diff --git a/src/Control/Session.php b/src/Control/Session.php
index 7f00c7bd4..cd543109c 100644
--- a/src/Control/Session.php
+++ b/src/Control/Session.php
@@ -331,14 +331,11 @@ class Session
             $sessionParameters = [
                 "cookie_path" => $path,
                 "cookie_domain" => $domain ?: "",
+                "cookie_lifetime" => $timeout ?: 0,
                 "cookie_secure" => $secure,
                 "cookie_httponly" => true
             ];
 
-            if ($timeout) {
-                $sessionParameters["cookie_lifetime"] = $timeout;
-            }
-
             session_start($sessionParameters);
 
             if (isset($_SESSION)) {