diff --git a/scheme/httpd/surflets/surflet-handler.scm b/scheme/httpd/surflets/surflet-handler.scm
index a21a3b9..d939ddc 100644
--- a/scheme/httpd/surflets/surflet-handler.scm
+++ b/scheme/httpd/surflets/surflet-handler.scm
@@ -684,7 +684,8 @@
      (surflet-options-session-lifetime options))
     (set-surflet-options-make-session-timeout-text!
      new-options
-     (surflet-options-make-session-timeout-text))))
+     (surflet-options-make-session-timeout-text options))
+    new-options))
 
 (define (make-surflet-options-transformer set-option!)
   (lambda (new-value . stuff)