diff --git a/www/Utils.js b/www/Utils.js
index de1b6427..e6c281bd 100644
--- a/www/Utils.js
+++ b/www/Utils.js
@@ -7,12 +7,8 @@ Ext.define('PBS.Utils', {
     singleton: true,
 
     updateLoginData: function(data) {
-	Proxmox.CSRFPreventionToken = data.CSRFPreventionToken;
-	Proxmox.UserName = data.username;
-	//console.log(data.ticket);
-	// fixme: use secure flag once we have TLS
-	//Ext.util.Cookies.set('PBSAuthCookie', data.ticket, null, '/', null, true );
-	Ext.util.Cookies.set('PBSAuthCookie', data.ticket, null, '/', null, false);
+
+	Proxmox.Utils.setAuthData(data);
     },
 
     dataStorePrefix: 'DataStore-',