diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0b10df44..450b57fc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     "inferno-router": "^8.2.2",
     "inferno-server": "^8.2.2",
     "jwt-decode": "^4.0.0",
-    "lemmy-js-client": "0.19.0-rc.15",
+    "lemmy-js-client": "0.19.0-rc.16",
     "lodash.isequal": "^4.5.0",
     "markdown-it": "^13.0.1",
     "markdown-it-bidi": "^0.1.0",
diff --git a/src/server/handlers/catch-all-handler.tsx b/src/server/handlers/catch-all-handler.tsx
index f4fd8a45..275a4463 100644
--- a/src/server/handlers/catch-all-handler.tsx
+++ b/src/server/handlers/catch-all-handler.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
 import { createSsrHtml } from "../utils/create-ssr-html";
 import { getErrorPageData } from "../utils/get-error-page-data";
 import { setForwardedHeaders } from "../utils/set-forwarded-headers";
+import { authCookieName } from "../../shared/config";
 
 export default async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
   try {
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ export default async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
     );
 
     const auth = req.headers.cookie
-      ? cookie.parse(req.headers.cookie).jwt
+      ? cookie.parse(req.headers.cookie)[authCookieName]
       : undefined;
 
     if (auth) {
diff --git a/src/server/utils/has-jwt-cookie.ts b/src/server/utils/has-jwt-cookie.ts
index ea558ffa..c854e0df 100644
--- a/src/server/utils/has-jwt-cookie.ts
+++ b/src/server/utils/has-jwt-cookie.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import * as cookie from "cookie";
 import type { Request } from "express";
+import { authCookieName } from "../../shared/config";
 
 export function hasJwtCookie(req: Request): boolean {
-  return Boolean(cookie.parse(req.headers.cookie ?? "").jwt?.length);
+  return Boolean(
+    cookie.parse(req.headers.cookie ?? "")[authCookieName]?.length,
+  );
 }
diff --git a/src/shared/config.ts b/src/shared/config.ts
index 70019742..6718de0a 100644
--- a/src/shared/config.ts
+++ b/src/shared/config.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export const updateUnreadCountsInterval = 30000;
 export const fetchLimit = 20;
 export const relTags = "noopener nofollow";
 export const emDash = "\u2014";
-export const authCookieName = "jwt";
+export const authCookieName = "auth";
 
 // No. of max displayed communities per
 // page on route "/communities"
diff --git a/src/shared/services/UserService.ts b/src/shared/services/UserService.ts
index 64292478..856fca8a 100644
--- a/src/shared/services/UserService.ts
+++ b/src/shared/services/UserService.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { toast } from "../toast";
 import { I18NextService } from "./I18NextService";
 import { amAdmin } from "@utils/roles";
 import { HttpService } from ".";
+import { authCookieName } from "../config";
 
 interface Claims {
   sub: number;
@@ -14,18 +15,18 @@ interface Claims {
   iat: number;
 }
 
-interface JwtInfo {
+interface AuthInfo {
   claims: Claims;
-  jwt: string;
+  auth: string;
 }
 
 export class UserService {
   static #instance: UserService;
   public myUserInfo?: MyUserInfo;
-  public jwtInfo?: JwtInfo;
+  public authInfo?: AuthInfo;
 
   private constructor() {
-    this.#setJwtInfo();
+    this.#setAuthInfo();
   }
 
   public login({
@@ -38,12 +39,12 @@ export class UserService {
     if (isBrowser() && res.jwt) {
       showToast && toast(I18NextService.i18n.t("logged_in"));
       setAuthCookie(res.jwt);
-      this.#setJwtInfo();
+      this.#setAuthInfo();
     }
   }
 
   public logout() {
-    this.jwtInfo = undefined;
+    this.authInfo = undefined;
     this.myUserInfo = undefined;
 
     if (isBrowser()) {
@@ -60,10 +61,10 @@ export class UserService {
   }
 
   public auth(throwErr = false): string | undefined {
-    const jwt = this.jwtInfo?.jwt;
+    const auth = this.authInfo?.auth;
 
-    if (jwt) {
-      return jwt;
+    if (auth) {
+      return auth;
     } else {
       const msg = "No JWT cookie found";
 
@@ -77,13 +78,13 @@ export class UserService {
     }
   }
 
-  #setJwtInfo() {
+  #setAuthInfo() {
     if (isBrowser()) {
-      const { jwt } = cookie.parse(document.cookie);
+      const auth = cookie.parse(document.cookie)[authCookieName];
 
-      if (jwt) {
-        HttpService.client.setHeaders({ Authorization: `Bearer ${jwt}` });
-        this.jwtInfo = { jwt, claims: jwtDecode(jwt) };
+      if (auth) {
+        HttpService.client.setHeaders({ Authorization: `Bearer ${auth}` });
+        this.authInfo = { auth, claims: jwtDecode(auth) };
       }
     }
   }