diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7cd06e673..fc0b3aca2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 FROM node:7.6
 
-# Add node-gyp for bcrypt build support
-RUN yarn global add node-gyp
-
 # Create app directory
 RUN mkdir -p /usr/src/app
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index c2601ad5a..c3f97f831 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -45,16 +45,15 @@ const session_opts = {
   secret: process.env.TALK_SESSION_SECRET,
   httpOnly: true,
   rolling: true,
-  saveUninitialized: false,
-  resave: false,
+  saveUninitialized: true,
+  resave: true,
   unset: 'destroy',
   name: 'talk.sid',
   cookie: {
     secure: false,
-    maxAge: 36000000, // 1 hour for expiry.
+    maxAge: 8.64e+7, // 24 hours for session token expiry
   },
   store: new RedisStore({
-    ttl: 1800,
     client: redis.createClient(),
   })
 };
diff --git a/client/coral-embed/src/index.js b/client/coral-embed/src/index.js
index d3715b44d..8d8855aa7 100644
--- a/client/coral-embed/src/index.js
+++ b/client/coral-embed/src/index.js
@@ -31,13 +31,14 @@ function buildStreamIframeUrl(talkBaseUrl, asset_url, comment, asset_id) {
 function configurePymParent(pymParent, asset_url) {
   let notificationOffset = 200;
   let ready = false;
+  let cachedHeight;
 
   // Resize parent iframe height when child height changes
   pymParent.onMessage('height', function(height) {
-
-    // TODO: In local testing, this is firing nonstop. Maybe there's a bug on the inside?
-    // Or it's by design of pym... but that's very wasteful of CPU and DOM reflows (jank)
-    pymParent.el.querySelector('iframe').height = `${height  }px`;
+    if (height !== cachedHeight) {
+      pymParent.el.firstChild.style.height = `${height}px`;
+      cachedHeight = height;
+    }
   });
 
   // Helps child show notifications at the right scrollTop
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 740063dd1..eaa15303a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/coralproject/talk#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "bcrypt": "^0.8.7",
+    "bcrypt": "^1.0.2",
     "body-parser": "^1.15.2",
     "cli-table": "^0.3.1",
     "commander": "^2.9.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0331202ef..f8a49205a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1089,12 +1089,13 @@ bcrypt-pbkdf@^1.0.0:
   dependencies:
     tweetnacl "^0.14.3"
 
-bcrypt@^0.8.7:
-  version "0.8.7"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bcrypt/-/bcrypt-0.8.7.tgz#bc3875a9afd0a7b2cd231a6a7f218a5ce156b093"
+bcrypt@^1.0.2:
+  version "1.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bcrypt/-/bcrypt-1.0.2.tgz#d05fc5d223173e0e28ec381c0f00cc25ffaf2736"
   dependencies:
     bindings "1.2.1"
-    nan "2.3.5"
+    nan "2.5.0"
+    node-pre-gyp "0.6.32"
 
 big.js@^3.1.3:
   version "3.1.3"
@@ -5006,7 +5007,11 @@ mute-stream@0.0.7:
   version "0.0.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mute-stream/-/mute-stream-0.0.7.tgz#3075ce93bc21b8fab43e1bc4da7e8115ed1e7bab"
 
-nan@2.3.5, nan@^2.3.0:
+nan@2.5.0:
+  version "2.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nan/-/nan-2.5.0.tgz#aa8f1e34531d807e9e27755b234b4a6ec0c152a8"
+
+nan@^2.3.0:
   version "2.3.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nan/-/nan-2.3.5.tgz#822a0dc266290ce4cd3a12282ca3e7e364668a08"
 
@@ -5111,7 +5116,7 @@ node-libs-browser@^2.0.0:
     util "^0.10.3"
     vm-browserify "0.0.4"
 
-node-pre-gyp@^0.6.29:
+node-pre-gyp@0.6.32, node-pre-gyp@^0.6.29:
   version "0.6.32"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-pre-gyp/-/node-pre-gyp-0.6.32.tgz#fc452b376e7319b3d255f5f34853ef6fd8fe1fd5"
   dependencies: