diff --git a/services/workflows-service/src/auth/session-serializer.ts b/services/workflows-service/src/auth/session-serializer.ts
index 5f391d3613..acde139df2 100644
--- a/services/workflows-service/src/auth/session-serializer.ts
+++ b/services/workflows-service/src/auth/session-serializer.ts
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ export class SessionSerializer extends PassportSerializer {
           lastName: true,
           avatarUrl: true,
           lastActiveAt: true,
-          userToProjects: { select: { projectId: true } },
         },
+        include: { userToProjects: { select: { projectId: true } } },
       });
 
       const { userToProjects, ...userData } = userResult;
diff --git a/services/workflows-service/src/main.ts b/services/workflows-service/src/main.ts
index d7f08499f1..d2356dee69 100644
--- a/services/workflows-service/src/main.ts
+++ b/services/workflows-service/src/main.ts
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ const main = async () => {
     cookieSession({
       name: 'session',
       keys: [env.SESSION_SECRET],
-      httpOnly: env.ENVIRONMENT_NAME === 'production',
+      httpOnly: env.ENVIRONMENT_NAME !== 'local',
       secure: false,
-      sameSite: env.ENVIRONMENT_NAME === 'production' ? 'strict' : false,
+      sameSite: env.ENVIRONMENT_NAME !== 'local' ? 'strict' : 'none',
       maxAge: 1000 * 60 * env.SESSION_EXPIRATION_IN_MINUTES,
     }),
   );