diff --git a/session/gorilla/cookie.go b/session/gorilla/cookie.go
index 01fde46..8f812e6 100644
--- a/session/gorilla/cookie.go
+++ b/session/gorilla/cookie.go
@@ -9,16 +9,17 @@ import (
 
 // CreateCookieSessionStore creates and returns a new cookie session store
 // with random authentication and encryption keys
-func CreateCookieSessionStore(authKeySize, encryptKeySize int) (sessions.Store, error) {
-	authenticationKey, err := generateRandomBytes(64)
+func CreateCookieSessionStore(authKeySize, encryptKeySize int, defaultOptions *sessions.Options) (sessions.Store, error) {
+	authenticationKey, err := generateRandomBytes(authKeySize)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error while generating cookie authentication key")
 	}
-	encryptionKey, err := generateRandomBytes(32)
+	encryptionKey, err := generateRandomBytes(encryptKeySize)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error while generating cookie encryption key")
 	}
 	store := sessions.NewCookieStore(authenticationKey, encryptionKey)
+	store.Options = defaultOptions
 	return store, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/session/gorilla/provider.go b/session/gorilla/provider.go
index 0cce1f7..6468997 100644
--- a/session/gorilla/provider.go
+++ b/session/gorilla/provider.go
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ import (
 
 // ServiceProvider returns a service.Provider for the
 // the gorilla session service implementation
-func ServiceProvider(sessionName string, store sessions.Store, defaultOptions *sessions.Options) service.Provider {
-	sessionService := NewSessionService(sessionName, store, defaultOptions)
-
+func ServiceProvider(sessionName string, store sessions.Store) service.Provider {
+	sessionService := NewSessionService(sessionName, store)
 	return func(container *service.Container) (interface{}, error) {
 		return sessionService, nil
 	}
diff --git a/session/gorilla/service.go b/session/gorilla/service.go
index 496525b..77b55c6 100644
--- a/session/gorilla/service.go
+++ b/session/gorilla/service.go
@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ import (
 // SessionService is an implementation of service.Session
 // based on the github.com/gorilla/sessions
 type SessionService struct {
-	sessionName    string
-	store          sessions.Store
-	defaultOptions *sessions.Options
+	sessionName string
+	store       sessions.Store
 }
 
 // Get returns a Session associated with the given HTTP request
@@ -27,26 +26,14 @@ func (s *SessionService) Get(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (session.Se
 			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error while retrieving the session from the request")
 		}
 	}
-	if err != nil {
-		defaultOptions := s.defaultOptionsCopy()
-		sess.Options = &defaultOptions
-		if err := sess.Save(r, w); err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error while saving session")
-		}
-	}
 	return NewSession(sess), nil
 }
 
-func (s *SessionService) defaultOptionsCopy() sessions.Options {
-	return *s.defaultOptions
-}
-
 // NewSessionService returns a new SessionService backed
 // by the given Store
-func NewSessionService(sessionName string, store sessions.Store, defaultOptions *sessions.Options) *SessionService {
+func NewSessionService(sessionName string, store sessions.Store) *SessionService {
 	return &SessionService{
-		sessionName:    sessionName,
-		store:          store,
-		defaultOptions: defaultOptions,
+		sessionName: sessionName,
+		store:       store,
 	}
 }