diff --git a/changemappers-backend/app.js b/changemappers-backend/app.js
index 759cbca..c1c5ebe 100644
--- a/changemappers-backend/app.js
+++ b/changemappers-backend/app.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ var http = require("http"),
   methods = require("methods"),
   express = require("express"),
   bodyParser = require("body-parser"),
-  session = require("express-session"),
+  session = require("cookie-session"),
   cors = require("cors"),
   passport = require("passport"),
   errorhandler = require("errorhandler"),
diff --git a/changemappers-backend/package-lock.json b/changemappers-backend/package-lock.json
index 0d957d8..42632d7 100644
--- a/changemappers-backend/package-lock.json
+++ b/changemappers-backend/package-lock.json
@@ -693,11 +693,37 @@
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     },
+    "cookie-session": {
+      "version": "1.4.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cookie-session/-/cookie-session-1.4.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-0hhwD+BUIwMXQraiZP/J7VP2YFzqo6g4WqZlWHtEHQ22t0MeZZrNBSCxC1zcaLAs8ApT3BzAKizx9gW/AP9vNA==",
+      "requires": {
+        "cookies": "0.8.0",
+        "debug": "2.6.9",
+        "on-headers": "~1.0.2"
+      }
+    },
     "cookie-signature": {
       "version": "1.0.6",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cookie-signature/-/cookie-signature-1.0.6.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-4wOogrNCzD7oylE6eZmXNNqzriw="
     },
+    "cookies": {
+      "version": "0.8.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cookies/-/cookies-0.8.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-8aPsApQfebXnuI+537McwYsDtjVxGm8gTIzQI3FDW6t5t/DAhERxtnbEPN/8RX+uZthoz4eCOgloXaE5cYyNow==",
+      "requires": {
+        "depd": "~2.0.0",
+        "keygrip": "~1.1.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "depd": {
+          "version": "2.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/depd/-/depd-2.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-g7nH6P6dyDioJogAAGprGpCtVImJhpPk/roCzdb3fIh61/s/nPsfR6onyMwkCAR/OlC3yBC0lESvUoQEAssIrw=="
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "copy-descriptor": {
       "version": "0.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/copy-descriptor/-/copy-descriptor-0.1.1.tgz",
@@ -1916,6 +1942,14 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/kareem/-/kareem-2.3.2.tgz",
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     },
+    "keygrip": {
+      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/keygrip/-/keygrip-1.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-iYSchDJ+liQ8iwbSI2QqsQOvqv58eJCEanyJPJi+Khyu8smkcKSFUCbPwzFcL7YVtZ6eONjqRX/38caJ7QjRAQ==",
+      "requires": {
+        "tsscmp": "1.0.6"
+      }
+    },
     "kind-of": {
       "version": "6.0.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/kind-of/-/kind-of-6.0.3.tgz",
@@ -3712,6 +3746,11 @@
         "punycode": "^2.1.1"
       }
     },
+    "tsscmp": {
+      "version": "1.0.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tsscmp/-/tsscmp-1.0.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-LxhtAkPDTkVCMQjt2h6eBVY28KCjikZqZfMcC15YBeNjkgUpdCfBu5HoiOTDu86v6smE8yOjyEktJ8hlbANHQA=="
+    },
     "tunnel-agent": {
       "version": "0.6.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tunnel-agent/-/tunnel-agent-0.6.0.tgz",
diff --git a/changemappers-backend/package.json b/changemappers-backend/package.json
index 58c043d..c745f7d 100644
--- a/changemappers-backend/package.json
+++ b/changemappers-backend/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
   "license": "ISC",
   "dependencies": {
     "body-parser": "^1.19.0",
+    "cookie-session": "^1.4.0",
     "cors": "2.7.1",
     "dotenv": "^8.2.0",
     "ejs": "2.4.1",
diff --git a/changemappers-frontend/src/server.js b/changemappers-frontend/src/server.js
index dc02c92..1a6d125 100644
--- a/changemappers-frontend/src/server.js
+++ b/changemappers-frontend/src/server.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import sirv from "sirv";
 import polka from "polka";
 import compression from "compression";
 import bodyParser from "body-parser";
-import session from "express-session";
+import session from "cookie-session";
 import sessionFileStore from "session-file-store";
 import * as sapper from "@sapper/server";