diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4eb71c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[pytest]
+pythonpath = src/
+filterwarnings =
+    ignore::jwt.InsecureKeyLengthWarning
diff --git a/src/rain_api_core/auth.py b/src/rain_api_core/auth.py
index 0fdaba8..eeb06fd 100644
--- a/src/rain_api_core/auth.py
+++ b/src/rain_api_core/auth.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def __init__(
         private_key: str,
         cookie_name: str,
         blacklist={},
-        session_ttl_in_hours: float = 7 * 24,
+        session_ttl_in_hours: float = 24,
     ):
         self.algorithm = algorithm
         self.public_key = public_key
diff --git a/src/rain_api_core/view_util.py b/src/rain_api_core/view_util.py
index e19526c..369ca7e 100644
--- a/src/rain_api_core/view_util.py
+++ b/src/rain_api_core/view_util.py
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@
 HTML_TEMPLATE_LOCAL_CACHEDIR = "/tmp/templates/"  # nosec We want to leverage instance persistance
 HTML_TEMPLATE_PROJECT_DIR = Path().resolve() / "templates"
 
-_HOURS_PER_WEEK = 7 * 24
-SESSTTL = int(os.getenv("SESSION_TTL", _HOURS_PER_WEEK)) * 60 * 60
+SESSTTL = int(os.getenv("SESSION_TTL", 24)) * 60 * 60
 
 JWT_ALGO = os.getenv("JWT_ALGO", "RS256")
 JWT_COOKIE_NAME = os.getenv("JWT_COOKIENAME", "asf-urs")
diff --git a/tests/test_view_util.py b/tests/test_view_util.py
index 3def765..91c446f 100644
--- a/tests/test_view_util.py
+++ b/tests/test_view_util.py
@@ -180,22 +180,22 @@ def test_get_cookie_vars_error(mock_decode_jwt_payload, mock_get_cookies):
 def test_get_exp_time(mock_time):
     mock_time.return_value = 100
 
-    assert get_exp_time() == 100 + (168 * 60 * 60)
+    assert get_exp_time() == 100 + (24 * 60 * 60)
 
 
 @mock.patch(f"{MODULE}.time", autospec=True)
 def test_get_cookie_expiration_date_str(mock_time):
     mock_time.return_value = 0
-    assert get_cookie_expiration_date_str() == "Thu, 08 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT"
+    assert get_cookie_expiration_date_str() == "Fri, 02 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT"
 
     mock_time.return_value = 1
-    assert get_cookie_expiration_date_str() == "Thu, 08 Jan 1970 00:00:01 GMT"
+    assert get_cookie_expiration_date_str() == "Fri, 02 Jan 1970 00:00:01 GMT"
 
     mock_time.return_value = 1_000_000
-    assert get_cookie_expiration_date_str() == "Mon, 19 Jan 1970 13:46:40 GMT"
+    assert get_cookie_expiration_date_str() == "Tue, 13 Jan 1970 13:46:40 GMT"
 
     mock_time.return_value = 1_000_000_000
-    assert get_cookie_expiration_date_str() == "Sun, 16 Sep 2001 01:46:40 GMT"
+    assert get_cookie_expiration_date_str() == "Mon, 10 Sep 2001 01:46:40 GMT"
 
 
 @given(