diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 6d65358a..33654090 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ app.use(session({
     store: new FileStoreSession({
         path: "./data/sessions",
         logFn: debug("general-licence-manager:session"),
-        retries: 10
+        retries: 20
     }),
     name: sessionCookieName,
     secret: configFunctions.getProperty("session.secret"),
diff --git a/app.ts b/app.ts
index c98c83c1..35a57da6 100644
--- a/app.ts
+++ b/app.ts
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ app.use(
         store: new FileStoreSession({
             path: "./data/sessions",
             logFn: debug("general-licence-manager:session"),
-            retries: 10
+            retries: 20
         }),
         name: sessionCookieName,
         secret: configFunctions.getProperty("session.secret"),