diff --git a/services/authentication.go b/services/authentication.go
index 0661270..d0a2d80 100644
--- a/services/authentication.go
+++ b/services/authentication.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ var sessionExpirationTime = sync.OnceValue[time.Duration](func() time.Duration {
 		log.Warn().Err(err).Dur("default", defaultAPISessionExpirationDuration).Msg("unable to load API_SESSION_EXPIRATION_DURATION, set to default")
 		return defaultAPISessionExpirationDuration
 	}
-	return time.Duration(sessionExpirationDuration)
+	return time.Duration(sessionExpirationDuration * int(time.Second))
 })
 
 func generateSessionID() (string, error) {