diff --git a/task_template/app/main.py b/task_template/app/main.py
index e0eb6cd..41e7ee1 100644
--- a/task_template/app/main.py
+++ b/task_template/app/main.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 app.state.limiter = limiter
 app.add_exception_handler(RateLimitExceeded, _rate_limit_exceeded_handler)
 
-app.add_middleware(SessionMiddleware, secret_key=secrets.token_hex(32), max_age=None)
+app.add_middleware(SessionMiddleware, secret_key=secrets.token_hex(32), max_age=3600)
 logger.info("Session middleware added")
 app.include_router(task_router)
 app.include_router(session_router)
diff --git a/task_template/app/routers/session.py b/task_template/app/routers/session.py
index 5f1dfe5..a759abd 100644
--- a/task_template/app/routers/session.py
+++ b/task_template/app/routers/session.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from fastapi import Depends, Request, APIRouter
 from routers.router_models import SessionData
+from grpc_server.queue_handler import queue_handler
 from typing import Dict
 import time
 import hashlib
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ def get_session(request: Request) -> SessionData:
         ).hexdigest()
         request.session["key"] = session_id
         sessions[session_id] = SessionData(history=[], id=session_id)
+        logger.info("Session id here")
         logger.info(sessions[session_id])
     return sessions[session_id]
 
@@ -44,3 +46,16 @@ def clear_session(request: Request):
     else:
         sessions.pop(session_id)
         return True
+
+@router.get("/onLoad")
+async def on_page_load(
+    request: Request,
+    session: SessionData = Depends(get_session),
+):
+  sessionID = session.id
+  if sessionID in sessions:
+    queue_handler.clear_session(sessionID)
+    clear_session(request)
+    logger.info("Session already exists. Deleting and getting a new one")
+  else:
+    logger.info("New session created")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/task_template/frontend_poetry/src/App.jsx b/task_template/frontend_poetry/src/App.jsx
index ba54b43..5ba2535 100644
--- a/task_template/frontend_poetry/src/App.jsx
+++ b/task_template/frontend_poetry/src/App.jsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useState } from 'react';
+import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 import ConversationDisplay from "./components/ConversationDisplay";
 import Dialogue from "./components/Dialogue";
 import TaskDescription from "./components/TaskDescription";
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import FeedbackForm from "./components/FeedbackForm";
 import TutorialPopUp from './components/TutorialPopUp';
 import ThemeForm from './components/ThemeForm';
 import SurveyButton from './components/SurveyButton'
+import axios from 'axios'
 import "./index.css";
 
 const App = () => {
@@ -18,6 +19,18 @@ const App = () => {
   const [theme, setTheme] = useState("");
   const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const onPageLoad = async() => {
+      try {
+        await axios.get('/api/v1/session/onLoad');
+        console.log("check session")
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.log(error)
+      }
+    }
+    onPageLoad();
+  }, [])
+
   const addMessage = (message) => {
     setMessages(prevMessages => prevMessages.concat(message));
   };