diff --git a/client/js/libs/jquery/cookie.js b/client/js/libs/jquery/cookie.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c7f3a59b..00000000
--- a/client/js/libs/jquery/cookie.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,117 +0,0 @@
-/*!
- * jQuery Cookie Plugin v1.4.1
- * https://github.com/carhartl/jquery-cookie
- *
- * Copyright 2013 Klaus Hartl
- * Released under the MIT license
- */
-(function (factory) {
-	if (typeof define === 'function' && define.amd) {
-		// AMD
-		define(['jquery'], factory);
-	} else if (typeof exports === 'object') {
-		// CommonJS
-		factory(require('jquery'));
-	} else {
-		// Browser globals
-		factory(jQuery);
-	}
-}(function ($) {
-
-	var pluses = /\+/g;
-
-	function encode(s) {
-		return config.raw ? s : encodeURIComponent(s);
-	}
-
-	function decode(s) {
-		return config.raw ? s : decodeURIComponent(s);
-	}
-
-	function stringifyCookieValue(value) {
-		return encode(config.json ? JSON.stringify(value) : String(value));
-	}
-
-	function parseCookieValue(s) {
-		if (s.indexOf('"') === 0) {
-			// This is a quoted cookie as according to RFC2068, unescape...
-			s = s.slice(1, -1).replace(/\\"/g, '"').replace(/\\\\/g, '\\');
-		}
-
-		try {
-			// Replace server-side written pluses with spaces.
-			// If we can't decode the cookie, ignore it, it's unusable.
-			// If we can't parse the cookie, ignore it, it's unusable.
-			s = decodeURIComponent(s.replace(pluses, ' '));
-			return config.json ? JSON.parse(s) : s;
-		} catch(e) {}
-	}
-
-	function read(s, converter) {
-		var value = config.raw ? s : parseCookieValue(s);
-		return $.isFunction(converter) ? converter(value) : value;
-	}
-
-	var config = $.cookie = function (key, value, options) {
-
-		// Write
-
-		if (value !== undefined && !$.isFunction(value)) {
-			options = $.extend({}, config.defaults, options);
-
-			if (typeof options.expires === 'number') {
-				var days = options.expires, t = options.expires = new Date();
-				t.setTime(+t + days * 864e+5);
-			}
-
-			return (document.cookie = [
-				encode(key), '=', stringifyCookieValue(value),
-				options.expires ? '; expires=' + options.expires.toUTCString() : '', // use expires attribute, max-age is not supported by IE
-				options.path    ? '; path=' + options.path : '',
-				options.domain  ? '; domain=' + options.domain : '',
-				options.secure  ? '; secure' : ''
-			].join(''));
-		}
-
-		// Read
-
-		var result = key ? undefined : {};
-
-		// To prevent the for loop in the first place assign an empty array
-		// in case there are no cookies at all. Also prevents odd result when
-		// calling $.cookie().
-		var cookies = document.cookie ? document.cookie.split('; ') : [];
-
-		for (var i = 0, l = cookies.length; i < l; i++) {
-			var parts = cookies[i].split('=');
-			var name = decode(parts.shift());
-			var cookie = parts.join('=');
-
-			if (key && key === name) {
-				// If second argument (value) is a function it's a converter...
-				result = read(cookie, value);
-				break;
-			}
-
-			// Prevent storing a cookie that we couldn't decode.
-			if (!key && (cookie = read(cookie)) !== undefined) {
-				result[name] = cookie;
-			}
-		}
-
-		return result;
-	};
-
-	config.defaults = {};
-
-	$.removeCookie = function (key, options) {
-		if ($.cookie(key) === undefined) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		// Must not alter options, thus extending a fresh object...
-		$.cookie(key, '', $.extend({}, options, { expires: -1 }));
-		return !$.cookie(key);
-	};
-
-}));
diff --git a/client/js/lounge.js b/client/js/lounge.js
index ff2d0a99..e56e72b2 100644
--- a/client/js/lounge.js
+++ b/client/js/lounge.js
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ $(function() {
 			return;
 		}
 		login.find(".btn").prop("disabled", false);
-		var token = $.cookie("token");
+		var token = window.localStorage.getItem("token");
 		if (token) {
-			$.removeCookie("token");
+			window.localStorage.removeItem("token");
 			socket.emit("auth", {token: token});
 		}
 		if (body.hasClass("signed-out")) {
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ $(function() {
 		}
 		var input = login.find("input[name='user']");
 		if (input.val() === "") {
-			input.val($.cookie("user") || "");
+			input.val(window.localStorage.getItem("user") || "");
 		}
 		if (token) {
 			return;
@@ -136,12 +136,7 @@ $(function() {
 		}
 
 		if (data.token) {
-			$.cookie(
-				"token",
-				data.token, {
-					expires: expire(30)
-				}
-			);
+			window.localStorage.setItem("token", data.token);
 		}
 
 		$("body").removeClass("signed-out");
@@ -418,8 +413,6 @@ $(function() {
 		users.data("nicks", nicks);
 	});
 
-	$.cookie.json = true;
-
 	var settings = $("#settings");
 	var options = $.extend({
 		badge: false,
@@ -434,7 +427,7 @@ $(function() {
 		thumbnails: true,
 		quit: true,
 		notifyAllMessages: false,
-	}, $.cookie("settings"));
+	}, JSON.parse(window.localStorage.getItem("settings")));
 
 	for (var i in options) {
 		if (options[i]) {
@@ -446,12 +439,7 @@ $(function() {
 		var self = $(this);
 		var name = self.attr("name");
 		options[name] = self.prop("checked");
-		$.cookie(
-			"settings",
-			options, {
-				expires: expire(365)
-			}
-		);
+		window.localStorage.setItem("settings", JSON.stringify(options));
 		if ([
 			"join",
 			"mode",
@@ -599,7 +587,7 @@ $(function() {
 	});
 
 	sidebar.on("click", "#sign-out", function() {
-		$.removeCookie("token");
+		window.localStorage.removeItem("token");
 		location.reload();
 	});
 
@@ -667,14 +655,13 @@ $(function() {
 		var type = msg.type;
 		var highlight = type.contains("highlight");
 		var message = type.contains("message");
-		var settings = $.cookie("settings") || {};
-		if (highlight || isQuery || (settings.notifyAllMessages && message)) {
+		if (highlight || isQuery || (options.notifyAllMessages && message)) {
 			if (!document.hasFocus() || !$(target).hasClass("active")) {
-				if (settings.notification) {
+				if (options.notification) {
 					pop.play();
 				}
 				favico.badge("!");
-				if (settings.badge && Notification.permission === "granted") {
+				if (options.badge && Notification.permission === "granted") {
 					var notify = new Notification(msg.from + " says:", {
 						body: msg.text.trim(),
 						icon: "img/logo-64.png",
@@ -783,12 +770,7 @@ $(function() {
 			}
 		});
 		if (values.user) {
-			$.cookie(
-				"user",
-				values.user, {
-					expires: expire(30)
-				}
-			);
+			window.localStorage.setItem("user", values.user);
 		}
 		socket.emit(
 			event, values
@@ -895,12 +877,6 @@ $(function() {
 		location.reload();
 	}
 
-	function expire(days) {
-		var date = new Date();
-		date.setTime(date.getTime() + ((3600 * 1000 * 24) * days));
-		return date;
-	}
-
 	function sortable() {
 		sidebar.sortable({
 			axis: "y",