diff --git a/backend/api/utils.ts b/backend/api/utils.ts
index 9d89bb153..f6964a4f6 100644
--- a/backend/api/utils.ts
+++ b/backend/api/utils.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export function getUser({ knex, logger }: BaseContext) {
         async () => await client.getCurrentUserDetails(),
         {
           prefix: "userdetails",
-          expireTime: 604800,
+          expireTime: 3600,
           key: hashUserToken(rawToken),
         },
         {
diff --git a/backend/middlewares/fetchUser.ts b/backend/middlewares/fetchUser.ts
index b63f4e508..300bca67a 100644
--- a/backend/middlewares/fetchUser.ts
+++ b/backend/middlewares/fetchUser.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ const setContextUser = async (ctx: Context, rawToken: string) => {
       },
       {
         prefix: "userdetails",
-        expireTime: 604800,
+        expireTime: 3600,
         key: hashUserToken(rawToken),
       },
       ctx,
diff --git a/backend/wsServer.ts b/backend/wsServer.ts
index 167e1d592..3016f18d2 100644
--- a/backend/wsServer.ts
+++ b/backend/wsServer.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ wsServer.on("request", (request: any) => {
         if (!user) {
           user = await getCurrentUserDetails(accessToken)
           await redisClient?.set(accessToken, JSON.stringify(user), {
-            EX: 604800,
+            EX: 3600,
           })
         }
         const userCourseObject = {