diff --git a/src/session/session_errors.go b/src/session/session_errors.go
index a128365..29f0ca0 100644
--- a/src/session/session_errors.go
+++ b/src/session/session_errors.go
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ import "errors"
 var ErrSessionNotFound = errors.New("session not found")
 var ErrSessionAlreadyExists = errors.New("session already exists")
 var ErrSessionExpired = errors.New("session expired")
+var ErrSessionBackend = errors.New("session backend")
diff --git a/src/session/session_redis.go b/src/session/session_redis.go
index 300bbaa..b50f33e 100644
--- a/src/session/session_redis.go
+++ b/src/session/session_redis.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package session
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"time"
 
 	"astraltech.xyz/accountmanager/src/logging"
 	"github.com/redis/go-redis/v9"
@@ -45,19 +47,25 @@ func (m *RedisStore) Create(sessionID string, session *SessionData) (err error)
 func (m *RedisStore) Get(sessionID string) (*SessionData, error) {
 	hashed := hashSession(sessionID)
 
-	_, err := m.client.Get(m.ctx, hashed).Result()
+	data, err := m.client.Get(m.ctx, hashed).Bytes()
 	if err == redis.Nil {
 		return nil, ErrSessionNotFound
 	} else if err != nil {
 		logging.Error(err.Error())
+		return nil, ErrSessionBackend
 	}
 
-	// if time.Now().After(data.ExpiresAt) {
-	// 	_ = m.Delete(sessionID) // ignore error
-	// 	return nil, ErrSessionExpired
-	// }
-	// copy := *data
-	return nil, nil
+	var session_data SessionData
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &session_data); err != nil {
+		logging.Error(err.Error())
+		return nil, ErrSessionBackend
+	}
+
+	if time.Now().After(session_data.ExpiresAt) {
+		_ = m.Delete(sessionID)
+		return nil, ErrSessionBackend
+	}
+	return &session_data, nil
 }
 func (m *RedisStore) Update(sessionID string, session *SessionData) error {
 	return nil
diff --git a/src/session/session_store.go b/src/session/session_store.go
index 95d6e6e..0b2a43b 100644
--- a/src/session/session_store.go
+++ b/src/session/session_store.go
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ package session
 import "time"
 
 type SessionData struct {
-	UserID    string
-	CSRFToken string
-	ExpiresAt time.Time
+	UserID    string    `json:"userid"`
+	CSRFToken string    `json:"csrftoken"`
+	ExpiresAt time.Time `json:"expiresat"`
 }
 
 type SessionStore interface {