diff --git a/back-end/src/controllers/api/users.js b/back-end/src/controllers/api/users.js
index 9ece433..9c821d7 100644
--- a/back-end/src/controllers/api/users.js
+++ b/back-end/src/controllers/api/users.js
@@ -113,9 +113,7 @@ module.exports = {
           user: 'projectblogman@gmail.com', // generated ethereal user
           pass: 'girlscript2020', //account.pass
         },
-        tls: {
-          rejectUnauthorized: false,
-        },
+        // Removed the tls configuration to use default secure settings
       });
 
       // setup email data with unicode symbols
diff --git a/back-end/src/middlewares/init.js b/back-end/src/middlewares/init.js
index 60d824e..d65ac19 100644
--- a/back-end/src/middlewares/init.js
+++ b/back-end/src/middlewares/init.js
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ module.exports = [
   cookieSession({
     name: 'session',
     keys: ['123'],
+    domain: 'example.com', // Set to your domain
+    expires: new Date(Date.now() + 60 * 60 * 1000), // 1 hour expiration
+    httpOnly: true,
+    path: '/',
+    secure: true, // Ensure cookies are sent over HTTPS
   }),
   cookieParser(),
 ];