diff --git a/application/config/config.sample.php b/application/config/config.sample.php
index 3bd0250d9..4f12b9e0e 100644
--- a/application/config/config.sample.php
+++ b/application/config/config.sample.php
@@ -460,6 +460,17 @@ $config['sess_match_ip'] = FALSE;
 $config['sess_time_to_update'] = 300;
 $config['sess_regenerate_destroy'] = FALSE;
 
+/* 
+ * To make sure we do not collect infinite session we set some garbage collection settings
+ * see https://www.php.net/manual/en/session.configuration.php#ini.session.gc-probability
+ * and https://www.php.net/manual/en/session.configuration.php#ini.session.gc-divisor
+ * and https://osvaldas.info/enabling-codeigniters-garbage-collector/
+ *
+ * set the probability to 1/1000 to make sure we do not collect too often
+*/
+$config['sess_gc_probability'] = 1;
+$config['sess_gc_divisor'] = 1000;
+
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 | Cookie Related Variables
diff --git a/install/config/config.php b/install/config/config.php
index b6d655ca2..a948717c1 100644
--- a/install/config/config.php
+++ b/install/config/config.php
@@ -460,6 +460,17 @@ $config['sess_match_ip'] = FALSE;
 $config['sess_time_to_update'] = 300;
 $config['sess_regenerate_destroy'] = FALSE;
 
+/* 
+ * To make sure we do not collect infinite session we set some garbage collection settings
+ * see https://www.php.net/manual/en/session.configuration.php#ini.session.gc-probability
+ * and https://www.php.net/manual/en/session.configuration.php#ini.session.gc-divisor
+ * and https://osvaldas.info/enabling-codeigniters-garbage-collector/
+ *
+ * set the probability to 1/1000 to make sure we do not collect too often
+*/
+$config['sess_gc_probability'] = 1;
+$config['sess_gc_divisor'] = 1000;
+
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 | Cookie Related Variables
diff --git a/system/libraries/Session/Session.php b/system/libraries/Session/Session.php
index 066e6a0e6..4948ead2f 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Session/Session.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Session/Session.php
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ class CI_Session {
 			unset($_COOKIE[$this->_config['cookie_name']]);
 		}
 
+		ini_set('session.gc_probability', config_item('sess_gc_probability') ?? 1);
+		ini_set('session.gc_divisor', config_item('sess_gc_divisor') ?? 1000);
+
 		session_start();
 
 		// Is session ID auto-regeneration configured? (ignoring ajax requests)