diff --git a/db.py b/db.py
index ac0bde1..e070cda 100644
--- a/db.py
+++ b/db.py
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ from sqlmodel import (
 with open("db.secrets", "r") as f:
     db_secrets = f.readline().strip()
 
-engine = create_engine(db_secrets, connect_args={"connect_timeout": 8})
+engine = create_engine(
+    db_secrets, pool_timeout=20, pool_size=2, connect_args={"connect_timeout": 8}
+)
 del db_secrets
 
 
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 57aa01a..959a1da 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from analysis import analysis_router
 from security import (
     get_current_active_user,
     login_for_access_token,
+    logout,
     read_users_me,
     read_own_items,
 )
@@ -64,21 +65,11 @@ def list_teams():
 
 player_router = APIRouter(prefix="/player")
 player_router.add_api_route("/list", endpoint=list_players, methods=["GET"])
-player_router.add_api_route(
-    "/add",
-    endpoint=add_player,
-    methods=["POST"],
-    dependencies=[Depends(get_current_active_user)],
-)
+player_router.add_api_route("/add", endpoint=add_player, methods=["POST"])
 
 team_router = APIRouter(prefix="/team")
 team_router.add_api_route("/list", endpoint=list_teams, methods=["GET"])
-team_router.add_api_route(
-    "/add",
-    endpoint=add_team,
-    methods=["POST"],
-    dependencies=[Depends(get_current_active_user)],
-)
+team_router.add_api_route("/add", endpoint=add_team, methods=["POST"])
 
 
 @app.post("/mvps/", status_code=status.HTTP_200_OK)
@@ -103,13 +94,16 @@ class SPAStaticFiles(StaticFiles):
         return response
 
 
-api_router.include_router(player_router)
-api_router.include_router(team_router)
+api_router.include_router(
+    player_router, dependencies=[Depends(get_current_active_user)]
+)
+api_router.include_router(team_router, dependencies=[Depends(get_current_active_user)])
 api_router.include_router(
     analysis_router,
     dependencies=[Security(get_current_active_user, scopes=["analysis"])],
 )
 api_router.add_api_route("/token", endpoint=login_for_access_token, methods=["POST"])
+api_router.add_api_route("/logout", endpoint=logout, methods=["POST"])
 api_router.add_api_route("/users/me/", endpoint=read_users_me, methods=["GET"])
 api_router.add_api_route("/users/me/items/", endpoint=read_own_items, methods=["GET"])
 app.include_router(api_router)
diff --git a/security.py b/security.py
index 0c6f5d1..a88b271 100644
--- a/security.py
+++ b/security.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 from datetime import timedelta, timezone, datetime
 from typing import Annotated
-from fastapi import Depends, HTTPException, Response, status
+from fastapi import Depends, HTTPException, Request, Response, status
 from pydantic import BaseModel, ValidationError
 import jwt
-from jwt.exceptions import InvalidTokenError
+from jwt.exceptions import ExpiredSignatureError, InvalidTokenError
 from sqlmodel import Session, select
 from db import engine, User
 from fastapi.security import (
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.exc import OperationalError
 
 class Config(BaseSettings):
     secret_key: str = ""
-    access_token_expire_minutes: int = 30
+    access_token_expire_minutes: int = 15
     model_config = SettingsConfigDict(
         env_file=".env", env_file_encoding="utf-8", extra="ignore"
     )
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ config = Config()
 
 class Token(BaseModel):
     access_token: str
-    token_type: str
 
 
 class TokenData(BaseModel):
@@ -81,15 +80,15 @@ def create_access_token(data: dict, expires_delta: timedelta | None = None):
     if expires_delta:
         expire = datetime.now(timezone.utc) + expires_delta
     else:
-        expire = datetime.now(timezone.utc) + timedelta(minutes=15)
+        expire = datetime.now(timezone.utc) + timedelta(
+            seconds=config.access_token_expire_minutes
+        )
     to_encode.update({"exp": expire})
     encoded_jwt = jwt.encode(to_encode, config.secret_key, algorithm="HS256")
     return encoded_jwt
 
 
-async def get_current_user(
-    security_scopes: SecurityScopes, token: Annotated[str, Depends(oauth2_scheme)]
-):
+async def get_current_user(security_scopes: SecurityScopes, request: Request):
     if security_scopes.scopes:
         authenticate_value = f'Bearer scope="{security_scopes.scope_str}"'
     else:
@@ -99,13 +98,22 @@ async def get_current_user(
         detail="Could not validate credentials",
         headers={"WWW-Authenticate": authenticate_value},
     )
+    access_token = request.cookies.get("access_token")
+    if not access_token:
+        raise credentials_exception
     try:
-        payload = jwt.decode(token, config.secret_key, algorithms=["HS256"])
+        payload = jwt.decode(access_token, config.secret_key, algorithms=["HS256"])
         username: str = payload.get("sub")
         if username is None:
             raise credentials_exception
         token_scopes = payload.get("scopes", [])
         token_data = TokenData(username=username, scopes=token_scopes)
+    except ExpiredSignatureError:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+            detail="Token expired",
+            headers={"WWW-Authenticate": authenticate_value},
+        )
     except (InvalidTokenError, ValidationError):
         raise credentials_exception
     user = get_user(username=token_data.username)
@@ -139,17 +147,24 @@ async def login_for_access_token(
             detail="Incorrect username or password",
             headers={"WWW-Authenticate": "Bearer"},
         )
-    access_token_expires = timedelta(minutes=config.access_token_expire_minutes)
     allowed_scopes = set(user.scopes.split())
     requested_scopes = set(form_data.scopes)
     access_token = create_access_token(
-        data={"sub": user.username, "scopes": list(allowed_scopes)},
-        expires_delta=access_token_expires,
+        data={"sub": user.username, "scopes": list(allowed_scopes)}
     )
     response.set_cookie(
-        "Authorization", value=f"Bearer {access_token}", httponly=True, samesite="none"
+        "access_token",
+        value=access_token,
+        httponly=True,
+        samesite="strict",
+        max_age=15,
     )
-    return Token(access_token=access_token, token_type="bearer")
+    return Token(access_token=access_token)
+
+
+async def logout(response: Response):
+    response.set_cookie("access_token", "", expires=0, httponly=True, samesite="strict")
+    return
 
 
 async def read_users_me(
diff --git a/src/Rankings.tsx b/src/Rankings.tsx
index 409f907..306c07c 100644
--- a/src/Rankings.tsx
+++ b/src/Rankings.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Dispatch, SetStateAction, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { ReactSortable, ReactSortableProps } from "react-sortablejs";
-import api, { baseUrl } from "./api";
+import { apiAuth } from "./api";
 
 interface Player {
   id: number;
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export function Chemistry({ user, players }: PlayerInfoProps) {
       let middle = playersMiddle.map(({ name }) => name);
       let right = playersRight.map(({ name }) => name);
       const data = { user: _user, hate: left, undecided: middle, love: right };
-      const response = await api("chemistry", data);
+      const response = await apiAuth("chemistry", data);
       response.ok ? setDialog("success!") : setDialog("try sending again");
     }
   }
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ export function MVP({ user, players }: PlayerInfoProps) {
       let _user = user.map(({ name }) => name)[0];
       let mvps = rankedPlayers.map(({ name }) => name);
       const data = { user: _user, mvps: mvps };
-      const response = await api("mvps", data);
+      const response = await apiAuth("mvps", data);
       response.ok ? setDialog("success!") : setDialog("try sending again");
     }
   }
@@ -272,10 +272,7 @@ export default function Rankings() {
   const [openTab, setOpenTab] = useState("Chemistry");
 
   async function loadPlayers() {
-    const response = await fetch(`${baseUrl}api/player/list`, {
-      method: "GET",
-    });
-    const data = await response.json();
+    const data = await apiAuth("player/list", null, "GET");
     setPlayers(data as Player[]);
   }
 
@@ -334,8 +331,11 @@ export default function Rankings() {
             </button>
           </div>
 
-          <span className="grey">assign as many or as few players as you want<br />
-            and don't forget to <b>submit</b> (💾) when you're done :)</span>
+          <span className="grey">
+            assign as many or as few players as you want
+            <br />
+            and don't forget to <b>submit</b> (💾) when you're done :)
+          </span>
 
           <div id="Chemistry" className="tabcontent">
             <Chemistry {...{ user, players }} />
diff --git a/src/api.ts b/src/api.ts
index e2526d9..949ac82 100644
--- a/src/api.ts
+++ b/src/api.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,4 @@
 export const baseUrl = import.meta.env.VITE_BASE_URL as string;
-export const token = () => localStorage.getItem("access_token") as string;
-
-export default async function api(path: string, data: any): Promise<any> {
-  const request = new Request(`${baseUrl}${path}/`, {
-    method: "POST",
-    headers: {
-      "Content-Type": "application/json",
-    },
-    body: JSON.stringify(data),
-  });
-  let response: Response;
-  try {
-    response = await fetch(request);
-  } catch (e) {
-    throw new Error(`request failed: ${e}`);
-  }
-  return response;
-}
 
 export async function apiAuth(
   path: string,
@@ -26,9 +8,9 @@ export async function apiAuth(
   const req = new Request(`${baseUrl}api/${path}`, {
     method: method,
     headers: {
-      Authorization: `Bearer ${token()} `,
       "Content-Type": "application/json",
     },
+    credentials: "include",
     ...(data && { body: JSON.stringify(data) }),
   });
   let resp: Response;
@@ -55,13 +37,12 @@ export type User = {
 };
 
 export async function currentUser(): Promise<User> {
-  if (!token()) throw new Error("you have no access token");
   const req = new Request(`${baseUrl}api/users/me/`, {
     method: "GET",
     headers: {
-      Authorization: `Bearer ${token()} `,
       "Content-Type": "application/json",
     },
+    credentials: "include",
   });
   let resp: Response;
   try {
@@ -83,12 +64,7 @@ export type LoginRequest = {
   username: string;
   password: string;
 };
-export type Token = {
-  access_token: string;
-  token_type: string;
-};
 
-// api.js
 export const login = async (req: LoginRequest): Promise<void> => {
   try {
     const response = await fetch(`${baseUrl}api/token`, {
@@ -97,20 +73,24 @@ export const login = async (req: LoginRequest): Promise<void> => {
         "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
       },
       body: new URLSearchParams(req).toString(),
+      credentials: "include",
     });
     if (!response.ok) {
       throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
     }
-    const token = (await response.json()) as Token;
-    if (token && token.access_token) {
-      localStorage.setItem("access_token", token.access_token);
-    } else {
-      console.log("Token not acquired");
-    }
   } catch (e) {
     console.error(e);
     throw e; // rethrow the error so it can be caught by the caller
   }
 };
 
-export const logout = () => localStorage.removeItem("access_token");
+export const logout = async () => {
+  try {
+    await fetch(`${baseUrl}api/logout`, {
+      method: "POST",
+      credentials: "include",
+    });
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error(e);
+  }
+};