diff --git a/pywb/rewrite/cookie_rewriter.py b/pywb/rewrite/cookie_rewriter.py
index 78e3c9c6..26786245 100644
--- a/pywb/rewrite/cookie_rewriter.py
+++ b/pywb/rewrite/cookie_rewriter.py
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ class WbUrlCookieRewriter(object):
             if morsel.get('expires'):
                 del morsel['expires']
 
+            # don't use max-age, just expire at end of session
+            if morsel.get('max-age'):
+                del morsel['max-age']
+
             results.append((header, morsel.OutputString()))
 
         return results
diff --git a/pywb/rewrite/test/test_cookie_rewriter.py b/pywb/rewrite/test/test_cookie_rewriter.py
index e5979fd4..f15a9450 100644
--- a/pywb/rewrite/test/test_cookie_rewriter.py
+++ b/pywb/rewrite/test/test_cookie_rewriter.py
@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@ r"""
 >>> rewrite_cookie('some=value; Path=/;')
 [('Set-Cookie', 'some=value; Path=/pywb/20131226101010/http://example.com/')]
 
+>>> rewrite_cookie('some=value; Path=../;', rewriter=urlrewriter2)
+[('Set-Cookie', 'some=value; Path=/preview/em_/http://example.com/')]
+
 >>> rewrite_cookie('some=value; Path=/diff/path/;')
 [('Set-Cookie', 'some=value; Path=/pywb/20131226101010/http://example.com/diff/path/')]
 
 # if domain set, set path to root
->>> rewrite_cookie('some=value; Domain=.example.com; Path=/diff/path/;')
+>>> rewrite_cookie('some=value; Domain=.example.com; Path=/diff/path/; Max-Age=1500')
 [('Set-Cookie', 'some=value; Path=/pywb/')]
 
 >>> rewrite_cookie('abc=def; Path=file.html; Expires=Wed, 13 Jan 2021 22:23:01 GMT')
@@ -28,6 +31,9 @@ from pywb.rewrite.url_rewriter import UrlRewriter
 
 urlrewriter = UrlRewriter('20131226101010/http://example.com/some/path/index.html', '/pywb/')
 
-def rewrite_cookie(cookie_str):
-    return WbUrlCookieRewriter(urlrewriter).rewrite(cookie_str)
+urlrewriter2 = UrlRewriter('em_/http://example.com/', '/preview/')
+
+
+def rewrite_cookie(cookie_str, rewriter=urlrewriter):
+    return WbUrlCookieRewriter(rewriter).rewrite(cookie_str)