diff --git a/htroot/Connections_p.html b/htroot/Connections_p.html
index c02155e4d..6c057642b 100644
--- a/htroot/Connections_p.html
+++ b/htroot/Connections_p.html
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         <td>#[dest]#</td>
         <td>#(running)#Waiting for new request nr. # #[reqNr]#::#[command]##(/running)#</td>
         <td>#[used]#</td>
-        <td><a href="Connections_p.html?closeSession=#[sessionID]#">[Close]</a></td>
+        <td><a href="Connections_p.html?closeServerSession=#[serverSessionID]#">[Close]</a></td>
       </tr>
       #{/list}#
     </table>
diff --git a/htroot/Connections_p.java b/htroot/Connections_p.java
index d31cb329c..e8a883f6c 100644
--- a/htroot/Connections_p.java
+++ b/htroot/Connections_p.java
@@ -59,13 +59,15 @@ public final class Connections_p {
         // get the virtualHost string
         final String virtualHost = sb.getConfig("fileHost","localhost");
         
+        
+        // server sessions
         // get the serverCore thread
         final serverThread httpd = sb.getThread("10_httpd");
         
         /* waiting for all threads to finish */
         int threadCount  = serverCore.sessionThreadGroup.activeCount();    
         final Thread[] threadList = new Thread[((serverCore) httpd).getJobCount()];     
-        threadCount = serverCore.sessionThreadGroup.enumerate(threadList);              
+        threadCount = serverCore.sessionThreadGroup.enumerate(threadList);
         
         // determines if name lookup should be done or not 
         boolean doNameLookup = false;
@@ -73,8 +75,8 @@ public final class Connections_p {
             if (post.containsKey("nameLookup") && post.get("nameLookup","true").equals("true")) {
                 doNameLookup = true;
             }
-            if (post.containsKey("closeSession")) {
-                final String sessionName = post.get("closeSession",null);
+            if (post.containsKey("closeServerSession")) {
+                final String sessionName = post.get("closeServerSession",null);
                 if (sessionName != null) {
                     for ( int currentThreadIdx = 0; currentThreadIdx < threadCount; currentThreadIdx++ )  {                        
                         final Thread currentThread = threadList[currentThreadIdx];
@@ -103,6 +105,7 @@ public final class Connections_p {
                             if (currentThread.isAlive()) {
                                 try { currentThread.join(500); } catch (final InterruptedException ex) {}
                             }
+                            break;
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -117,7 +120,7 @@ public final class Connections_p {
             final Thread currentThread = threadList[currentThreadIdx];
             if ((currentThread != null) && (currentThread instanceof serverCore.Session) && (currentThread.isAlive())) {
                 // getting the session object
-                final Session currentSession = ((Session)currentThread);
+                final Session currentSession = ((Session) currentThread);
                 
                 // getting the session runtime
                 final long sessionTime = currentSession.getTime();
@@ -174,7 +177,7 @@ public final class Connections_p {
                 prop.put("list_" + idx + "_dark", dark ? "1" : "0");
                 dark=!dark;
                 try {
-                    prop.put("list_" + idx + "_sessionID",URLEncoder.encode(currentSession.getName(),"UTF8"));
+                    prop.put("list_" + idx + "_serverSessionID",URLEncoder.encode(currentSession.getName(),"UTF8"));
                 } catch (final UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
                     // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                     e.printStackTrace();
@@ -209,6 +212,7 @@ public final class Connections_p {
         prop.putNum("numActiveRunning", numActiveRunning);
         prop.putNum("numActivePending", numActivePending);
         
+        
         // client sessions
         final Set<HttpConnectionInfo> allConnections = HttpConnectionInfo.getAllConnections();
         // TODO sorting
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/server/serverCore.java b/source/de/anomic/server/serverCore.java
index cc82662fc..e44213a01 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/server/serverCore.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/server/serverCore.java
@@ -135,46 +135,41 @@ public final class serverCore extends serverAbstractBusyThread implements server
     int commandMaxLength;
     private int maxBusySessions;
     final ConcurrentHashMap<Session, Object> busySessions;
+    private long lastAutoTermination;
     
-    /*
-    private static ServerSocketFactory getServerSocketFactory(boolean dflt, File keyfile, String passphrase) {
-        // see doc's at
-        // http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Security/secureinternet/
-        if (dflt) {
-            return ServerSocketFactory.getDefault();
-        } else {
-	    SSLServerSocketFactory ssf = null;
-	    try {
-		// set up key manager to do server authentication
-		SSLContext ctx;
-		KeyManagerFactory kmf;
-		KeyStore ks;
-		char[] pp = passphrase.toCharArray();
-
-                // open keystore
-		ks = KeyStore.getInstance("JKS");
-		ks.load(new FileInputStream(keyfile), pp);
-                
-                // get a KeyManager Factory
-                String algorithm = KeyManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm(); // should be "SunX509"
-                kmf = KeyManagerFactory.getInstance(algorithm);
-                kmf.init(ks, pp);
+    public final void terminateOldSessions(long minage) {
+        if (System.currentTimeMillis() - lastAutoTermination < 30000) return;
+        this.lastAutoTermination = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        
+        int threadCount = serverCore.sessionThreadGroup.activeCount();    
+        final Thread[] threadList = new Thread[this.getJobCount()];     
+        threadCount = serverCore.sessionThreadGroup.enumerate(threadList);
+        for ( int currentThreadIdx = 0; currentThreadIdx < threadCount; currentThreadIdx++ )  {                        
+            final Thread currentThread = threadList[currentThreadIdx];
+            if (
+                    (currentThread != null) && 
+                    (currentThread instanceof Session) && 
+                    (currentThread.isAlive()) &&
+                    (((Session) currentThread).getTime() > minage) 
+            ) {
+                log.logInfo("check for " + currentThread.getName() + ": " + ((Session) currentThread).getTime() + " ms alive, stopping thread");
+                // trying to stop session
+                ((Session)currentThread).setStopped(true);
+                try { Thread.sleep(100); } catch (final InterruptedException ex) {}
                 
-                // create a ssl context with the keyManager Factory
-                //ctx = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
-                ctx = SSLContext.getInstance("SSLv3");
+                // trying to interrupt session
+                if (currentThread.isAlive()) {
+                    currentThread.interrupt();
+                    try { Thread.sleep(10); } catch (final InterruptedException ex) {}
+                } 
                 
-		ctx.init(kmf.getKeyManagers(), null, null);
-
-		ssf = ctx.getServerSocketFactory();
-		return ssf;
-	    } catch (Exception e) {
-		e.printStackTrace();
-                return null;
-	    }
-	}
+                // trying to close socket
+                if (currentThread.isAlive()) {
+                    ((Session)currentThread).close();
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
-    */
     
     public static String clientAddress(final Socket s) {
         final InetAddress uAddr = s.getInetAddress();
@@ -213,6 +208,8 @@ public final class serverCore extends serverAbstractBusyThread implements server
         maxBusySessions = Math.max(1, Integer.valueOf(switchboard.getConfig("httpdMaxBusySessions","100")).intValue());
         busySessions = new ConcurrentHashMap<Session, Object>();
         
+        this.lastAutoTermination = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        
         // init servercore
         init();
     }
@@ -485,6 +482,9 @@ public final class serverCore extends serverAbstractBusyThread implements server
             this.controlSocket = controlSocket;
             this.hashIndex = sessionCounter;
             sessionCounter++;
+
+            // close old sessions
+            terminateOldSessions(60000);
             
             if (!this.runningsession)  {
                // this.setDaemon(true);