diff --git a/MVMCore/MVMCore/LoadHandling/MVMCoreLoadObject.h b/MVMCore/MVMCore/LoadHandling/MVMCoreLoadObject.h
index dfe6705..dbaee70 100644
--- a/MVMCore/MVMCore/LoadHandling/MVMCoreLoadObject.h
+++ b/MVMCore/MVMCore/LoadHandling/MVMCoreLoadObject.h
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
 @property (nonatomic) BOOL pageDataFromCache;
 @property (nonatomic) BOOL moduleDataFromCache;
 
+@property (nonatomic, readonly) BOOL extendsAppSession;
+
 - (nullable instancetype)initWithPageJSON:(nullable NSDictionary *)pageJSON modulesJSON:(nullable NSDictionary *)modulesJSON requestParameters:(nullable MVMCoreRequestParameters *)requestParameters dataForPage:(nullable NSDictionary *)dataForPage delegate:(nullable NSObject<MVMCoreLoadDelegateProtocol,MVMCorePresentationDelegateProtocol,MVMCoreActionDelegateProtocol>*)delegate;
 
 - (nullable instancetype)initWithRequestParameters:(nullable MVMCoreRequestParameters *)requestParameters dataForPage:(nullable NSDictionary *)dataForPage delegate:(nullable NSObject<MVMCoreLoadDelegateProtocol,MVMCorePresentationDelegateProtocol,MVMCoreActionDelegateProtocol>*)delegate;
diff --git a/MVMCore/MVMCore/LoadHandling/MVMCoreLoadObject.m b/MVMCore/MVMCore/LoadHandling/MVMCoreLoadObject.m
index 3064012..01fd7cf 100644
--- a/MVMCore/MVMCore/LoadHandling/MVMCoreLoadObject.m
+++ b/MVMCore/MVMCore/LoadHandling/MVMCoreLoadObject.m
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #import "MVMCoreLoadObject.h"
 #import "MVMCoreErrorObject.h"
 #import "MVMCoreJSONConstants.h"
+#import "NSDictionary+MFConvenience.h"
 
 @implementation MVMCoreLoadObject
 
@@ -54,4 +55,9 @@
     return self;
 }
 
+- (BOOL) extendsAppSession {
+    NSNumber *extendSessionFlag = [self.responseInfoMap objectForKey:@"appSessionExtended" ofType:[NSNumber class]];
+    return !extendSessionFlag || [extendSessionFlag boolValue]; // Default to YES if the key does not exist.
+}
+
 @end
diff --git a/MVMCore/MVMCore/LoadHandling/MVMCoreLoadRequestOperation.m b/MVMCore/MVMCore/LoadHandling/MVMCoreLoadRequestOperation.m
index 7c919b1..020d724 100644
--- a/MVMCore/MVMCore/LoadHandling/MVMCoreLoadRequestOperation.m
+++ b/MVMCore/MVMCore/LoadHandling/MVMCoreLoadRequestOperation.m
@@ -284,7 +284,9 @@
             if ([jsonObject isKindOfClass:[NSDictionary class]]) {
                 
                 // Update the session timer on a good response.
-                [[MVMCoreSessionTimeHandler sharedSessionHandler] startSessionTimer];
+                if (loadObject.extendsAppSession) {
+                    [[MVMCoreSessionTimeHandler sharedSessionHandler] startSessionTimer];
+                }
 
                 completionHandler(jsonObject);
             } else {