diff --git a/agent/js/keepalive.js b/agent/js/keepalive.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 60f07a18..00000000
--- a/agent/js/keepalive.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-// Keep PHP sessions alive
-// Sends requests to keepalive.php in the background every 10 mins to prevent PHP garbage collection ending sessions
-
-function keep_alive() {
-
-    //Send a GET request to keepalive.php as keepalive.php?keepalive
-    jQuery.get(
-        "../keepalive.php",
-        {keepalive: 'true'},
-        function(data) {
-            // Don't care about a response
-        }
-    );
-
-}
-
-// Run every 10 mins
-setInterval(keep_alive, 600000);
diff --git a/client/includes/footer.php b/client/includes/footer.php
index 80bd67d8..4645343b 100644
--- a/client/includes/footer.php
+++ b/client/includes/footer.php
@@ -68,3 +68,5 @@
 <script src="../js/pretty_content.js"></script>
 
 <script src="../js/confirm_modal.js"></script>
+
+<script src="../js/keepalive.js"></script>
diff --git a/js/keepalive.js b/js/keepalive.js
index d8a2f425..493dfc3e 100644
--- a/js/keepalive.js
+++ b/js/keepalive.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 // Keep PHP sessions alive
-// Sends requests to keepalive.php in the background every 10 mins to prevent PHP garbage collection ending sessions
+// Sends requests to keepalive.php in the background every 8 mins to prevent PHP garbage collection ending sessions
 
 function keep_alive() {
 
     //Send a GET request to keepalive.php as keepalive.php?keepalive
     jQuery.get(
-        "keepalive.php",
+        "/keepalive.php",
         {keepalive: 'true'},
         function(data) {
             // Don't care about a response
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ function keep_alive() {
 
 }
 
-// Run every 10 mins
-setInterval(keep_alive, 600000);
+// Run every 8 mins
+setInterval(keep_alive, 480000);
diff --git a/keepalive.php b/keepalive.php
index 1e761209..63df5d4d 100644
--- a/keepalive.php
+++ b/keepalive.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 // Keep PHP sessions alive
-// Receives requests via AJAX in the background every 10 mins to prevent PHP garbage collection ending sessions
+// Receives requests via AJAX in the background every 8 mins to prevent PHP garbage collection ending sessions
 //  See footer.php & js/keepalive.js
 
 session_start();