diff --git a/src/shared/config.ts b/src/shared/config.ts
index 58ecc08b..38c521ec 100644
--- a/src/shared/config.ts
+++ b/src/shared/config.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export const updateUnreadCountsInterval = 30000;
 export const fetchLimit = 20;
 export const relTags = "noopener nofollow";
 export const emDash = "\u2014";
+export const authCookieName = "jwt";
 
 /**
  * Accepted formats:
diff --git a/src/shared/services/UserService.ts b/src/shared/services/UserService.ts
index 3757e236..0724f400 100644
--- a/src/shared/services/UserService.ts
+++ b/src/shared/services/UserService.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-// import Cookies from 'js-cookie';
 import { isAuthPath } from "@utils/app";
-import { isBrowser } from "@utils/browser";
-import { isHttps } from "@utils/env";
+import { clearAuthCookie, isBrowser, setAuthCookie } from "@utils/browser";
 import * as cookie from "cookie";
 import jwt_decode from "jwt-decode";
 import { LoginResponse, MyUserInfo } from "lemmy-js-client";
@@ -31,15 +29,10 @@ export class UserService {
   public login(res: LoginResponse) {
     const expires = new Date();
     expires.setDate(expires.getDate() + 365);
+
     if (isBrowser() && res.jwt) {
       toast(I18NextService.i18n.t("logged_in"));
-      document.cookie = cookie.serialize("jwt", res.jwt, {
-        expires,
-        secure: isHttps(),
-        domain: location.hostname,
-        sameSite: true,
-        path: "/",
-      });
+      setAuthCookie(res.jwt);
       this.#setJwtInfo();
     }
   }
@@ -47,14 +40,11 @@ export class UserService {
   public logout() {
     this.jwtInfo = undefined;
     this.myUserInfo = undefined;
+
     if (isBrowser()) {
-      document.cookie = cookie.serialize("jwt", "", {
-        maxAge: 0,
-        path: "/",
-        domain: location.hostname,
-        sameSite: true,
-      });
+      clearAuthCookie();
     }
+
     if (isAuthPath(location.pathname)) {
       location.replace("/");
     } else {
@@ -64,14 +54,17 @@ export class UserService {
 
   public auth(throwErr = false): string | undefined {
     const jwt = this.jwtInfo?.jwt;
+
     if (jwt) {
       return jwt;
     } else {
       const msg = "No JWT cookie found";
+
       if (throwErr && isBrowser()) {
         console.error(msg);
         toast(I18NextService.i18n.t("not_logged_in"), "danger");
       }
+
       return undefined;
       // throw msg;
     }
@@ -80,6 +73,7 @@ export class UserService {
   #setJwtInfo() {
     if (isBrowser()) {
       const { jwt } = cookie.parse(document.cookie);
+
       if (jwt) {
         this.jwtInfo = { jwt, claims: jwt_decode(jwt) };
       }
diff --git a/src/shared/utils/browser/clear-auth-cookie.ts b/src/shared/utils/browser/clear-auth-cookie.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5cc73f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/utils/browser/clear-auth-cookie.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import * as cookie from "cookie";
+import { authCookieName } from "../../config";
+
+export default function clearAuthCookie() {
+  document.cookie = cookie.serialize(authCookieName, "", {
+    maxAge: -1,
+    sameSite: true,
+    path: "/",
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/shared/utils/browser/index.ts b/src/shared/utils/browser/index.ts
index d07b16e7..321a4c9f 100644
--- a/src/shared/utils/browser/index.ts
+++ b/src/shared/utils/browser/index.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,23 @@
 import canShare from "./can-share";
+import clearAuthCookie from "./clear-auth-cookie";
 import dataBsTheme from "./data-bs-theme";
 import isBrowser from "./is-browser";
 import isDark from "./is-dark";
 import loadCss from "./load-css";
 import restoreScrollPosition from "./restore-scroll-position";
 import saveScrollPosition from "./save-scroll-position";
+import setAuthCookie from "./set-auth-cookie";
 import share from "./share";
 
 export {
   canShare,
+  clearAuthCookie,
   dataBsTheme,
   isBrowser,
   isDark,
   loadCss,
   restoreScrollPosition,
   saveScrollPosition,
+  setAuthCookie,
   share,
 };
diff --git a/src/shared/utils/browser/set-auth-cookie.ts b/src/shared/utils/browser/set-auth-cookie.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7d4300c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/utils/browser/set-auth-cookie.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { isHttps } from "@utils/env";
+import * as cookie from "cookie";
+import { authCookieName } from "../../config";
+
+export default function setAuthCookie(jwt: string) {
+  document.cookie = cookie.serialize(authCookieName, jwt, {
+    maxAge: 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
+    secure: isHttps(),
+    sameSite: true,
+    path: "/",
+  });
+}