diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/framework/core/session/ASLSession.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/framework/core/session/ASLSession.java
index c827ce3..edafb8f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/framework/core/session/ASLSession.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/framework/core/session/ASLSession.java
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ public class ASLSession{
 	private String avatarId;
 	private GenderType gender;
 	
+	private long sessionTimeout = -1; //if < 0, not set
+	
 	/** The logger. */
 	private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ASLSession.class);
 	
@@ -90,8 +92,12 @@ public class ASLSession{
 	 * @throws IOException
 	 * @throws ParserConfigurationException
 	 */
-	public int getSessionTimeoutMillis() throws IOException, ParserConfigurationException {
-        int timeoutSecs;
+	public long getSessionTimeoutMillis() throws IOException, ParserConfigurationException {
+		if(sessionTimeout > 0){ //means that is already set to a value !
+			logger.info("Session timeout already known to be: " + sessionTimeout);
+			return sessionTimeout;
+		}
+		int timeoutSecs;
         DocumentBuilderFactory dbFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
     	DocumentBuilder dBuilder = null;
 		try {
@@ -136,7 +142,9 @@ public class ASLSession{
 			}
 		}
 		//At this point, in all cases "timeoutSecs" will have a valid timeout value. If not from the two xml files, then a default one
-        return timeoutSecs * 1000;
+        logger.info("Session Timeout is: " + timeoutSecs*1000);
+        sessionTimeout = timeoutSecs * 1000;
+		return timeoutSecs * 1000;
 	}
 
 	
@@ -146,7 +154,7 @@ public class ASLSession{
 	 */
 	public boolean isValid()
 	{
-		int maxTime = -1; //it will never be -1
+		long maxTime = -1; //it will never be -1
 		try {
 			maxTime = getSessionTimeoutMillis();
 		} catch (Exception e) {	e.printStackTrace();}
@@ -233,7 +241,7 @@ public class ASLSession{
 	 */
 	public void invalidate()
 	{
-		int maxTime = -1; //it will never be -1
+		long maxTime = -1; //it will never be -1
 		try {
 			maxTime = getSessionTimeoutMillis();
 		} catch (Exception e) {	e.printStackTrace();}