diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2015, Athan Clark
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+    * 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.
+
+    * Neither the name of Athan Clark nor the names of other
+      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+      from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+"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
+OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS 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.
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/src/Network/Wai/Session.hs b/src/Network/Wai/Session.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE
+    OverloadedStrings
+  #-}
+
+{- |
+Module      : Network.Wai.Session
+Copyright   : (c) 2015 Athan Clark
+
+License     : BSD-3
+Maintainer  : athan.clark@gmail.com
+Stability   : experimental
+Portability : GHC
+
+A simple interface for storing and parsing session information into cookies,
+which slightly differs from the <https://hackage.haskell.org/package/wai-session wai-session>
+interface designed by Greg Weber.
+-}
+
+module Network.Wai.Session where
+
+import Data.Time
+import qualified Data.ByteString as BS
+import Blaze.ByteString.Builder (toByteString)
+
+import           Data.Vault.Lazy (Key)
+import qualified Data.Vault.Lazy as V
+import Network.Wai.Trans
+import Network.HTTP.Types
+import Web.Cookie
+
+
+
+data SessionConfig m k v = SessionConfig
+  { renderKey :: k -> BS.ByteString       -- ^ serialize the key
+  , renderVal :: v -> BS.ByteString       -- ^ serialize the value
+  , parseKey  :: BS.ByteString -> Maybe k -- ^ parse the serialized key
+  , parseVal  :: BS.ByteString -> Maybe v -- ^ parse the serialized value
+  , keyName   :: BS.ByteString            -- ^ name used as a cookie
+  , valName   :: BS.ByteString            -- ^ name used as a cooke
+  , expire    :: Integer                  -- ^ expiration time in Seconds
+  , newVal    :: k -> v -> m (Maybe v)    -- ^ method to getting another value -
+                                          --   this could ping a nonce cache in @m@
+                                          --   for instance.
+  , vaultVar  :: Key k                    -- ^ The vault 'Data.Vault.Lazy.Key' used
+                                          --   to store the /session/ key
+                                          --   when 'newVal' is successful.
+  }
+
+
+sessionMiddleware :: Monad m => SessionConfig m k v -> MiddlewareT m
+sessionMiddleware cfg app req respond =
+  case parseSessionCookies cfg (requestHeaders req) of
+    Nothing        -> app req respond
+    Just (key,val) -> do
+      mVal <- newVal cfg key val
+      case mVal of
+        Nothing    -> app req respond
+        Just val'  ->
+          let f    = mapResponseHeaders (++ renderSessionCookies cfg key val')
+              req' = req {vault = V.insert (vaultVar cfg) key (vault req)}
+          in app req' (respond . f)
+
+
+parseSessionCookies :: SessionConfig m k v -> RequestHeaders -> Maybe (k, v)
+parseSessionCookies cfg xs = do
+  cookies <- parseCookies <$> lookup "Cookie" xs
+  key     <- parseKey cfg =<< lookup (keyName cfg) cookies
+  val     <- parseVal cfg =<< lookup (valName cfg) cookies
+  return (key, val)
+
+renderSessionCookies :: SessionConfig m k v -> k -> v -> ResponseHeaders
+renderSessionCookies cfg key val = repeat "Set-Cookie" `zip` cookies
+  where
+    cookies = (toByteString . renderSetCookie) <$>
+      [ def { setCookieName   = keyName cfg
+            , setCookieValue  = renderKey cfg key
+            , setCookieMaxAge = Just $ secondsToDiffTime (expire cfg)
+            }
+      , def { setCookieName   = valName cfg
+            , setCookieValue  = renderVal cfg val
+            , setCookieMaxAge = Just $ secondsToDiffTime (expire cfg)
+            }
+      ]
+
diff --git a/wai-session-alt.cabal b/wai-session-alt.cabal
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+Name:                   wai-session-alt
+Version:                0.0.0
+Author:                 Athan Clark <athan.clark@gmail.com>
+Maintainer:             Athan Clark <athan.clark@gmail.com>
+License:                BSD3
+License-File:           LICENSE
+Synopsis:               An alternative session middleware for WAI.
+-- Description:
+Cabal-Version:          >= 1.10
+Build-Type:             Simple
+Category:               Web
+
+Library
+  Default-Language:     Haskell2010
+  HS-Source-Dirs:       src
+  GHC-Options:          -Wall
+  Exposed-Modules:      Network.Wai.Session
+  Build-Depends:        base >= 4.8 && < 5
+                      , blaze-builder
+                      , bytestring
+                      , cookie
+                      , http-types
+                      , time
+                      , vault
+                      , wai-transformers
+
+Source-Repository head
+  Type:                 git
+  Location:             https://github.com/athanclark/wai-session-alt