diff --git a/server/src/configs/custom-environment-variables.json b/server/src/configs/custom-environment-variables.json
index 4499ead2e..f234bdc9e 100644
--- a/server/src/configs/custom-environment-variables.json
+++ b/server/src/configs/custom-environment-variables.json
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
       "__name": "API_MAX_SESSIONS",
       "__format": "number"
     },
+    "sessionCheckIntervalMs": {
+      "__name": "API_SESSION_CHECK_INTERVAL_MS",
+      "__format": "number"
+    },
     "cookieAgeDays": {
       "__name": "API_COOKIE_AGE_DAYS",
       "__format": "number"
diff --git a/server/src/configs/default.json b/server/src/configs/default.json
index 04baea61a..2aceb87ae 100644
--- a/server/src/configs/default.json
+++ b/server/src/configs/default.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     "sessionSecret": "98ki^e72~!@#(85o3kXLI*#c9wu5l!Z",
     "reactMapSecret": "",
     "maxSessions": 5,
+    "sessionCheckIntervalMs": 900000,
     "cookieAgeDays": 7,
     "rateLimit": {
       "time": 60,
diff --git a/server/src/services/DbCheck.js b/server/src/services/DbCheck.js
index a01430136..f6995c330 100644
--- a/server/src/services/DbCheck.js
+++ b/server/src/services/DbCheck.js
@@ -162,24 +162,28 @@ module.exports = class DbCheck {
 
   async historicalRarity() {
     console.log('[DB] Setting historical rarity stats')
-    const results = await Promise.all(
-      (this.models.Pokemon ?? []).map(async (source) =>
-        source.isMad
-          ? []
-          : source.SubModel.query()
-              .select('pokemon_id', raw('SUM(count) as total'))
-              .from('pokemon_stats')
-              .groupBy('pokemon_id'),
-      ),
-    )
-    this.setRarity(
-      results.map((result) =>
-        Object.fromEntries(
-          result.map((pkmn) => [`${pkmn.pokemon_id}`, +pkmn.total]),
+    try {
+      const results = await Promise.all(
+        (this.models.Pokemon ?? []).map(async (source) =>
+          source.isMad
+            ? []
+            : source.SubModel.query()
+                .select('pokemon_id', raw('SUM(count) as total'))
+                .from('pokemon_stats')
+                .groupBy('pokemon_id'),
         ),
-      ),
-      true,
-    )
+      )
+      this.setRarity(
+        results.map((result) =>
+          Object.fromEntries(
+            result.map((pkmn) => [`${pkmn.pokemon_id}`, +pkmn.total]),
+          ),
+        ),
+        true,
+      )  
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error('[DB] Failed to set historical rarity stats', e)
+    }
   }
 
   bindConnections(models) {
diff --git a/server/src/services/sessionStore.js b/server/src/services/sessionStore.js
index c725e5306..df69c8082 100644
--- a/server/src/services/sessionStore.js
+++ b/server/src/services/sessionStore.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
 
 const session = require('express-session')
+const mysql2 = require('mysql2/promise')
 const MySQLStore = require('express-mysql-session')(session)
 const {
-  api: { maxSessions },
+  api: { maxSessions, sessionCheckIntervalMs },
   database: {
     schemas,
     settings: { sessionTableName },
@@ -13,55 +14,62 @@ const { Session } = require('../models/index')
 
 const dbSelection = schemas.find(({ useFor }) => useFor?.includes('session'))
 
-// MySQL session store
-const sessionStore = new MySQLStore({
-  // Database server IP address/hostname
-  host: dbSelection.host,
-  // Database server listening port
-  port: dbSelection.port,
-  // Database username
-  user: dbSelection.username,
-  // Password for the above database user
-  password: dbSelection.password,
-  // Database name to save sessions table to
-  database: dbSelection.database,
-  // Whether or not to automatically check for and clear expired sessions:
-  clearExpired: true,
-  // How frequently expired sessions will be cleared; milliseconds:
-  checkExpirationInterval: 900000,
-  // Whether or not to create the sessions database table, if one does not already exist
-  createDatabaseTable: true,
-  // Set Sessions table name
-  schema: {
-    tableName: sessionTableName,
+const sessionStore = new MySQLStore(
+  {
+    clearExpired: true,
+    checkExpirationInterval: sessionCheckIntervalMs,
+    createDatabaseTable: true,
+    schema: {
+      tableName: sessionTableName,
+    },
   },
-})
+  mysql2.createPool({
+    host: dbSelection.host,
+    port: dbSelection.port,
+    user: dbSelection.username,
+    password: dbSelection.password,
+    database: dbSelection.database,
+  }),
+)
 
 const isValidSession = async (userId) => {
-  const ts = Math.floor(new Date().getTime() / 1000)
-  const results = await Session.query()
-    .select('session_id')
-    .whereRaw(`json_extract(data, '$.passport.user.id') = ${userId}`)
-    .andWhere('expires', '>=', ts)
-  return results.length < maxSessions
+  try {
+    const ts = Math.floor(new Date().getTime() / 1000)
+    const results = await Session.query()
+      .select('session_id')
+      .whereRaw(`json_extract(data, '$.passport.user.id') = ${userId}`)
+      .andWhere('expires', '>=', ts)
+    return results.length < maxSessions
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error('[SESSION] Unable to validate session', e)
+    return false
+  }
 }
 
 const clearOtherSessions = async (userId, currentSessionId) => {
-  const results = await Session.query()
-    .whereRaw(`json_extract(data, '$.passport.user.id') = ${userId}`)
-    .andWhere('session_id', '!=', currentSessionId || '')
-    .delete()
-  console.log('[Session] Clear Result:', results)
+  try {
+    const results = await Session.query()
+      .whereRaw(`json_extract(data, '$.passport.user.id') = ${userId}`)
+      .andWhere('session_id', '!=', currentSessionId || '')
+      .delete()
+    console.log('[Session] Clear Result:', results)
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error('[SESSION] Unable to clear other sessions', e)
+  }
 }
 
 const clearDiscordSessions = async (discordId, botName) => {
-  const results = await Session.query()
-    .whereRaw(
-      `json_extract(data, '$.passport.user.discordId') = '${discordId}'`,
-    )
-    .orWhereRaw(`json_extract(data, '$.passport.user.id') = '${discordId}'`)
-    .delete()
-  console.log(`[Session${botName && ` - ${botName}`}] Clear Result:`, results)
+  try {
+    const results = await Session.query()
+      .whereRaw(
+        `json_extract(data, '$.passport.user.discordId') = '${discordId}'`,
+      )
+      .orWhereRaw(`json_extract(data, '$.passport.user.id') = '${discordId}'`)
+      .delete()
+    console.log(`[Session${botName && ` - ${botName}`}] Clear Result:`, results)
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error('[SESSION] Unable to clear Discord sessions', e)
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = {