diff --git a/src/components/AuthMenu.js b/src/components/AuthMenu.js
index 9ef009c..c8cfe24 100644
--- a/src/components/AuthMenu.js
+++ b/src/components/AuthMenu.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import React, { Component } from 'react';
+import Cookies from 'universal-cookie';
 
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { userLogin } from '../actions';
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ class AuthMenu extends Component {
   }
 
   handleLogin() {
+      const cookies = new Cookies();
       this.props.userLogin(this.state.username, this.state.password)
       .then(res => {
         this.setState(state => ({
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ class AuthMenu extends Component {
         this.props.close()
       }
       )
+      .then(console.log(cookies.getAll()))
       .catch(err => {
         console.log(err);
       })
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index d00bcd2..2f8c633 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
-import { CookiesProvider } from 'react-cookie';
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
 import { createStore, applyMiddleware } from 'redux';
 import thunk from 'redux-thunk'
@@ -11,10 +10,8 @@ import reducers from './reducers';
 const store = createStore(reducers, applyMiddleware(thunk));
 
 ReactDOM.render(
-    <CookiesProvider>
-      <Provider store={store}>
-        <App />
-      </Provider>
-    </CookiesProvider>,
+    <Provider store={store}>
+      <App />
+    </Provider>,
     document.querySelector('#root')
 );
diff --git a/src/reducers/authReducer.js b/src/reducers/authReducer.js
index c24d51b..7ae725b 100644
--- a/src/reducers/authReducer.js
+++ b/src/reducers/authReducer.js
@@ -1,14 +1,31 @@
+import Cookies from 'universal-cookie';
+
+const cookies = new Cookies();
+
 const initialState = {
     user_logged_in: false,
     username: '',
-    jwt: ''
 };
 
+
+
 export default (state = initialState, action) => {
     switch (action.type) {
         case 'USER_LOGIN':
+            const full_jwt = action.payload.data.jwt
+            const jwt_split = full_jwt.split('.')
+            const jwt_signature = jwt_split.pop()
+            const jwt_header_payload = jwt_split.join('.')
+            cookies.set("jwt.signature", jwt_signature,
+                {
+                    path: '/',
+                    httpOnly: true
+                })
+            cookies.set("jwt.header_payload", jwt_header_payload,
+                {
+                    path: '/',
+                })
             return {...state, ...{
-                jwt: action.payload.data.jwt,
                 username: action.payload.data.username,
                 user_logged_in: true
             }}