diff --git a/src/main/java/WEB-INF/web.xml b/src/main/java/WEB-INF/web.xml
index 884222492..db7721539 100644
--- a/src/main/java/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/src/main/java/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <web-app version="2.4"
 	xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd">
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_3_0.xsd">
 
 	<!-- The base folder is used to specify the root location of your Gitblit data.
 	
@@ -45,5 +45,8 @@
 		<filter-name>guiceFilter</filter-name>
 		<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
 	</filter-mapping>
-  
+
+	<session-config>
+		<tracking-mode>COOKIE</tracking-mode>
+	</session-config>
 </web-app>
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