diff --git a/webapp/src/app/api/auth/route.ts b/webapp/src/app/api/auth/route.ts
index 86f627c..c4c435d 100644
--- a/webapp/src/app/api/auth/route.ts
+++ b/webapp/src/app/api/auth/route.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export async function POST(req : Request)
                     $set: {
                         "token" : {
                             value: authToken,
-                            expiresAt: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) + 3 * 60 * 60,
+                            expiresAt: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) + 30 * 60 * 60,
                         }
                     }
                 })
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export async function GET(req: Request)
             }
             // if the authToken if valid we check if it expired or not yet
             // we throw error if expired
-            if(userDoc.token.expiresAt < (Date.now() / 1000))
+            if(userDoc.token.expiresAt < (Date.now() / 1000))  //1000 for 3 hours
             {
                 console.log('SERVER ::: token expired')
                 throw {