diff --git a/conf/php-fpm.conf b/conf/php-fpm.conf
index cf24884..2a80b9b 100644
--- a/conf/php-fpm.conf
+++ b/conf/php-fpm.conf
@@ -69,3 +69,4 @@ php_value[upload_max_filesize] = 10G
 php_value[post_max_size] = 10G
 php_value[default_charset] = UTF-8
 php_value[always_populate_raw_post_data] = -1
+php_value[session.save_path] = /var/www/__NAMETOCHANGE__/sessions
diff --git a/scripts/install b/scripts/install
index 298aad4..057a26d 100644
--- a/scripts/install
+++ b/scripts/install
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ ynh_app_setting_set "$app" mysqlpwd "$dbpass"
 
 # Download, check integrity, uncompress and patch the source from app.src
 ynh_setup_source "$final_path"
+mkdir -p "$final_path"/sessions/
 
 #=================================================
 # NGINX CONFIGURATION
@@ -137,7 +138,8 @@ ynh_mysql_connect_as "$dbuser" "$dbpass" "$dbname" < "${final_path}/app/Schema/S
 
 # Set permissions to kanboard and data directory
 chown -R root:root "$final_path"
-chown -R "$app" "$final_path"/{data,plugins}
+chown -R "$app" "$final_path"/{data,plugins,sessions}
+chmod -R 700 "$final_path"/sessions
 
 #=================================================
 # SETUP SSOWAT
diff --git a/scripts/upgrade b/scripts/upgrade
index dda532d..33ced7a 100644
--- a/scripts/upgrade
+++ b/scripts/upgrade
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ ynh_abort_if_errors
 mv "$final_path" "$final_path.old"
 
 ynh_setup_source "$final_path"
+mkdir -p "$final_path"/sessions
 
 # restore data
 cp -a "$final_path.old/data" "$final_path"
@@ -108,9 +109,6 @@ ynh_add_nginx_config
 # Create a system user
 ynh_system_user_create "$app"
 
-# flush php sessions before upgrade
-/usr/lib/php5/sessionclean
-
 #=================================================
 # PHP-FPM CONFIGURATION
 #=================================================
@@ -138,10 +136,13 @@ ynh_replace_string "yuno_domain" "$domain" "$config_php"
 # Database initialization
 #=================================================
 
-# Launch database migration
-"$final_path"/cli db:migrate
-# Launch database migration
-"$final_path"/cli plugin:upgrade
+(
+        cd "$final_path"
+        # Launch database migratio
+        php cli db:migrate --no-interaction --verbose
+        # Launch plugins migration
+        php cli plugin:upgrade --no-interaction --verbose
+)
 
 #=================================================
 # GENERIC FINALIZATION
@@ -151,7 +152,8 @@ ynh_replace_string "yuno_domain" "$domain" "$config_php"
 
 # Set permissions to kanboard and data directory
 chown -R root:root "$final_path"
-chown -R "$app" "$final_path"/{data,plugins}
+chown -R "$app" "$final_path"/{data,plugins,sessions}
+chmod -R 700 "$final_path"/sessions
 
 #=================================================
 # SETUP SSOWAT