diff --git a/src/database/mongo.js b/src/database/mongo.js
index ae2ff7785656..be13a185e8d6 100644
--- a/src/database/mongo.js
+++ b/src/database/mongo.js
@@ -116,9 +116,7 @@
 		var meta = require('../meta');
 		var sessionStore;
 
-		var ttlDays = 60 * 60 * 24 * (parseInt(meta.config.loginDays, 10) || 0);
-		var ttlSeconds = (parseInt(meta.config.loginSeconds, 10) || 0);
-		var ttl = ttlSeconds || ttlDays || 1209600; // Default to 14 days in seconds
+		var ttl = meta.getSessionTTLSeconds();
 
 		if (nconf.get('redis')) {
 			sessionStore = require('connect-redis')(session);
diff --git a/src/database/redis.js b/src/database/redis.js
index c8c420a3ee47..7fb61565e3bc 100644
--- a/src/database/redis.js
+++ b/src/database/redis.js
@@ -60,13 +60,9 @@
 		var meta = require('../meta');
 		var sessionStore = require('connect-redis')(session);
 
-		var ttlDays = 60 * 60 * 24 * (parseInt(meta.config.loginDays, 10) || 0);
-		var ttlSeconds = (parseInt(meta.config.loginSeconds, 10) || 0);
-		var ttl = ttlSeconds || ttlDays || 1209600; // Default to 14 days
-
 		module.sessionStore = new sessionStore({
 			client: module.client,
-			ttl: ttl,
+			ttl: meta.getSessionTTLSeconds(),
 		});
 
 		if (typeof callback === 'function') {
diff --git a/src/meta.js b/src/meta.js
index c67369a8d985..1fb0170297d9 100644
--- a/src/meta.js
+++ b/src/meta.js
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ var utils = require('./utils');
 		restart();
 	};
 
+	Meta.getSessionTTLSeconds = function () {
+		var ttlDays = 60 * 60 * 24 * (parseInt(Meta.config.loginDays, 10) || 0);
+		var ttlSeconds = (parseInt(Meta.config.loginSeconds, 10) || 0);
+		var ttl = ttlSeconds || ttlDays || 1209600; // Default to 14 days
+		return ttl;
+	};
+
 	if (nconf.get('isPrimary') === 'true') {
 		pubsub.on('meta:restart', function (data) {
 			if (data.hostname !== os.hostname()) {
diff --git a/src/webserver.js b/src/webserver.js
index 09da4a4d08ce..94684d8e245c 100644
--- a/src/webserver.js
+++ b/src/webserver.js
@@ -166,9 +166,7 @@ function setupFavicon(app) {
 }
 
 function setupCookie() {
-	var ttlDays = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * (parseInt(meta.config.loginDays, 10) || 0);
-	var ttlSeconds = 1000 * (parseInt(meta.config.loginSeconds, 10) || 0);
-	var ttl = ttlSeconds || ttlDays || 1209600000; // Default to 14 days
+	var ttl = meta.getSessionTTLSeconds() * 1000;
 
 	var cookie = {
 		maxAge: ttl,
diff --git a/test/meta.js b/test/meta.js
index 4544570b422b..9c2f6d89b3ea 100644
--- a/test/meta.js
+++ b/test/meta.js
@@ -192,6 +192,26 @@ describe('meta', function () {
 	});
 
 
+	describe('session TTL', function () {
+		it('should return 14 days in seconds', function (done) {
+			assert(meta.getSessionTTLSeconds(), 1209600);
+			done();
+		});
+
+		it('should return 7 days in seconds', function (done) {
+			meta.config.loginDays = 7;
+			assert(meta.getSessionTTLSeconds(), 604800);
+			done();
+		});
+
+		it('should return 2 days in seconds', function (done) {
+			meta.config.loginSeconds = 172800;
+			assert(meta.getSessionTTLSeconds(), 172800);
+			done();
+		});
+	});
+
+
 	after(function (done) {
 		db.emptydb(done);
 	});