diff --git a/endpoints/api/__init__.py b/endpoints/api/__init__.py
index 9f9a8c941..a9d2ecdb0 100644
--- a/endpoints/api/__init__.py
+++ b/endpoints/api/__init__.py
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ def require_fresh_login(func):
 
     logger.debug('Checking fresh login for user %s', user.username)
 
-    last_login = session.get('login_time', datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(minutes=60))
+    last_login = session.get('login_time', datetime.datetime.min)
     valid_span = datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(minutes=10)
 
     if last_login >= valid_span: