diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 82cca3fc..f77868b3 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "require": {
         "php": ">=5.4.0",
         "illuminate/support": "5.* | ^6.0",
-        "auth0/auth0-php": "^5.1.0",
+        "auth0/auth0-php": "^5.6.0",
         "illuminate/contracts": "5.* | ^6.0"
     },
     "autoload": {
diff --git a/src/Auth0/Login/Auth0Service.php b/src/Auth0/Login/Auth0Service.php
index cc2b2f96..bc8e1372 100644
--- a/src/Auth0/Login/Auth0Service.php
+++ b/src/Auth0/Login/Auth0Service.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 use Config;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Config\Repository;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Container\BindingResolutionException;
+use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
 
 /**
  * Service that provides access to the Auth0 SDK.
@@ -50,7 +51,6 @@ public function __construct(
             $sessionStateHandler = new SessionStateHandler($sessionStorage);
         }
 
-
         $auth0Config['store'] = $sessionStorage;
         $auth0Config['state_handler'] = $sessionStateHandler;
         $this->auth0 = new Auth0($auth0Config);
@@ -79,8 +79,17 @@ public function logout()
      */
     public function login($connection = null, $state = null, $additional_params = ['scope' => 'openid profile email'], $response_type = 'code')
     {
+        if ($connection && empty( $additional_params['connection'] )) {
+            $additional_params['connection'] = $connection;
+        }
+
+        if ($state && empty( $additional_params['state'] )) {
+            $additional_params['state'] = $state;
+        }
+
         $additional_params['response_type'] = $response_type;
-        $this->auth0->login($state, $connection, $additional_params);
+        $auth_url = $this->auth0->getLoginUrl($additional_params);
+        return new RedirectResponse($auth_url);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Auth0/Login/LaravelSessionStore.php b/src/Auth0/Login/LaravelSessionStore.php
index 41f72cde..7f379a4e 100644
--- a/src/Auth0/Login/LaravelSessionStore.php
+++ b/src/Auth0/Login/LaravelSessionStore.php
@@ -20,12 +20,8 @@ class LaravelSessionStore implements StoreInterface
     public function set($key, $value)
     {
         $key_name = $this->getSessionKeyName($key);
-        Session::put($key_name, $value);
 
-        // The Auth0 SDK might decide to redirect and exit the PHP execution
-        // before the Laravel middleware can write the changes.
-        // thus we have to persist our changes early
-        Session::save();
+        Session::put($key_name, $value);
     }
 
     /**