diff --git a/src/node/db/SessionStore.js b/src/node/db/SessionStore.js
index cf52b4af4..040f108c5 100644
--- a/src/node/db/SessionStore.js
+++ b/src/node/db/SessionStore.js
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@
  *      express-session, which can't actually use promises anyway.
  */
 
-var Store = require('ep_etherpad-lite/node_modules/express-session').Store,
-  db = require('ep_etherpad-lite/node/db/DB').db,
-  log4js = require('ep_etherpad-lite/node_modules/log4js'),
-  messageLogger = log4js.getLogger("SessionStore");
+const Store = require('ep_etherpad-lite/node_modules/express-session').Store;
+const db = require('ep_etherpad-lite/node/db/DB').db;
+const log4js = require('ep_etherpad-lite/node_modules/log4js');
 
-var SessionStore = module.exports = function SessionStore() {};
+const messageLogger = log4js.getLogger('SessionStore');
+
+const SessionStore = module.exports = function SessionStore() {};
 
 SessionStore.prototype.__proto__ = Store.prototype;