diff --git a/src/app.js b/src/app.js
index 3f2fdca71..6be36630a 100644
--- a/src/app.js
+++ b/src/app.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ const sessionParser = session({
         httpOnly: true,
         maxAge:  24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 // in milliseconds
     },
+    name: 'trilium',
     store: new FileStore({
         ttl: 30 * 24 * 3600,
         path: dataDir.TRILIUM_DATA_DIR + '/sessions'