diff --git a/web/src/components/misc/Turnstile.svelte b/web/src/components/misc/Turnstile.svelte
index b1fc162c..6b714c49 100644
--- a/web/src/components/misc/Turnstile.svelte
+++ b/web/src/components/misc/Turnstile.svelte
@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@
         const setup = () => {
             window.turnstile?.render(turnstileElement, {
                 sitekey,
+                "refresh-expired": "never",
+
                 "error-callback": (error) => {
                     console.log("error code from turnstile:", error);
                     return true;
                 },
                 "expired-callback": () => {
-                    console.log("turnstile expired. i am callback this is my message")
-                },
-                "timeout-callback": () => {
-                    console.log("turnstile timed out. i am callback this is my message")
+                    console.log("turnstile expired, refreshing neow");
+                    turnstile.reset();
                 },
                 callback: () => {
                     $turnstileSolved = true;
@@ -39,10 +39,6 @@
         } else {
             turnstileScript.addEventListener("load", setup);
         }
-
-        window.addEventListener("focus", () => {
-            turnstile.refreshIfExpired();
-        });
     });
 </script>
 
diff --git a/web/src/lib/api/session.ts b/web/src/lib/api/session.ts
index f627b6f2..5b3e542b 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/api/session.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/api/session.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export const requestSession = async () => {
         }
     });
 
-    turnstile.update();
+    turnstile.reset();
 
     return response;
 }
diff --git a/web/src/lib/api/turnstile.ts b/web/src/lib/api/turnstile.ts
index 6a39ad7e..b95ecfd1 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/api/turnstile.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/api/turnstile.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const getResponse = () => {
     return null;
 }
 
-const update = () => {
+const reset = () => {
     const turnstileElement = document.getElementById("turnstile-widget");
 
     if (turnstileElement) {
@@ -21,21 +21,7 @@ const update = () => {
     return null;
 }
 
-const refreshIfExpired = () => {
-    const turnstileElement = document.getElementById("turnstile-widget");
-
-    if (turnstileElement) {
-        const isExpired = window?.turnstile?.isExpired(turnstileElement);
-        if (isExpired) {
-            console.log("expired, refreshing the turnstile widget rn");
-            return update();
-        }
-        console.log("turnstile not expired, nothing to do");
-    }
-}
-
 export default {
     getResponse,
-    update,
-    refreshIfExpired,
+    reset,
 }