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 153ad29..754c829 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
@@ -148,11 +148,13 @@ public class ASLSession{
 	/**
 	 * Increases the current session timeout value by the given milliseconds. If negative input, it decreases the timeout.
 	 * @param milliseconds
+	 * @param resetCounting if true, it resets (=0) the counting towards the timeout
 	 * @return the new timeout in milliseconds
 	 */
-	public long increaseSessionTimeout(long milliseconds){
+	public long increaseSessionTimeout(long milliseconds, boolean resetCounting){
+		if(resetCounting)
+			lastUsedTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
 		sessionTimeout += milliseconds;
-		lastUsedTime = System.currentTimeMillis(); //should we "touch" the session ?
 		return sessionTimeout;
 	}