diff --git a/api/src/core/api.js b/api/src/core/api.js
index b3123033..4811cd40 100644
--- a/api/src/core/api.js
+++ b/api/src/core/api.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { friendlyServiceName } from "../processing/service-alias.js";
 import { verifyStream, getInternalStream } from "../stream/manage.js";
 import { createResponse, normalizeRequest, getIP } from "../processing/request.js";
 import * as APIKeys from "../security/api-keys.js";
+import * as Cookies from "../processing/cookie/manager.js";
 
 const git = {
     branch: await getBranch(),
@@ -348,6 +349,10 @@ export const runAPI = (express, app, __dirname) => {
         APIKeys.setup(env.apiKeyURL);
     }
 
+    if (env.cookiePath) {
+        Cookies.setup(env.cookiePath);
+    }
+
     app.listen(env.apiPort, env.listenAddress, () => {
         console.log(`\n` +
             Bright(Cyan("cobalt ")) + Bright("API ^ω⁠^") + "\n" +
diff --git a/api/src/processing/cookie/manager.js b/api/src/processing/cookie/manager.js
index 25bf9c90..3afb4bfd 100644
--- a/api/src/processing/cookie/manager.js
+++ b/api/src/processing/cookie/manager.js
@@ -1,26 +1,20 @@
 import Cookie from './cookie.js';
 import { readFile, writeFile } from 'fs/promises';
 import { parse as parseSetCookie, splitCookiesString } from 'set-cookie-parser';
-import { env } from '../../config.js';
 
 const WRITE_INTERVAL = 60000,
-      cookiePath = env.cookiePath,
       COUNTER = Symbol('counter');
 
 let cookies = {}, dirty = false, intervalId;
 
-const setup = async () => {
+export const setup = async (cookiePath) => {
     try {
-        if (!cookiePath) return;
-
         cookies = await readFile(cookiePath, 'utf8');
         cookies = JSON.parse(cookies);
-        intervalId = setInterval(writeChanges, WRITE_INTERVAL)
+        intervalId = setInterval(writeChanges, WRITE_INTERVAL);
     } catch { /* no cookies for you */ }
 }
 
-setup();
-
 function writeChanges() {
     if (!dirty) return;
     dirty = false;