diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 2aefa21..8253dd0 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
-    "dev": "node --watch ./src/index.js"
+    "dev": "node --watch ./src/index.js",
+    "start": "node ./src/index.js"
   },
   "keywords": [],
   "author": "",
diff --git a/backend/src/controllers/user.controller.js b/backend/src/controllers/user.controller.js
index 1993476..c9dafb0 100644
--- a/backend/src/controllers/user.controller.js
+++ b/backend/src/controllers/user.controller.js
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ export async function signinController(req, res) {
     const { email, password } = req.body;
     const { token, userData } = await signinService(email, password);
     res.cookie("livepoll-access-token", token, {
-      httpOnly: true,
-      maxAge: 10 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000, // 10 days
+      httpOnly: true,    
+      secure: true,      
+      sameSite: "None", 
+      path: "/"
     }).status(200).json({
         success : true,
         message : "User signedin successfully.",
diff --git a/backend/src/index.js b/backend/src/index.js
index 4320ea2..8027404 100644
--- a/backend/src/index.js
+++ b/backend/src/index.js
@@ -20,18 +20,22 @@ app.use('/docs', swaggerUi.serve, swaggerUi.setup(swaggerDocs));
 const io = new Server(httpServer, {
     cors: {
         origin: CLIENT_URL,
-        methods: ["GET", "POST", "PUT", "DELETE"]
+        methods: ["GET", "POST", "PUT", "DELETE"],
+        credentials: true
     }
 })
 
+
 handlePollSocket(io);
 
 
 app.use(cookieParser());
-app.use(cors({
-    origin: CLIENT_URL,
-    credentials: true
-}))
+app.use(cors(
+    {
+        origin: CLIENT_URL,
+        credentials: true,
+    }
+))
 app.use(express.json())
 app.get("/ping", (_req, res) => {
     res.json({ message: "pong" })