diff --git a/config.php-dist b/config.php-dist
index 047de65cd..a17c352e0 100644
--- a/config.php-dist
+++ b/config.php-dist
@@ -100,5 +100,9 @@
 	define('DAEMON_SLEEP_INTERVAL', 120);
 	// Interval between update daemon update runs
 
+	define('DATABASE_BACKED_SESSIONS', true);
+	// Store session information in a database (recommended)
+	// Uses default PHP session storing mechanism if disabled
+
 	// vim:ft=php
 ?>
diff --git a/schema/ttrss_schema_mysql.sql b/schema/ttrss_schema_mysql.sql
index 5032334c8..540fc0f22 100644
--- a/schema/ttrss_schema_mysql.sql
+++ b/schema/ttrss_schema_mysql.sql
@@ -256,8 +256,7 @@ create table ttrss_scheduled_updates (id integer not null primary key auto_incre
 	foreign key (owner_uid) references ttrss_users(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
 	foreign key (feed_id) references ttrss_feeds(id) ON DELETE CASCADE) TYPE=InnoDB;
 
-create table ttrss_sessions (int_id integer not null primary key auto_increment,
-	id varchar(300) unique not null,
+create table ttrss_sessions (id varchar(300) unique not null primary key,
 	data text,
 	expire integer not null,
 	index (id), 
diff --git a/schema/ttrss_schema_pgsql.sql b/schema/ttrss_schema_pgsql.sql
index ec98bbb22..c6bc45217 100644
--- a/schema/ttrss_schema_pgsql.sql
+++ b/schema/ttrss_schema_pgsql.sql
@@ -231,12 +231,10 @@ create table ttrss_scheduled_updates (id serial not null primary key,
 	feed_id integer default null references ttrss_feeds(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
 	entered timestamp not null default NOW());
 
-create table ttrss_sessions (int_id serial not null primary key,
-		id varchar(300) unique not null,
-		data text,
-		expire integer not null);
+create table ttrss_sessions (id varchar(300) unique not null primary key,
+	data text,
+	expire integer not null);
 
-create index ttrss_sessions_id_index on ttrss_sessions(id);
 create index ttrss_sessions_expire_index on ttrss_sessions(expire);
 
 commit;
diff --git a/schema/upgrade-1.1.3-1.1.4-mysql.sql b/schema/upgrade-1.1.3-1.1.4-mysql.sql
index f2e9bd16c..32b45e897 100644
--- a/schema/upgrade-1.1.3-1.1.4-mysql.sql
+++ b/schema/upgrade-1.1.3-1.1.4-mysql.sql
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ update ttrss_entries set author = '';
 alter table ttrss_entries change author author varchar(250) not null;
 alter table ttrss_entries alter column author set default '';
 
-create table ttrss_sessions (int_id integer not null primary key auto_increment,
-	id varchar(300) unique not null,
+create table ttrss_sessions (id varchar(300) unique not null primary key,
 	data text,
 	expire integer not null,
 	index (id), 
diff --git a/schema/upgrade-1.1.3-1.1.4-pgsql.sql b/schema/upgrade-1.1.3-1.1.4-pgsql.sql
index 6a0f46b55..d1d310f3d 100644
--- a/schema/upgrade-1.1.3-1.1.4-pgsql.sql
+++ b/schema/upgrade-1.1.3-1.1.4-pgsql.sql
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@ update ttrss_entries set author = '';
 alter table ttrss_entries alter column author set not null;
 alter table ttrss_entries alter column author set default '';
 
-create table ttrss_sessions (int_id serial not null primary key,
-		id varchar(300) unique not null,
-		data text,
-		expire integer not null);
+create table ttrss_sessions (id varchar(300) unique not null primary key,
+	data text,
+	expire integer not null);
 
 create index ttrss_sessions_id_index on ttrss_sessions(id);
 create index ttrss_sessions_expire_index on ttrss_sessions(expire);
diff --git a/sessions.php b/sessions.php
index dddab5012..54b862a39 100644
--- a/sessions.php
+++ b/sessions.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 	$session_expire = 600;
 
 	ini_set("session.gc_probability", 50);
+	ini_set("session.name", "ttrss_sid");
 
 	function open ($s, $n) {
 	
@@ -87,6 +88,9 @@
 		db_query($session_connection, $query);
 	}
 
-	session_set_save_handler ("open", "close", "read", "write", "destroy", "gc");
+	if (DATABASE_BACKED_SESSIONS) {
+		session_set_save_handler ("open", "close", "read", "write", "destroy", "gc");
+	}
+	
 	session_start();
 ?>