diff --git a/HAppS/Server/Helpers.hs b/HAppS/Server/Helpers.hs
--- a/HAppS/Server/Helpers.hs
+++ b/HAppS/Server/Helpers.hs
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
 import System.Environment
 import Control.Concurrent
 import System.Time
+import HAppS.Server.CookieFixer
 
 -- run the happs server on some port
+-- include cookie fix, various other enhancements that make things simpler
 smartserver :: (Methods st, Component st, ToMessage a) =>
                Conf -> String -> [ServerPartT IO a] -> Proxy st -> IO ()
 smartserver conf progName c stateProxy = withProgName progName $ do
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@
 
       putStrLn . ( "happs state started" ++ ) =<< time
 
-      tid <- forkIO $ simpleHTTP conf c
+      tid <- forkIO $ simpleHTTP conf ( map cookieFixer c)
       putStrLn . ( ( "simpleHttp started on port " ++ (show . port $ conf) ++ "\n" ++
                  "shut down with ctrl-c" ) ++) =<< time
 
diff --git a/HAppSHelpers.cabal b/HAppSHelpers.cabal
--- a/HAppSHelpers.cabal
+++ b/HAppSHelpers.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: HAppSHelpers
-Version: 0.7
+Version: 0.8
 License: BSD3
 License-file: bsd3.txt
 Description: Functions I found I was using repeatedly when programming HAppS based web-apps.