diff --git a/config.dhall b/config.dhall
index 35eac09..6b4c646 100644
--- a/config.dhall
+++ b/config.dhall
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ let Config =
       , AppName : Text
       , LiveMode : Bool
       , DevelMode : Bool
-      , LoginCookieName : Optional Text
+      , SessionCookieName : Text
+      , SessionCookieSecret : Text
       }
 
 let defconf
@@ -61,7 +62,8 @@ let defconf
       , AppName = "pcmt"
       , LiveMode = False
       , DevelMode = False
-      , LoginCookieName = None Text
+      , SessionCookieName = "sessionz"
+      , SessionCookieSecret = "secret"
       }
 
 let conf
@@ -88,4 +90,4 @@ let _ =
     -- | validate the configuration.
       assert : Config/validate conf
 
-in  nuconf
+in  conf
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index fc36093..4296e99 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Config struct {
-	Port      int
-	AppName   string
-	LiveMode  bool
-	DevelMode bool
+	Port                int
+	AppName             string
+	LiveMode            bool
+	DevelMode           bool
+	SessionCookieName   string
+	SessionCookieSecret string
 }
 
 func LoadConfig(path string) (*Config, error) {