diff --git a/example/satosa/pyeudiw_backend.yaml b/example/satosa/pyeudiw_backend.yaml
index 795e0565..a7ce44ab 100644
--- a/example/satosa/pyeudiw_backend.yaml
+++ b/example/satosa/pyeudiw_backend.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ config:
   qrcode:
     size: 100
     color: '#2B4375'
+    expiration_time: 120 # seconds
     logo_path: 
     use_zlib: false
 
diff --git a/example/satosa/templates/qr_code.html b/example/satosa/templates/qr_code.html
index 5ec1f997..f511e7ab 100644
--- a/example/satosa/templates/qr_code.html
+++ b/example/satosa/templates/qr_code.html
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@
                       <p id="content-qrcode-info-text" class="text-helper text-info">
                           Il codice è valido per <b id="timer"></b> secondi
                       </p>
-                    <p class="">
-                        <a href="javascript:window.location.reload(true)"><b>Ho bisogno di più tempo</b></a>
-                    </p>
                       <p id="content-qrcode-subtitle" class="qr-code-text" hidden>
                           Puoi trovarla direttamente all'interno dell'app IO. 
                           Se hai più dispositivi mobili,
@@ -42,7 +39,6 @@
                               <span>Indietro</span>
                           </button>
                       </div>
-
                   </div>
               </div>
           </div>
@@ -65,17 +61,17 @@
 
     let startingConnectionTitle = "Continua sul tuo smartphone";
     let startingConnectionText = "Per proseguire, segui le istruzioni sull'app IO e autorizza l'accesso";
-        let clickAccessLabel = "Clicca qui per accedere al servizio";
+    let startingConnectionQRInfo = "<b>Non hai ricevuto la notifica?</b>";
+    let clickAccessLabel = "Clicca qui per accedere al servizio";
     let connectedTitle = "Autenticazione completata";
     let qrCodeExpiredInfo = "Il codice QR non è più valido";
 
-    let expirationTime = 120;
+    let expirationTime = "{{ qrcode_expiration_time }}";
     let pollingInterval;
 
     function StartQRcodeScanCheck(){
-        $('#timer').text(expirationTime);        
+        $('#timer').text(expirationTime); 
         let timeout = expirationTime*1000;
-        // setTimeout(timeout);
         pollingInterval = setTimeout(QRcodeScanCheck, timeout);
     }
 
@@ -115,6 +111,8 @@
 
     function QRcodeExpired(){
         console.log('session expired');
+        blankQRcode();
+        clearInterval(countdown);
         changeQrCodeInfo(qrCodeExpiredInfo);
     }
 
diff --git a/pyeudiw/satosa/backend.py b/pyeudiw/satosa/backend.py
index 3c00a6dd..f9d20258 100644
--- a/pyeudiw/satosa/backend.py
+++ b/pyeudiw/satosa/backend.py
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ def pre_request_endpoint(self, context: Context, internal_request, **kwargs) ->
             {
                 "qrcode_color" : self.config["qrcode"]["color"],
                 "qrcode_text": res_url,
+                "qrcode_expiration_time": self.config["qrcode"]["expiration_time"],
                 "state": state,
                 "status_endpoint": self.absolute_status_url
             }
diff --git a/pyeudiw/tests/settings.py b/pyeudiw/tests/settings.py
index 31b2251b..784031d9 100644
--- a/pyeudiw/tests/settings.py
+++ b/pyeudiw/tests/settings.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     "qrcode": {
         "size": 100,
         "color": "#2B4375",
+        "expiration_time": 120,
     },
     "jwt": {
         "default_sig_alg": "ES256",