diff --git a/server.ts b/server.ts
index f5fbb81..90bae00 100644
--- a/server.ts
+++ b/server.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ app.use(
   })
 );
 
+app.use(passport.authenticate("session"));
+
 passport.use(
   new GoogleStrategy.Strategy(
     {
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ passport.use(
         "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.events.freebusy",
       ],
       skipUserProfile: true, // this is important, if not set to true, an error will be thrown
+      state: true,
     },
     (accessToken, refreshToken, profile, cb) => {
       console.log("accessToken", accessToken);
diff --git a/src/routes/calendarRoutes.ts b/src/routes/calendarRoutes.ts
index ac3f793..730b519 100644
--- a/src/routes/calendarRoutes.ts
+++ b/src/routes/calendarRoutes.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ router.get(
   "/auth/google",
   passport.authenticate("google", {
     accessType: "offline",
-    session: false,
     scope: [
       "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.app.created",
       "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.events.freebusy",