a/lib/Cargo.toml b/lib/Cargo.toml
index e2a85b2f..f58204ff 100644
--- a/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ memchr = "1"
 base64 = "0.4"
 
 [dependencies.cookie]
-version = "^0.7"
+version = "0.7.2"
 features = ["percent-encode", "secure"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/lib/src/http/session.rs b/lib/src/http/session.rs
index efcb7920..09f837ce 100644
--- a/lib/src/http/session.rs
+++ b/lib/src/http/session.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::cell::{RefCell, RefMut};
 
+use time::{self, Duration};
 use cookie::{Cookie, CookieJar, Delta};
 pub use cookie::Key;
 
@@ -42,12 +43,20 @@ impl<'a> Session<'a> {
         self.cookies.borrow_mut().private(&self.key).get(name)
     }
 
-    pub fn add(&mut self, mut cookie: Cookie<'static>) {
+    pub fn set(&mut self, mut cookie: Cookie<'static>) {
         cookie.set_http_only(true);
+
         if cookie.path().is_none() {
             cookie.set_path("/");
         }
 
+        // TODO: Should this be configurable?
+        if cookie.max_age().is_none() && cookie.expires().is_none() {
+            let session_lifetime = Duration::hours(3);
+            cookie.set_max_age(session_lifetime);
+            cookie.set_expires(time::now() + session_lifetime);
+        }
+
         self.cookies.get_mut().private(&self.key).add(cookie)
     }