diff --git a/app/views/set_internal_key.erb b/app/views/set_internal_key.erb
index 95ed0fe..90ea2db 100644
--- a/app/views/set_internal_key.erb
+++ b/app/views/set_internal_key.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <div class="container">
   <div class="card sunken internal">
     <h1>here be dragons :-P</h1>
-    <form action="javascript:void(0);" onsubmit="document.cookie = `internal_key=${$('#key').value}`; alert('set!'); return false">
+    <form action="javascript:void(0);" onsubmit="document.cookie = `internal_key=${$('#key').value};max-age=31536000`; alert('set!'); return false">
       <input type="password" placeholder=":3" id="key" name="key" style="margin-top: var(--spacing-3)"> <br/>
       <input class="button" type="submit" style="margin-top: var(--spacing-3); margin-bottom: var(--spacing-3);" value="save">
     </form>