diff --git a/src/shared/config.ts b/src/shared/config.ts
index 6718de0a..70019742 100644
--- a/src/shared/config.ts
+++ b/src/shared/config.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export const updateUnreadCountsInterval = 30000;
 export const fetchLimit = 20;
 export const relTags = "noopener nofollow";
 export const emDash = "\u2014";
-export const authCookieName = "auth";
+export const authCookieName = "jwt";
 
 // No. of max displayed communities per
 // page on route "/communities"