diff --git a/src/js/StackOverflow/cookie.js b/src/js/StackOverflow/cookie.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f09bbd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/js/StackOverflow/cookie.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4825683/how-do-i-create-and-read-a-value-from-cookie/4825695#4825695
+
+export function setCookie (name, value, days) {
+  let expires;
+  if (days) {
+    const date = new Date();
+    date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
+    expires = '; expires=' + date.toGMTString();
+  }
+  else {
+    expires = '';
+  }
+  document.cookie = name + '=' + value + expires + '; path=/';
+}
+
+export function getCookie(c_name) {
+  if (document.cookie.length > 0) {
+    let c_start = document.cookie.indexOf(c_name + '=');
+    if (c_start != -1) {
+      c_start = c_start + c_name.length + 1;
+      let c_end = document.cookie.indexOf(';', c_start);
+      if (c_end == -1) {
+        c_end = document.cookie.length;
+      }
+      return unescape(document.cookie.substring(c_start, c_end));
+    }
+  }
+  return '';
+}
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diff --git a/src/js/account/helpers.js b/src/js/account/helpers.js
index 6e22e66..40ae175 100644
--- a/src/js/account/helpers.js
+++ b/src/js/account/helpers.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { setCookie } from "../StackOverflow/cookie";
+
 export function request (data = {}, success = () => {}, error = () => {}/* , fail = () => {} */) {
   return fetch('./api/', {
     method: 'POST', // or 'PUT'
@@ -14,4 +16,8 @@ export function request (data = {}, success = () => {}, error = () => {}/* , fai
       }
       return success(response.data);
     });
+}
+
+export function saveToken(token) {
+  setCookie('token', token, 30);
 }
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diff --git a/src/js/account/login.js b/src/js/account/login.js
index 69885be..47e4e18 100644
--- a/src/js/account/login.js
+++ b/src/js/account/login.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { request } from "./helpers";
+import { request, saveToken } from "./helpers";
 import { addMessage } from "../utilities";
 import { setupLogoutButton } from "./setupListeners";
 import { renderAccountSettings } from "./render";
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export function logIn() {
       password,
     }, successData => {
       console.log(successData);
+      saveToken(successData.token);
     }, errorData => {
       errorHTML += errorData;
     }).then(() => {
@@ -84,9 +85,10 @@ export function createAccount() {
             allowEmail,
           },
         }, responseData => {
-            return responseData;
+          saveToken(responseData.token);
+          return responseData;
         }, errorData => {
-            errorHTML += `<p class="bold red">${errorData}</p>`;        
+          errorHTML += `<p class="bold red">${errorData}</p>`;        
         }).then(responseData => {
           console.log(responseData);
           createAccountErrorMessages.innerHTML = errorHTML;
diff --git a/src/js/utilities.js b/src/js/utilities.js
index ba9770e..bc70206 100644
--- a/src/js/utilities.js
+++ b/src/js/utilities.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { addWord } from './wordManagement';
+import { getCookie } from './StackOverflow/cookie';
 
 export function getNextId() {
   const lastId = window.currentDictionary.words.reduce((highestId, word) => {
@@ -147,3 +148,7 @@ export function addMessage(messageText, time = 5000) {
 
   setTimeout(closeMessage, time);
 }
+
+export function hasToken() {
+  return getCookie('token') !== '';
+}