diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# ChangeLog for clientsession
+
+## 0.9.3.0
+
+* Migrate to crypton from cryptonite.
+
+## 0.9.2.0
+
+* Migrate crypto-aes and cprng-aes to cryptonite. [#36](https://github.com/yesodweb/clientsession/pull/36)
+
+## 0.9.1.2
+
+* Clarify that we're using MIT license
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,25 +1,20 @@
-The following license covers this documentation, and the source code, except
-where otherwise indicated.
-
-Copyright 2008, Michael Snoyman. All rights reserved.
-
-Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+Copyright (c) 2008 Michael Snoyman, http://www.yesodweb.com/
 
-* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
-  list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
 
-* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
-  this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
-  and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 
-THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
-MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO
-EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
-INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
-NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA,
-OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
-OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
-ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+## clientsession
+
+Securely store session data in a client-side cookie.
+
+Achieves security through AES-CTR encryption and Skein-MAC-512-256
+authentication.  Uses Base64 encoding to avoid any issues with characters.
diff --git a/bin/generate.hs b/bin/generate.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/generate.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module Main where
+
+import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe, listToMaybe)
+import Control.Monad (void)
+import System.Environment (getArgs)
+import Web.ClientSession (randomKeyEnv)
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = void $ randomKeyEnv . fromMaybe "SESSION_KEY" . listToMaybe =<< getArgs
diff --git a/clientsession.cabal b/clientsession.cabal
--- a/clientsession.cabal
+++ b/clientsession.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name:            clientsession
-version:         0.8.1
-license:         BSD3
+version:         0.9.3.0
+license:         MIT
 license-file:    LICENSE
 author:          Michael Snoyman <michael@snoyman.com>, Felipe Lessa <felipe.lessa@gmail.com>
 maintainer:      Michael Snoyman <michael@snoyman.com>
@@ -10,33 +10,45 @@
                  encoding to avoid any issues with characters.
 category:        Web
 stability:       stable
-cabal-version:   >= 1.8
+cabal-version:   >= 1.10
 build-type:      Simple
 homepage:        http://github.com/yesodweb/clientsession/tree/master
-data-files:      bench.hs
-extra-source-files: tests/runtests.hs
+extra-source-files: tests/runtests.hs bench.hs ChangeLog.md README.md
 
 flag test
   description: Build the executable to run unit tests
   default: False
 
+executable clientsession-generate
+    default-language: Haskell2010
+    main-is: generate.hs
+    build-depends:   base
+                   , clientsession
+    ghc-options:     -Wall
+    hs-source-dirs: bin
+
 library
-    build-depends:   base                >=4           && < 5
+    default-language: Haskell2010
+    build-depends:   base                >= 4.8          && < 5
+                       -- https://github.com/yesodweb/clientsession/commit/1221230770feff60f77ff676d52fc464cb77b2d9#r122087962
+                       -- Data.Bifunctor entered base in 4.8
                    , bytestring          >= 0.9
                    , cereal              >= 0.3
                    , directory           >= 1
                    , tagged              >= 0.1
                    , crypto-api          >= 0.8
-                   , skein               >= 0.1        && < 0.2
+                   , skein               == 1.0.*
                    , base64-bytestring   >= 0.1.1.1
                    , entropy             >= 0.2.1
-                   , cprng-aes           >= 0.2
-                   , cipher-aes          >= 0.1.7
+                   , crypton             >= 1.0
+                   , setenv
     exposed-modules: Web.ClientSession
+    other-modules:   System.LookupEnv
     ghc-options:     -Wall
     hs-source-dirs:  src
 
 test-suite runtests
+    default-language: Haskell2010
     type: exitcode-stdio-1.0
     build-depends:   base
                    , bytestring          >= 0.9
@@ -54,4 +66,4 @@
 
 source-repository head
   type:     git
-  location: git://github.com/yesodweb/clientsession.git
+  location: https://github.com/yesodweb/clientsession.git
diff --git a/src/System/LookupEnv.hs b/src/System/LookupEnv.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/System/LookupEnv.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+module System.LookupEnv (lookupEnv) where
+
+import System.Environment (getEnvironment)
+
+lookupEnv :: String -> IO (Maybe String)
+lookupEnv envVar = fmap (lookup envVar) $ getEnvironment
diff --git a/src/Web/ClientSession.hs b/src/Web/ClientSession.hs
--- a/src/Web/ClientSession.hs
+++ b/src/Web/ClientSession.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE ForeignFunctionInterface #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE NamedFieldPuns #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE PackageImports #-}
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 --
 -- |
@@ -44,10 +46,12 @@
     , randomIV
     , mkIV
     , getKey
+    , getKeyEnv
     , defaultKeyFile
     , getDefaultKey
     , initKey
     , randomKey
+    , randomKeyEnv
       -- * Actual encryption/decryption
     , encrypt
     , encryptIO
@@ -58,7 +62,19 @@
 import Control.Applicative ((<$>))
 import Control.Concurrent (forkIO)
 import Control.Monad (guard, when)
+import Data.Bifunctor (first)
 import Data.Function (on)
+
+#if MIN_VERSION_base(4,7,0)
+import System.Environment (lookupEnv, setEnv)
+#elif MIN_VERSION_base(4,6,0)
+import System.Environment (lookupEnv)
+import System.SetEnv (setEnv)
+#else
+import System.LookupEnv (lookupEnv)
+import System.SetEnv (setEnv)
+#endif
+
 import System.IO.Unsafe (unsafePerformIO)
 import qualified Data.IORef as I
 
@@ -67,6 +83,7 @@
 
 -- from bytestring
 import qualified Data.ByteString as S
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as C
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Base64 as B
 
 -- from cereal
@@ -77,11 +94,12 @@
 
 -- from crypto-api
 import Crypto.Classes (constTimeEq)
-import Crypto.Random (genSeedLength, reseed)
-import Crypto.Types (ByteLength)
 
--- from cipher-aes
+-- from crypton
 import qualified Crypto.Cipher.AES as A
+import Crypto.Cipher.Types(Cipher(..),BlockCipher(..),makeIV)
+import Crypto.Error (eitherCryptoError)
+import "crypton" Crypto.Random (ChaChaDRG,drgNew,randomBytesGenerate)
 
 -- from skein
 import Crypto.Skein (skeinMAC', Skein_512_256)
@@ -89,18 +107,16 @@
 -- from entropy
 import System.Entropy (getEntropy)
 
--- from cprng-aes
-import Crypto.Random.AESCtr (AESRNG, makeSystem, genRandomBytes)
 
-
 -- | The keys used to store the cookies.  We have an AES key used
 -- to encrypt the cookie and a Skein-MAC-512-256 key used verify
--- the authencity and integrity of the cookie.  The AES key needs
--- to have exactly 32 bytes (256 bits) while Skein-MAC-512-256
--- should have 64 bytes (512 bits).
+-- the authencity and integrity of the cookie.  The AES key must
+-- have exactly 32 bytes (256 bits) while Skein-MAC-512-256 must
+-- have 64 bytes (512 bits).
 --
 -- See also 'getDefaultKey' and 'initKey'.
-data Key = Key { aesKey :: !A.Key
+data Key = Key { aesKey ::
+                    !A.AES256
                  -- ^ AES key with 32 bytes.
                , macKey :: !(S.ByteString -> Skein_512_256)
                  -- ^ Skein-MAC key.  Instead of storing the key
@@ -120,15 +136,15 @@
 instance Show Key where
     show _ = "<Web.ClientSession.Key>"
 
--- | The initialization vector used by AES.  Should be exactly 16
+-- | The initialization vector used by AES.  Must be exactly 16
 -- bytes long.
-newtype IV = IV A.IV
+newtype IV = IV S.ByteString
 
 unsafeMkIV :: S.ByteString -> IV
-unsafeMkIV bs = (IV (A.IV bs))
+unsafeMkIV bs = (IV bs)
 
 unIV :: IV -> S.ByteString
-unIV (IV (A.IV bs)) = bs
+unIV (IV bs) = bs
 
 instance Eq IV where
   (==) = (==) `on` unIV
@@ -155,9 +171,9 @@
         | otherwise         = Nothing
 
 -- | Randomly construct a fresh initialization vector.  You
--- /should not/ reuse initialization vectors.
+-- /MUST NOT/ reuse initialization vectors.
 randomIV :: IO IV
-randomIV = aesRNG
+randomIV = chaChaRNG
 
 -- | The default key file.
 defaultKeyFile :: FilePath
@@ -184,6 +200,22 @@
         S.writeFile keyFile bs
         return key'
 
+-- | Get the key from the named environment variable
+--
+-- Assumes the value is a Base64-encoded string. If the variable is not set, a
+-- random key will be generated, set in the environment, and the Base64-encoded
+-- version printed on @/dev/stdout@.
+getKeyEnv :: String     -- ^ Name of the environment variable
+          -> IO Key     -- ^ The actual key.
+getKeyEnv envVar = do
+    mvalue <- lookupEnv envVar
+    case mvalue of
+        Just value -> either (const newKey) return $ initKey =<< decode value
+        Nothing -> newKey
+  where
+    decode = B.decode . C.pack
+    newKey = randomKeyEnv envVar
+
 -- | Generate a random 'Key'.  Besides the 'Key', the
 -- 'ByteString' passed to 'initKey' is returned so that it can be
 -- saved for later use.
@@ -194,18 +226,42 @@
         Left e -> error $ "Web.ClientSession.randomKey: never here, " ++ e
         Right key -> return (bs, key)
 
+-- | Generate a random 'Key', set a Base64-encoded version of it in the given
+-- environment variable, then return it. Also prints the generated string to
+-- @/dev/stdout@.
+randomKeyEnv :: String -> IO Key
+randomKeyEnv envVar = do
+    (bs, key) <- randomKey
+    let encoded = C.unpack $ B.encode bs
+    setEnv envVar encoded
+    putStrLn $ envVar ++ "=" ++ encoded
+    return key
+
 -- | Initializes a 'Key' from a random 'S.ByteString'.  Fails if
 -- there isn't exactly 96 bytes (256 bits for AES and 512 bits
 -- for Skein-MAC-512-512).
+--
+-- Note that the input string is assumed to be uniformly chosen
+-- from the set of all 96-byte strings.  In other words, each
+-- byte should be chosen from the set of all byte values (0-255)
+-- with the same probability.
+--
+-- In particular, this function does not do any kind of key
+-- stretching.  You should never feed it a password, for example.
+--
+-- It's /highly/ recommended to feed @initKey@ only with values
+-- generated by 'randomKey', unless you really know what you're
+-- doing.
 initKey :: S.ByteString -> Either String Key
 initKey bs | S.length bs /= 96 = Left $ "Web.ClientSession.initKey: length of " ++
                                          show (S.length bs) ++ " /= 96."
-initKey bs = Right $ Key { aesKey = A.initKey preAesKey
-                         , macKey = skeinMAC' preMacKey
-                         , keyRaw = bs
-                         }
-    where
-      (preMacKey, preAesKey) = S.splitAt 64 bs
+initKey bs = do
+  let (preMacKey, preAesKey) = S.splitAt 64 bs
+  aesKey <- first show $ eitherCryptoError (cipherInit preAesKey)
+  Right $ Key { aesKey
+              , macKey = skeinMAC' preMacKey
+              , keyRaw = bs
+              }
 
 -- | Same as 'encrypt', however randomly generates the
 -- initialization vector for you.
@@ -222,12 +278,14 @@
         -> S.ByteString -- ^ Serialized cookie data.
         -> S.ByteString -- ^ Encoded cookie data to be given to
                         -- the client browser.
-encrypt key (IV (A.IV iv)) x = B.encode final
-  where
-    encrypted  = A.encryptCTR (aesKey key) (A.IV iv) x
-    toBeAuthed = iv `S.append` encrypted
-    auth       = macKey key toBeAuthed
-    final      = encode auth `S.append` toBeAuthed
+encrypt key (IV b) x = case makeIV b of
+    Nothing -> error "Web.ClientSession.encrypt: Failed to makeIV"
+    Just iv -> B.encode final
+      where
+        encrypted  = ctrCombine (aesKey key) iv x
+        toBeAuthed = b `S.append` encrypted
+        auth       = macKey key toBeAuthed
+        final      = encode auth `S.append` toBeAuthed
 
 -- | Decode (Base64), verify the integrity and authenticity
 -- (Skein-MAC-512-256) and decrypt (AES-CTR) the given encoded
@@ -243,61 +301,53 @@
         auth' = macKey key toBeAuthed
     guard (encode auth' `constTimeEq` auth)
     let (iv, encrypted) = S.splitAt 16 toBeAuthed
-    return $! A.decryptCTR (aesKey key) (A.IV iv) encrypted
+    iv' <- makeIV iv
+    return $! ctrCombine (aesKey key) iv' encrypted
 
 
+-- [from when the code used cprng-aes.AESRNG]
 -- Significantly more efficient random IV generation. Initial
 -- benchmarks placed it at 6.06 us versus 1.69 ms for
 -- Crypto.Modes.getIVIO, since it does not require /dev/urandom
 -- I/O for every call.
 
-data AESState =
-    ASt {-# UNPACK #-} !AESRNG -- Our CPRNG using AES on CTR mode
-        {-# UNPACK #-} !Int    -- How many IVs were generated with this
-                               -- AESRNG.  Used to control reseeding.
+-- [now with crypton.ChaChaDRG]
+-- I haven't run any benchmark; this conversion is a case of “code
+-- that doesn't crash trumps performance.”
 
+data ChaChaState =
+    CCSt {-# UNPACK #-} !ChaChaDRG -- Our CPRNG using ChaCha
+         {-# UNPACK #-} !Int       -- How many IVs were generated with this
+                                   -- CPRNG.  Used to control reseeding.
+
 -- | Construct initial state of the CPRNG.
-aesSeed :: IO AESState
-aesSeed = do
-  rng <- makeSystem
-  return $! ASt rng 0
+chaChaSeed :: IO ChaChaState
+chaChaSeed = do
+  drg <- drgNew
+  return $! CCSt drg 0
 
 -- | Reseed the CPRNG with new entropy from the system pool.
-aesReseed :: IO ()
-aesReseed = do
-  let len :: Tagged AESRNG ByteLength
-      len = genSeedLength
-  ent <- getEntropy (untag len)
-  I.atomicModifyIORef aesRef $
-       \(ASt rng _) ->
-           case reseed ent rng of
-             Right rng' -> (ASt rng' 0, ())
-             Left  _    -> (ASt rng  0, ())
-             -- Use the old RNG, but force a reseed
-             -- after another 'threshold' uses of it.
-             -- In theory, we will never reach this
-             -- branch, but if we do, we're safe.
+chaChaReseed :: IO ()
+chaChaReseed = do
+  drg' <- drgNew
+  I.writeIORef chaChaRef $ CCSt drg' 0
 
 -- | 'IORef' that keeps the current state of the CPRNG.  Yep,
 -- global state.  Used in thread-safe was only, though.
-aesRef :: I.IORef AESState
-aesRef = unsafePerformIO $ aesSeed >>= I.newIORef
-{-# NOINLINE aesRef #-}
+chaChaRef :: I.IORef ChaChaState
+chaChaRef = unsafePerformIO $ chaChaSeed >>= I.newIORef
+{-# NOINLINE chaChaRef #-}
 
 -- | Construct a new 16-byte IV using our CPRNG.  Forks another
 -- thread to reseed the CPRNG should its usage count reach a
 -- hardcoded threshold.
-aesRNG :: IO IV
-aesRNG = do
+chaChaRNG :: IO IV
+chaChaRNG = do
   (bs, count) <-
-      I.atomicModifyIORef aesRef $ \(ASt rng count) ->
-#if MIN_VERSION_cprng_aes(0, 3, 2)
-          let (bs', rng') = genRandomBytes 16 rng
-#else
-          let (bs', rng') = genRandomBytes rng 16
-#endif
-          in (ASt rng' (succ count), (bs', count))
-  when (count == threshold) $ void $ forkIO aesReseed
+      I.atomicModifyIORef chaChaRef $ \(CCSt drg count) ->
+          let (bs', drg') = randomBytesGenerate 16 drg
+          in (CCSt drg' (succ count), (bs', count))
+  when (count == threshold) $ void $ forkIO chaChaReseed
   return $! unsafeMkIV bs
  where
   void f = f >> return ()
diff --git a/tests/runtests.hs b/tests/runtests.hs
--- a/tests/runtests.hs
+++ b/tests/runtests.hs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 main :: IO ()
 main = hspec $ describe "client session" $ do
     it "encrypt/decrypt success" $ property propEncDec
+    it "encrypt/decrypt success (environment key)" $ property propEncDecEnv
     it "encrypt/decrypt failure" $ property propEncDecFailure
     it "AES encrypt/decrypt success" $ property propAES
     it "AES encryption changes bs" $ property propAESChanges
@@ -32,6 +33,13 @@
 propEncDec :: S.ByteString -> Bool
 propEncDec bs = unsafePerformIO $ do
     key <- getDefaultKey
+    s <- encryptIO key bs
+    let bs' = decrypt key s
+    return $ Just bs == bs'
+
+propEncDecEnv :: S.ByteString -> Bool
+propEncDecEnv bs = unsafePerformIO $ do
+    key <- getKeyEnv "SESSION_KEY"
     s <- encryptIO key bs
     let bs' = decrypt key s
     return $ Just bs == bs'
