diff --git a/dudeswave/src/dudeswave_auth_handler.erl b/dudeswave/src/dudeswave_auth_handler.erl
index 0ebae55..d2b28f3 100644
--- a/dudeswave/src/dudeswave_auth_handler.erl
+++ b/dudeswave/src/dudeswave_auth_handler.erl
@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ forbidden(Req, State) ->
 		<<"POST">> ->
 			{false, Req, State};
 		_ ->
-			#{dudeauth := Auth, dudename := User} = cowboy_req:match_cookies([dudeauth,
-			    dudename], Req),
+			{User, Auth} = dudeswave_auth:auth_cookies(Req),
 
 			case dudeswave_auth:authenticate(User, {cookie, Auth}) of
 				{error, service_unavailable} -> exit(service_unavailable);
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ content_types_accepted(Req, State) ->
 	end.
 
 resource_exists(Req, State) ->
-	#{dudename := User} = cowboy_req:match_cookies([dudename], Req),
+	{User, _} = dudeswave_auth:auth_cookies(Req),
 
 	case dudeswave_auth:details(User) of
 		[] ->
@@ -136,8 +135,7 @@ is_conflict(Req, State) -> {true, Req, State}.
 allow_missing_post(Req, State) -> {false, Req, State}.
 
 delete_resource(Req, State) ->
-	#{dudename := User, dudeauth := Auth} = cowboy_req:match_cookies([dudename,
-	    dudeauth], Req),
+	{User, Auth} = dudeswave_auth:auth_cookies(Req),
 
 	case dudeswave_auth:logout(User, Auth) of
 		ok ->