diff --git a/cum/config.py b/cum/config.py
index 70a5859..991813b 100644
--- a/cum/config.py
+++ b/cum/config.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import re
 import requests
 import sys
-
+import http.cookiejar
 
 class BaseConfig(object):
     def __init__(self):
@@ -109,8 +109,15 @@ def write(self):
 class MadokamiConfig(object):
     def __init__(self, config, dict):
         self._config = config
+        self.cookie_path = os.path.join(cum_dir, 'madokami.cookies')
         self.password = dict.get('password', None)
         self.username = dict.get('username', None)
+        try:
+            self.authenticate()
+        except exceptions.LoginError:
+            pass
+
+        self.cookies = self.get_cookies()
 
     @property
     def login(self):
@@ -123,6 +130,39 @@ def login(self):
             self.password = click.prompt('Madokami password', hide_input=True)
         return (self.username, self.password)
 
+    def authenticate(self):
+        """Attempt to sign in with stored cookies. If cookies are invalid,
+        expired, or missing, attempt to sign in using basic auth.
+        """
+        url = 'https://manga.madokami.al/'
+        try:
+            self.session = requests.Session()
+            c = self.get_cookies()
+            r = self.session.get(url, cookies=c)
+
+            if r.status_code != 200:
+                c.clear()
+                self.set_cookies(c)
+                raise exceptions.LoginError()
+
+        except (FileNotFoundError, exceptions.LoginError) as e:
+            self.session.auth = requests.auth.HTTPBasicAuth(*self.login)
+            r = self.session.get(url)
+            self.set_cookies(r.cookies)
+
+        if r.status_code != 200:
+            raise exceptions.LoginError('Madokami login error')
+
+    def get_cookies(self):
+        jar = http.cookiejar.LWPCookieJar(filename=self.cookie_path)
+        jar.load(ignore_expires=True,ignore_discard=True)
+        return jar
+
+    def set_cookies(self, cookie):
+        jar = http.cookiejar.LWPCookieJar(filename=self.cookie_path)
+        for c in cookie:
+            jar.set_cookie(c)
+        jar.save(ignore_expires=True,ignore_discard=True)
 
 def get():
     """Returns the active config object."""
diff --git a/cum/scrapers/madokami.py b/cum/scrapers/madokami.py
index 878da58..acabb0d 100644
--- a/cum/scrapers/madokami.py
+++ b/cum/scrapers/madokami.py
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ class MadokamiSeries(BaseSeries):
     def __init__(self, url, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(url, **kwargs)
         self.session = requests.Session()
-        self.session.auth = requests.auth.HTTPBasicAuth(*config
-                                                        .get().madokami.login)
-        r = self.session.get(url)
+
+        r = self.session.get(url, cookies=config.get().madokami.cookies)
+
         if r.status_code == 401:
             raise exceptions.LoginError('Madokami login error')
         self.soup = BeautifulSoup(r.text, config.get().html_parser)
@@ -80,11 +80,8 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def download(self):
-        if not self.session.auth:
-            self.session.auth = requests.auth.HTTPBasicAuth(*config
-                                                            .get()
-                                                            .madokami.login)
-        with closing(self.session.get(self.url, stream=True)) as r:
+        with closing(self.session.get(self.url,
+                     cookies=config.get().madokami.cookies, stream=True)) as r:
             if r.status_code == 401:
                 raise exceptions.LoginError('Madokami login error')
             total_length = r.headers.get('content-length')
@@ -107,3 +104,10 @@ def from_url(url):
             if chapter.url == url:
                 return chapter
         return None
+
+    def available(self):
+        r = requests.head(self.url, cookies=config.get().madokami.cookies)
+        if r.status_code == 404:
+            return False
+        else:
+            return True
diff --git a/cum/version.py b/cum/version.py
index bbf52cd..cc7e9ec 100644
--- a/cum/version.py
+++ b/cum/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '0.9.1'
+__version__ = 'git-04c7d86'
 __version_name__ = 'Morino Kirin-chan'