diff --git a/ssl-certificate b/ssl-certificate
index 6182d2b3..be320b2b 100755
--- a/ssl-certificate
+++ b/ssl-certificate
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ echo with "-days x"
 export RANDFILE=/dev/random
 openssl req $@ -config /etc/ssl/CRANS-ssl.cnf \
   -new -x509 -nodes -out /etc/apache-ssl/apache.pem \
-  -keyout /etc/apache-ssl/apache.pem
+  -keyout /etc/apache-ssl/apache.pem \
+  -days 1095
 chmod 600 /etc/apache-ssl/apache.pem
 ln -sf /etc/apache-ssl/apache.pem \
   /etc/apache-ssl/`/usr/bin/openssl \