If you’ve been struggling with sleep deprivation throughout your work week, then don’t feel bad about sleeping in this weekend – a new study says that it’ll make you live longer.

Researchers at Stockholm University and the Karolinska Institute – which is Sweden’s most acclaimed medical university – have published a new study that links sleeping in on the weekend to living a regular lifespan.

The study followed the sleep habits of 43,880 subjects over the course of 13 years. The findings showed that people who slept for short amounts of time during the week and the weekend had a 52% increased rate of mortality.

However, people who slept for short amounts of time during the week, but compensated for…