diff --git a/application/config/config.php b/application/config/config.php
index b5278c415..d0bca14b9 100644
--- a/application/config/config.php
+++ b/application/config/config.php
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ $config['encryption_key'] = '';
 */
 $config['sess_driver'] = 'files';
 $config['sess_cookie_name'] = 'sess_ci_session';
-$config['sess_expiration'] = 600; // Session expires every 10 minutes
+$config['sess_expiration'] = 1800; // Session expires every 30 minutes
 $config['sess_save_path'] = NULL;
 $config['sess_match_ip'] = FALSE;
 $config['sess_time_to_update'] = 300;