diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index 2ec34f803..d3f47215b 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -152,6 +152,16 @@ PAPERLESS_AUTO_LOGIN_USERNAME=<username>
 
     Defaults to none, which disables this feature.
 
+
+PAPERLESS_COOKIE_PREFIX=<str>
+    Specify a prefix that is added to the cookies used by paperless to identify
+    the currently logged in user. This is useful for when you're running two
+    instances of paperless on the same host.
+
+    After changing this, you will have to login again.
+
+    Defaults to ``""``, which does not alter the cookie names.
+
 .. _configuration-ocr:
 
 OCR settings
diff --git a/paperless.conf.example b/paperless.conf.example
index 32c0e56b4..910fc22a0 100644
--- a/paperless.conf.example
+++ b/paperless.conf.example
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #PAPERLESS_FORCE_SCRIPT_NAME=
 #PAPERLESS_STATIC_URL=/static/
 #PAPERLESS_AUTO_LOGIN_USERNAME=
+#PAPERLESS_COOKIE_PREFIX=
 
 # OCR settings
 
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/app.module.ts b/src-ui/src/app/app.module.ts
index af66993c6..af00fde63 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/app.module.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/app.module.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import { WidgetFrameComponent } from './components/dashboard/widgets/widget-fram
 import { WelcomeWidgetComponent } from './components/dashboard/widgets/welcome-widget/welcome-widget.component';
 import { YesNoPipe } from './pipes/yes-no.pipe';
 import { FileSizePipe } from './pipes/file-size.pipe';
+import { DocumentTitlePipe } from './pipes/document-title.pipe';
 import { SelectDialogComponent } from './components/common/select-dialog/select-dialog.component';
 
 @NgModule({
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ import { SelectDialogComponent } from './components/common/select-dialog/select-
     WelcomeWidgetComponent,
     YesNoPipe,
     FileSizePipe,
+    DocumentTitlePipe,
     SelectDialogComponent
   ],
   imports: [
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-large/document-card-large.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-large/document-card-large.component.html
index bfc59b526..8f3fced66 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-large/document-card-large.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-large/document-card-large.component.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
               <a *ngIf="clickCorrespondent.observers.length ; else nolink" [routerLink]="" title="Filter by correspondent" (click)="clickCorrespondent.emit(document.correspondent)" class="font-weight-bold">{{(document.correspondent$ | async)?.name}}</a>
               <ng-template #nolink>{{(document.correspondent$ | async)?.name}}</ng-template>:
             </ng-container>
-            {{document.title}}
+            {{document.title | documentTitle}}
             <app-tag [tag]="t" linkTitle="Filter by tag" *ngFor="let t of document.tags$ | async" class="ml-1" (click)="clickTag.emit(t.id)" [clickable]="clickTag.observers.length"></app-tag>
           </h5>
           <h5 class="card-title" *ngIf="document.archive_serial_number">#{{document.archive_serial_number}}</h5>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-small/document-card-small.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-small/document-card-small.component.html
index 8993674ba..6909a24fb 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-small/document-card-small.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-small/document-card-small.component.html
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         <ng-container *ngIf="document.correspondent">
           <a [routerLink]="" title="Filter by correspondent" (click)="clickCorrespondent.emit(document.correspondent)" class="font-weight-bold">{{(document.correspondent$ | async)?.name}}</a>:
         </ng-container>
-        {{document.title}}
+        {{document.title | documentTitle}}
       </p>
     </div>
     <div class="card-footer">
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-list.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-list.component.html
index 24def7d64..a87a89bbf 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-list.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-list.component.html
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
         </ng-container>
       </td>
       <td>
-        <a routerLink="/documents/{{d.id}}" title="Edit document" style="overflow-wrap: anywhere;">{{d.title}}</a>
+        <a routerLink="/documents/{{d.id}}" title="Edit document" style="overflow-wrap: anywhere;">{{d.title | documentTitle}}</a>
         <app-tag [tag]="t" *ngFor="let t of d.tags$ | async" class="ml-1" clickable="true" linkTitle="Filter by tag" (click)="filterByTag(t.id)"></app-tag>
       </td>
       <td class="d-none d-xl-table-cell">
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/pipes/document-title.pipe.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/pipes/document-title.pipe.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29835abd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/pipes/document-title.pipe.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { DocumentTitlePipe } from './document-title.pipe';
+
+describe('DocumentTitlePipe', () => {
+  it('create an instance', () => {
+    const pipe = new DocumentTitlePipe();
+    expect(pipe).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/pipes/document-title.pipe.ts b/src-ui/src/app/pipes/document-title.pipe.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09445f595
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/pipes/document-title.pipe.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { Pipe, PipeTransform } from '@angular/core';
+
+@Pipe({
+  name: 'documentTitle'
+})
+export class DocumentTitlePipe implements PipeTransform {
+
+  transform(value: string): unknown {
+    if (value) {
+      return value
+    } else {
+      return "(no title)"
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/paperless/settings.py b/src/paperless/settings.py
index cf0c3e28d..1a6b80a0c 100644
--- a/src/paperless/settings.py
+++ b/src/paperless/settings.py
@@ -210,6 +210,12 @@ AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
 
 DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_NUMBER_FIELDS = None
 
+COOKIE_PREFIX = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_COOKIE_PREFIX", "")
+
+CSRF_COOKIE_NAME = f"{COOKIE_PREFIX}csrftoken"
+SESSION_COOKIE_NAME = f"{COOKIE_PREFIX}sessionid"
+LANGUAGE_COOKIE_NAME = f"{COOKIE_PREFIX}django_language"
+
 ###############################################################################
 # Database                                                                    #
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