diff --git a/src/communication/sync-logic-handler.cpp b/src/communication/sync-logic-handler.cpp
index 6257be5..5226ed4 100644
--- a/src/communication/sync-logic-handler.cpp
+++ b/src/communication/sync-logic-handler.cpp
@@ -71,20 +71,21 @@
   // of the object
   std::shared_ptr<ndn::Face> facePtr(&m_syncFace, NullDeleter<ndn::Face>());
 
+  const auto fixedSession = ndn::name::Component::fromNumber(0);
   m_syncSocket = std::make_shared<chronosync::Socket>(m_syncPrefix, m_nameLsaUserPrefix, *facePtr,
                                                       std::bind(&SyncLogicHandler::onChronoSyncUpdate, this, _1),
                                                       chronosync::Socket::DEFAULT_NAME, chronosync::Socket::DEFAULT_VALIDATOR,
-                                                      syncInterestLifetime);
+                                                      syncInterestLifetime, fixedSession);
 
   if (m_confParam.getHyperbolicState() == HYPERBOLIC_STATE_OFF) {
-    m_syncSocket->addSyncNode(m_adjLsaUserPrefix);
+    m_syncSocket->addSyncNode(m_adjLsaUserPrefix, chronosync::Socket::DEFAULT_NAME, fixedSession);
   }
   else if (m_confParam.getHyperbolicState() == HYPERBOLIC_STATE_ON) {
-    m_syncSocket->addSyncNode(m_coorLsaUserPrefix);
+    m_syncSocket->addSyncNode(m_coorLsaUserPrefix, chronosync::Socket::DEFAULT_NAME, fixedSession);
   }
   else {
-    m_syncSocket->addSyncNode(m_adjLsaUserPrefix);
-    m_syncSocket->addSyncNode(m_coorLsaUserPrefix);
+    m_syncSocket->addSyncNode(m_adjLsaUserPrefix, chronosync::Socket::DEFAULT_NAME, fixedSession);
+    m_syncSocket->addSyncNode(m_coorLsaUserPrefix, chronosync::Socket::DEFAULT_NAME, fixedSession);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/conf-parameter.hpp b/src/conf-parameter.hpp
index 549d353..8c0e1a9 100644
--- a/src/conf-parameter.hpp
+++ b/src/conf-parameter.hpp
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@
     , m_hyperbolicState(HYPERBOLIC_STATE_OFF)
     , m_corR(0)
     , m_maxFacesPerPrefix(MAX_FACES_PER_PREFIX_MIN)
+    , m_syncInterestLifetime(ndn::time::milliseconds(SYNC_INTEREST_LIFETIME_DEFAULT))
   {
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/update/test-nfd-rib-command-processor.cpp b/tests/update/test-nfd-rib-command-processor.cpp
index 2a78171..0709e43 100644
--- a/tests/update/test-nfd-rib-command-processor.cpp
+++ b/tests/update/test-nfd-rib-command-processor.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
 /**
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2017,  The University of Memphis,
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2018,  The University of Memphis,
  *                           Regents of the University of California,
  *                           Arizona Board of Regents.
  *
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@
     // Initialize NLSR so a sync socket is created
     nlsr.initialize();
 
-    // Saving clock::now before any advanceClocks so that it will
-    // be the same value as what ChronoSync uses in setting the sessionName
-    sessionTime.appendNumber(ndn::time::toUnixTimestamp(ndn::time::system_clock::now()).count());
-
     this->advanceClocks(ndn::time::milliseconds(10), 10);
     face.sentInterests.clear();
 
@@ -80,8 +76,6 @@
     ndn::Name lsaInterestName("/localhop/ndn/NLSR/LSA/This/router");
     lsaInterestName.append(std::to_string(Lsa::Type::NAME));
 
-    // The part after LSA is Chronosync getSession
-    lsaInterestName.append(sessionTime);
     lsaInterestName.appendNumber(nlsr.getLsdb().getSequencingManager().getNameLsaSeq());
     shared_ptr<ndn::Interest> lsaInterest = make_shared<ndn::Interest>(lsaInterestName);
 
@@ -110,7 +104,6 @@
   Nlsr nlsr;
   NamePrefixList& namePrefixes;
   NfdRibCommandProcessor& processor;
-  ndn::Name sessionTime;
   uint64_t nameLsaSeqNoBeforeInterest;
 };
 
diff --git a/tests/update/test-prefix-update-processor.cpp b/tests/update/test-prefix-update-processor.cpp
index 4fdf19b..c4bbaa7 100644
--- a/tests/update/test-prefix-update-processor.cpp
+++ b/tests/update/test-prefix-update-processor.cpp
@@ -125,10 +125,6 @@
     // Initialize NLSR so a sync socket is created
     nlsr.initialize();
 
-    // Saving clock::now before any advanceClocks so that it will
-    // be the same value as what ChronoSync uses in setting the sessionName
-    sessionTime.appendNumber(ndn::time::toUnixTimestamp(ndn::time::system_clock::now()).count());
-
     this->advanceClocks(ndn::time::milliseconds(10));
 
     face.sentInterests.clear();
@@ -144,8 +140,6 @@
     lsaInterestName.append(nlsr.getConfParameter().getRouterName());
     lsaInterestName.append(std::to_string(Lsa::Type::NAME));
 
-    // The part after LSA is Chronosync getSession
-    lsaInterestName.append(sessionTime);
     lsaInterestName.appendNumber(nlsr.getLsdb().getSequencingManager().getNameLsaSeq());
 
     std::shared_ptr<Interest> lsaInterest = std::make_shared<Interest>(lsaInterestName);
@@ -184,7 +178,6 @@
   PrefixUpdateProcessor& updatePrefixUpdateProcessor;
 
   const boost::filesystem::path SITE_CERT_PATH;
-  ndn::Name sessionTime;
 };
 
 BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE(TestPrefixUpdateProcessor, PrefixUpdateFixture)