diff --git a/app/echoSettings.go b/app/echoSettings.go
index 89122aa..93a5b1b 100644
--- a/app/echoSettings.go
+++ b/app/echoSettings.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (a *App) SetEchoSettings() {
 		encrSecret []byte
 	)
 
-	if a.setting.SessionAuthIsHex {
+	if a.setting.SessionAuthIsHex() {
 		b, err := hex.DecodeString(a.setting.SessionCookieAuthSecret())
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func (a *App) SetEchoSettings() {
 		authSecret = b
 	}
 
-	if a.setting.SessionEncrIsHex {
+	if a.setting.SessionEncrIsHex() {
 		b, err := hex.DecodeString(a.setting.SessionCookieEncrSecret())
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
diff --git a/app/settings/settings.go b/app/settings/settings.go
index 2278592..02b7dcb 100644
--- a/app/settings/settings.go
+++ b/app/settings/settings.go
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ type Settings struct {
 	sessionCookieName       string
 	sessionCookieAuthSecret string
 	sessionCookieEncrSecret string
-	SessionAuthIsHex        bool
-	SessionEncrIsHex        bool
+	sessionAuthIsHex        bool
+	sessionEncrIsHex        bool
 	assetsPath              string
 	templatesPath           string
 	version                 string
@@ -87,11 +87,11 @@ func (s *Settings) Consolidate(conf *config.Config, host *string, port *int, dev
 	authHex, encrHex := conf.SessionSecretsAreHex()
 
 	if authHex {
-		s.SessionAuthIsHex = true
+		s.sessionAuthIsHex = true
 	}
 
 	if encrHex {
-		s.SessionEncrIsHex = true
+		s.sessionEncrIsHex = true
 	}
 
 	if conf.HTTP.Gzip > 0 {
@@ -204,6 +204,16 @@ func (s *Settings) SessionCookieEncrSecret() string {
 	return s.sessionCookieEncrSecret
 }
 
+// SessionAuthIsHex returns whether the session cookie authentication secret is hex.
+func (s *Settings) SessionAuthIsHex() bool {
+	return s.sessionAuthIsHex
+}
+
+// SessionEncrIsHex returns whether the session cookie encryption secret is hex.
+func (s *Settings) SessionEncrIsHex() bool {
+	return s.sessionEncrIsHex
+}
+
 // HTTPDomain returns the httpDomain.
 func (s *Settings) HTTPDomain() string {
 	return s.httpDomain