diff --git a/src/server/gpodder/advanced/auth.rs b/src/server/gpodder/advanced/auth.rs
index b0bccaf..242082a 100644
--- a/src/server/gpodder/advanced/auth.rs
+++ b/src/server/gpodder/advanced/auth.rs
@@ -10,13 +10,10 @@ use axum_extra::{
 };
 use cookie::time::Duration;
 
-use crate::{
-    gpodder,
-    server::{
-        error::{AppError, AppResult},
-        gpodder::SESSION_ID_COOKIE,
-        Context,
-    },
+use crate::server::{
+    error::{AppError, AppResult},
+    gpodder::SESSION_ID_COOKIE,
+    Context,
 };
 
 pub fn router() -> Router<Context> {
@@ -36,31 +33,6 @@ async fn post_login(
         return Err(AppError::BadRequest);
     }
 
-    // If a session token is present, we check if it's valid first and do nothing if it is
-    if let Some(session_id) = jar
-        .get(SESSION_ID_COOKIE)
-        .and_then(|c| c.value().parse::<i64>().ok())
-    {
-        let ctx = ctx.clone();
-        match tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
-            let session = ctx.store.get_session(session_id)?;
-            ctx.store.refresh_session(&session)?;
-
-            Ok(session)
-        })
-        .await
-        .unwrap()
-        {
-            Ok(_) => {
-                return Ok(jar);
-            }
-            Err(gpodder::AuthErr::UnknownSession) => {}
-            Err(err) => {
-                return Err(AppError::from(err));
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     let session = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
         let user = ctx
             .store
@@ -71,12 +43,7 @@ async fn post_login(
     .unwrap()?;
 
     Ok(jar.add(
-        Cookie::build((SESSION_ID_COOKIE, session.id.to_string()))
-            .secure(false)
-            .same_site(cookie::SameSite::Strict)
-            .http_only(true)
-            .path("/api")
-            .max_age(Duration::days(365)),
+        Cookie::build((SESSION_ID_COOKIE, session.id.to_string())).max_age(Duration::days(365)),
     ))
 }
 
diff --git a/src/server/gpodder/models.rs b/src/server/gpodder/models.rs
index 6098a9f..b2268af 100644
--- a/src/server/gpodder/models.rs
+++ b/src/server/gpodder/models.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use chrono::{DateTime, NaiveDateTime, Utc};
+use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use crate::gpodder;
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ pub enum EpisodeActionType {
 pub struct EpisodeAction {
     pub podcast: String,
     pub episode: String,
-    pub timestamp: Option<NaiveDateTime>,
+    pub timestamp: Option<i64>,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub device: Option<String>,
     #[serde(flatten)]
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ impl From<gpodder::EpisodeAction> for EpisodeAction {
         Self {
             podcast: value.podcast,
             episode: value.episode,
-            timestamp: value.timestamp.map(|ts| ts.naive_utc()),
+            timestamp: value.timestamp.map(|ts| ts.timestamp()),
             device: value.device,
             action: value.action.into(),
         }
@@ -173,7 +173,9 @@ impl From<EpisodeAction> for gpodder::EpisodeAction {
             podcast: value.podcast,
             episode: value.episode,
             // TODO remove this unwrap
-            timestamp: value.timestamp.map(|ts| ts.and_utc()),
+            timestamp: value
+                .timestamp
+                .map(|ts| DateTime::from_timestamp(ts, 0).unwrap()),
             device: value.device,
             action: value.action.into(),
             time_changed: DateTime::<Utc>::MIN_UTC,