diff --git a/src/web/mod.rs b/src/web/mod.rs
index 792484e..a20b404 100644
--- a/src/web/mod.rs
+++ b/src/web/mod.rs
@@ -107,16 +107,14 @@ async fn config_middleware(
 ) -> Result<Response, StatusCode> {
     let mut config = config.clone().as_ref().clone();
 
-    fn set_from_cookie(config: &mut String, cookies: &CookieJar, name: &str) {
-        if let Some(cookie) = cookies.get(name) {
-            let value = cookie.value();
-            *config = value.to_string();
+    let settings_cookie = cookies.get("settings");
+    if let Some(settings_cookie) = settings_cookie {
+        if let Ok(settings) = serde_json::from_str::<settings::Settings>(settings_cookie.value()) {
+            config.ui.stylesheet_url = settings.stylesheet_url;
+            config.ui.stylesheet_str = settings.stylesheet_str;
         }
     }
 
-    set_from_cookie(&mut config.ui.stylesheet_url, &cookies, "stylesheet-url");
-    set_from_cookie(&mut config.ui.stylesheet_str, &cookies, "stylesheet-str");
-
     // modify the state
     req.extensions_mut().insert(config);
 
diff --git a/src/web/settings.rs b/src/web/settings.rs
index 1f34ed4..0fb0875 100644
--- a/src/web/settings.rs
+++ b/src/web/settings.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use axum::{ http::{header, StatusCode}, response::IntoResponse, Extension, Form};
 use axum_extra::extract::{cookie::Cookie, CookieJar};
 use maud::{html, Markup, PreEscaped, DOCTYPE};
-use serde::Deserialize;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use crate::{config::Config, web::head_html};
 
@@ -60,19 +60,20 @@ pub async fn get(
     ( [(header::CONTENT_TYPE, "text/html; charset=utf-8")], html)
 }
 
-#[derive(Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "kebab-case")]
 pub struct Settings {
-    stylesheet_url: String,
-    stylesheet_str: String,
+    pub stylesheet_url: String,
+    pub stylesheet_str: String,
 }
 
 pub async fn post(
     mut jar: CookieJar,
     Form(settings): Form<Settings>,
 ) -> impl IntoResponse {
-    jar = jar.add(Cookie::new("stylesheet-url", settings.stylesheet_url));
-    jar = jar.add(Cookie::new("stylesheet-str", settings.stylesheet_str));
+    let mut settings_cookie = Cookie::new("settings", serde_json::to_string(&settings).unwrap());
+    settings_cookie.make_permanent();
+    jar = jar.add(settings_cookie);
 
     (
         StatusCode::FOUND,