diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 70eeb5b..a646bda 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -38,16 +38,21 @@ const db = new sqlite3.Database(config.db_path, (err) => {
   }
 })
 
-const accessLogStream = fs.createWriteStream(
-  path.join(__dirname, 'log', 'access.log'),
-  { flags: 'a' }
-)
+if (config.PRODUCTION) {
+  let accessLogStream = fs.createWriteStream(
+    path.join(__dirname, 'log', 'access.log'),
+    { flags: 'a' }
+  )
+  app.use(morgan('combined', { stream: accessLogStream }))
+} else {
+  app.use(morgan('combined'))
+}
 
 app.use(bodyParser.json())
-app.use(morgan('combined', { stream: accessLogStream }))
 app.use(session({
   resave: false,
   saveUninitialized: false,
+  cookie: { maxAge: 3600000 },
   secret: config.session_token
 }))
 
@@ -84,12 +89,6 @@ try {
 
 // Serve the HTML file
 app.get('/', (req, res) => {
-  if (typeof req.session.cookie.expires === 'undefined') {
-    const hour = 3600000
-    req.session.cookie.expires = new Date(Date.now() + hour)
-    req.session.cookie.maxAge = hour
-  }
-
   res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, 'index.html'))
 })
 app.get('/asset/frontend.js', (req, res) => {
@@ -97,9 +96,13 @@ app.get('/asset/frontend.js', (req, res) => {
 })
 
 app.get('/newSession', (req, res) => {
-  log.info(req.session)
-  req.session.regenerate()
-  log.info(req.session)
+  log.info(req.session.id)
+  req.session.regenerate((error) => {
+    if (error) {
+      log.error(error)
+    }
+  })
+  log.info(req.session.id)
 })
 
 // Route to get a random animal name
@@ -120,12 +123,10 @@ app.post('/recordButtonClick', (req, res) => {
   try {
     // const { buttonName, sessionId } = req.body;
     const result = req.body
-    log.error(result)
-
     db.run(
       'INSERT INTO button_clicks (session_id, animal_name, button_name, timestamp, time_difference) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)',
       [
-        result.session,
+        req.session.id,
         result.animal,
         result.button,
         result.time,
diff --git a/asset/frontend.js b/asset/frontend.js
index eb26ab5..bbb9550 100644
--- a/asset/frontend.js
+++ b/asset/frontend.js
@@ -13,18 +13,6 @@ async function getNextAnimal () {
   }
 }
 
-// Function to set or retrieve the session ID cookie
-function getSessionId () {
-  const sessionId = document.cookie.replace(
-    /(?:(?:^|.*;\s*)sessionId\s*=\s*([^;]*).*$)|^.*$/,
-    '$1'
-  )
-  if (!sessionId) {
-    return newSession()
-  }
-  return sessionId
-}
-
 async function newSession () {
   setSessionStartTime()
   try {
@@ -34,7 +22,6 @@ async function newSession () {
   } catch (error) {
     console.error('Error fetching data:', error)
   }
-  getSessionId()
 }
 
 // Function to set session start time
@@ -52,7 +39,7 @@ function displayTimeDifference () {
 }
 
 // Function to record button clicks on the server
-async function recordButtonClick (buttonName, sessionId) {
+async function recordButtonClick (buttonName) {
   try {
     const currentTime = new Date()
     if (lastButtonClickTime) {
@@ -62,7 +49,6 @@ async function recordButtonClick (buttonName, sessionId) {
       const bodyData = JSON.stringify({
         animal,
         button: buttonName,
-        session: sessionId,
         difference: timeDifference,
         time: sessionStartTime
       })
@@ -86,11 +72,11 @@ async function recordButtonClick (buttonName, sessionId) {
 
 // Add click event listeners to the buttons
 document.getElementById('isCritterButton').addEventListener('click', () => {
-  recordButtonClick('is critter', getSessionId())
+  recordButtonClick('is critter')
 })
 
 document.getElementById('isNotCritterButton').addEventListener('click', () => {
-  recordButtonClick('is not critter', getSessionId())
+  recordButtonClick('is not critter')
 })
 
 document.getElementById('startOverButton').addEventListener('click', () => {
diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index b3aa802..cccd097 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const config = module.exports
-const PRODUCTION = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
+config.PRODUCTION = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
 const bole = require('bole')
 
 config.express = {
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ config.express = {
   ip: '127.0.0.1'
 }
 
-if (PRODUCTION) {
+if (config.PRODUCTION) {
   config.express.ip = '0.0.0.0'
   config.db_path = 'db/results.db'
   config.session_token = process.env.SESSION_TOKEN