diff --git a/instruction/simon/simonService/simonService.md b/instruction/simon/simonService/simonService.md
index ce72e87e..695c9455 100644
--- a/instruction/simon/simonService/simonService.md
+++ b/instruction/simon/simonService/simonService.md
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ npm install cookie-parser bcryptjs uuid
 const cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
 const bcrypt = require('bcryptjs');
 const uuid = require('uuid');
+
+const authCookieName = "token";
 ```
 
 1. **Parse JSON**. All of our endpoints use JSON and so we want Express to automatically parse that for us.
@@ -124,6 +126,12 @@ const uuid = require('uuid');
    app.use(express.json());
    ```
 
+1. **Parse Cookies**. We also need to check the cookies we are storing so we also want Express to automatically manage that.
+
+   ```js
+   app.use(cookieParser());
+   ```
+
 1. **Create the memory data structures**. Add data structures for both the users and the scores. That means whenever the service is restarted the users and scores will be lost. When we introduce the database in a later deliverable, the data will be persistent there.
 
    ```js