diff --git a/lib/middleware.js b/lib/middleware.js
index ae6a95e..a9ed943 100755
--- a/lib/middleware.js
+++ b/lib/middleware.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ exports.getMiddleware = function(options, cb) {
           var restRouter = RESTful(options, files.restFiles || []);
 
           var middleware = [
-            Connect.cookieParser(options.connect.cookieParser.secret),
+            Connect.cookieParser(options.connect.session.secret),
             Connect.session(options.connect.session),
             
             // bodyParser handling
diff --git a/lib/socket.js b/lib/socket.js
index af9f75e..af848e5 100755
--- a/lib/socket.js
+++ b/lib/socket.js
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ var init = socket.init = function(options, cb, mirror) {
           }
 
           var cookies = cookie.parse(handshakeData.headers.cookie);
-          cookies = Connect.utils.parseSignedCookies(cookies, options.connect.cookieParser.secret),
+          cookies = Connect.utils.parseSignedCookies(cookies, options.connect.session.secret),
           sessionIdCookie = cookies[options.connect.session.key];
           console.log("Socket handshake session id is " + sessionIdCookie);
           handshakeData.sessionId = sessionIdCookie;