diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 6992bb56..4eb867cc 100755
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -28,12 +28,10 @@
 
         "flextype-components/arrays" : "3.0.1",
         "flextype-components/strings" : "1.2.0",
-        "flextype-components/cookie" : "1.2.0",
         "flextype-components/filesystem" : "2.0.8",
         "flextype-components/i18n" : "1.3.0",
         "flextype-components/number" : "1.1.1",
         "flextype-components/registry" : "3.0.0",
-        "flextype-components/session" : "1.1.1",
 
         "slim/slim": "~3.12.3",
 
@@ -59,7 +57,8 @@
 
         "thunderer/shortcode": "~0.7.4",
 
-        "composer/semver": "~3.0.1"
+        "composer/semver": "~3.0.1",
+        "odan/session": "^5.0"
     },
     "suggest": {
         "ext-zend-opcache": "Recommended for better performance",
diff --git a/src/flextype/bootstrap.php b/src/flextype/bootstrap.php
index 6ffd075d..12229a75 100755
--- a/src/flextype/bootstrap.php
+++ b/src/flextype/bootstrap.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 namespace Flextype;
 
 use Flextype\Component\Registry\Registry;
-use Flextype\Component\Session\Session;
 use Flextype\Foundation\Flextype;
 use Slim\Http\Environment;
 use Slim\Http\Uri;
@@ -30,11 +29,6 @@ use function mb_regex_encoding;
 use function str_replace;
 use function ucwords;
 
-/**
- * Start the session
- */
-Session::start();
-
 /**
  * Init Registry
  */
@@ -109,6 +103,18 @@ if ($registry->get('flextype.settings.errors.display')) {
  */
 include_once 'dependencies.php';
 
+/**
+ * Set session options before you start the session
+ * Standard PHP session configuration options
+ * https://secure.php.net/manual/en/session.configuration.php
+ */
+flextype('session')->setOptions(flextype('registry')->get('flextype.settings.session'));
+
+/**
+ * Start the session
+ */
+flextype('session')->start();
+
 /**
  * Include API ENDPOINTS
  */
diff --git a/src/flextype/dependencies.php b/src/flextype/dependencies.php
index 5c8894c4..a712db04 100644
--- a/src/flextype/dependencies.php
+++ b/src/flextype/dependencies.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ namespace Flextype;
 use Bnf\Slim3Psr15\CallableResolver;
 use Cocur\Slugify\Slugify;
 use Flextype\Component\Strings\Strings;
+use Odan\Session\PhpSession;
 use Flextype\Foundation\Cors;
 use Flextype\Foundation\Entries\Entries;
 use Flextype\Foundation\Media\MediaFiles;
@@ -57,6 +58,13 @@ use function extension_loaded;
 use function in_array;
 use function sys_get_temp_dir;
 
+/**
+ * Create a standard session hanndler
+ */
+flextype()->container()['session'] = static function () {
+    return new PhpSession();
+};
+
 /**
  * Supply a custom callable resolver, which resolves PSR-15 middlewares.
  */
diff --git a/src/flextype/settings.yaml b/src/flextype/settings.yaml
index 7333d280..3883711f 100644
--- a/src/flextype/settings.yaml
+++ b/src/flextype/settings.yaml
@@ -398,6 +398,14 @@ media:
   max_image_width: null
   max_image_height: null
 
+# Session
+#
+# Set session options before you start the session
+# Standard PHP session configuration options
+# https://secure.php.net/manual/en/session.configuration.php
+session:
+  name: Flextype
+
 # Content APIs
 api:
   entries: