diff --git a/config.yml.sample b/config.yml.sample
index 3f02e61ce..b36fa23bd 100644
--- a/config.yml.sample
+++ b/config.yml.sample
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ service:
   # Default is a random token which will be generated at each startup of vikunja.
   # (This means all already issued tokens will be invalid once you restart vikunja)
   JWTSecret: "<jwt-secret>"
+  # The duration of the issed JWT tokens in seconds.
+  # The default is 259200 seconds (3 Days).
+  jwtttl: 259200
   # The interface on which to run the webserver
   interface: ":3456"
   # Path to Unix socket. If set, it will be created and used instead of tcp
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index abcff4fb7..d0ec87c86 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ type Key string
 const (
 	// #nosec
 	ServiceJWTSecret       Key = `service.JWTSecret`
+	ServiceJWTTTL          Key = `service.jwtttl`
 	ServiceInterface       Key = `service.interface`
 	ServiceUnixSocket      Key = `service.unixsocket`
 	ServiceUnixSocketMode  Key = `service.unixsocketmode`
@@ -226,6 +227,7 @@ func InitDefaultConfig() {
 
 	// Service
 	ServiceJWTSecret.setDefault(random)
+	ServiceJWTTTL.setDefault(259200)
 	ServiceInterface.setDefault(":3456")
 	ServiceUnixSocket.setDefault("")
 	ServiceFrontendurl.setDefault("")
diff --git a/pkg/modules/auth/auth.go b/pkg/modules/auth/auth.go
index 3a7e77710..486f598c0 100644
--- a/pkg/modules/auth/auth.go
+++ b/pkg/modules/auth/auth.go
@@ -54,13 +54,16 @@ func NewUserAuthTokenResponse(u *user.User, c echo.Context) error {
 func NewUserJWTAuthtoken(user *user.User) (token string, err error) {
 	t := jwt.New(jwt.SigningMethodHS256)
 
+	var ttl = time.Duration(config.ServiceJWTTTL.GetInt64())
+	var exp = time.Now().Add(time.Second * ttl).Unix()
+
 	// Set claims
 	claims := t.Claims.(jwt.MapClaims)
 	claims["type"] = AuthTypeUser
 	claims["id"] = user.ID
 	claims["username"] = user.Username
 	claims["email"] = user.Email
-	claims["exp"] = time.Now().Add(time.Hour * 72).Unix()
+	claims["exp"] = exp
 	claims["name"] = user.Name
 	claims["emailRemindersEnabled"] = user.EmailRemindersEnabled
 
@@ -72,6 +75,9 @@ func NewUserJWTAuthtoken(user *user.User) (token string, err error) {
 func NewLinkShareJWTAuthtoken(share *models.LinkSharing) (token string, err error) {
 	t := jwt.New(jwt.SigningMethodHS256)
 
+	var ttl = time.Duration(config.ServiceJWTTTL.GetInt64())
+	var exp = time.Now().Add(time.Second * ttl).Unix()
+
 	// Set claims
 	claims := t.Claims.(jwt.MapClaims)
 	claims["type"] = AuthTypeLinkShare
@@ -80,7 +86,7 @@ func NewLinkShareJWTAuthtoken(share *models.LinkSharing) (token string, err erro
 	claims["list_id"] = share.ListID
 	claims["right"] = share.Right
 	claims["sharedByID"] = share.SharedByID
-	claims["exp"] = time.Now().Add(time.Hour * 72).Unix()
+	claims["exp"] = exp
 
 	// Generate encoded token and send it as response.
 	return t.SignedString([]byte(config.ServiceJWTSecret.GetString()))