diff --git a/backend/config/main.php b/backend/config/main.php
index a0b5fc9..c2da5b4 100644
--- a/backend/config/main.php
+++ b/backend/config/main.php
@@ -16,7 +16,15 @@ return [
         'user' => [
             'identityClass' => 'common\models\User',
             'enableAutoLogin' => true,
+        	'identityCookie' => [
+        			'name' => '_backendUser', // unique for backend
+       				'path'=>'/backend/web'  // correct path for the backend app.
+       		]
         ],
+    	'session' => [
+    			'name' => '_backendSessionId', // unique for backend
+   				'savePath' => __DIR__ . '/../runtime', // a temporary folder on backend
+   		],
         'log' => [
             'traceLevel' => YII_DEBUG ? 3 : 0,
             'targets' => [
diff --git a/frontend/config/main.php b/frontend/config/main.php
index 1ed8305..066ed97 100644
--- a/frontend/config/main.php
+++ b/frontend/config/main.php
@@ -15,7 +15,15 @@ return [
         'user' => [
             'identityClass' => 'common\models\User',
             'enableAutoLogin' => true,
+        	'identityCookie' => [
+        			'name' => '_frontendUser', // unique for frontend
+       				'path'=>'/frontend/web'  // correct path for the frontend app.
+       		]
         ],
+    	'session' => [
+ 			'name' => '_frontendSessionId', // unique for frontend
+ 			'savePath' => __DIR__ . '/../runtime', // a temporary folder on frontend
+   		],
         'log' => [
             'traceLevel' => YII_DEBUG ? 3 : 0,
             'targets' => [