diff --git a/frontend/src/upload.js b/frontend/src/upload.js
index 85c6fedc..cb05ec32 100644
--- a/frontend/src/upload.js
+++ b/frontend/src/upload.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* global MAXFILESIZE */
+/* global MAXFILESIZE EXPIRE_SECONDS */
 require('./common');
 const FileSender = require('./fileSender');
 const {
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
           const totalTime = endTime - startTime;
           const uploadTime = endTime - uploadStart;
           const uploadSpeed = file.size / (uploadTime / 1000);
-          const expiration = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000; //will eventually come from a field
+          const expiration = EXPIRE_SECONDS * 1000;
 
           // record upload-stopped (completed) by sender
           sendEvent('sender', 'upload-stopped', {
diff --git a/server/config.js b/server/config.js
index 526d4eea..b3a2c5b1 100644
--- a/server/config.js
+++ b/server/config.js
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ const conf = convict({
     format: Number,
     default: 1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 2,
     env: 'P2P_MAX_FILE_SIZE'
+  },
+  expire_seconds: {
+    format: Number,
+    default: 86400,
+    env: 'EXPIRE_SECONDS'
   }
 });
 
diff --git a/server/server.js b/server/server.js
index 873f6d6f..cd9c5e90 100644
--- a/server/server.js
+++ b/server/server.js
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ app.get('/jsconfig.js', (req, res) => {
     trackerId: conf.analytics_id,
     dsn: conf.sentry_id,
     maxFileSize: conf.max_file_size,
+    expireSeconds: conf.expire_seconds,
     layout: false
   });
 });
diff --git a/server/storage.js b/server/storage.js
index 40a699ec..66a1a192 100644
--- a/server/storage.js
+++ b/server/storage.js
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ function localSet(newId, file, filename, meta) {
     });
     fstream.on('finish', () => {
       redis_client.hmset(newId, meta);
-      redis_client.expire(newId, 86400000);
+      redis_client.expire(newId, conf.expire_seconds);
       log.info('localSet:', 'Upload Finished of ' + newId);
       resolve(meta.delete);
     });
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ function awsSet(newId, file, filename, meta) {
   return upload.promise().then(
     () => {
       redis_client.hmset(newId, meta);
-      redis_client.expire(newId, 86400000);
+      redis_client.expire(newId, conf.expire_seconds);
       log.info('awsUploadFinish', 'Upload Finished of ' + filename);
     },
     err => {
diff --git a/test/unit/aws.storage.test.js b/test/unit/aws.storage.test.js
index e7449d75..b4507e38 100644
--- a/test/unit/aws.storage.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/aws.storage.test.js
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ describe('Testing Set using aws', function() {
       .set('123', {on: sinon.stub()}, 'Filename.moz', {})
       .then(() => {
         assert(expire.calledOnce);
-        assert(expire.calledWith('123', 86400000));
+        assert(expire.calledWith('123', 86400));
       })
       .catch(err => assert.fail());
   });
diff --git a/views/jsconfig.handlebars b/views/jsconfig.handlebars
index 4ff25330..c9ddf16d 100644
--- a/views/jsconfig.handlebars
+++ b/views/jsconfig.handlebars
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ window.dsn = '{{{dsn}}}';
 window.trackerId = '{{{trackerId}}}';
 {{/if}}
 const MAXFILESIZE = {{{maxFileSize}}};
+const EXPIRE_SECONDS = {{{expireSeconds}}};