diff --git a/steering/settings.py b/steering/settings.py
index 0ce92c81427bdee795ec5f6f739a3f63284f84b7..370c4485046033a2b236898ee97fd37e93680735 100644
--- a/steering/settings.py
+++ b/steering/settings.py
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
 
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.AutoField"
 
+SESSION_COOKIE_NAME = "steering_sessionid"
+
 # When generating schedules/timeslots:
 # If last_date wasn't set manually, add timeslots until these number of days after the start_date
 AUTO_SET_LAST_DATE_TO_DAYS_IN_FUTURE = 365