diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 24ee1c7..53edfcb 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -1091,9 +1091,9 @@ app.get(
   }
 );
 
-app.get("/api/sseUpdates", requireLogin, async (req, res) => {
+app.get("/api/sseUpdates/:clientSessionId", requireLogin, async (req, res) => {
   const userid = getUserId(req);
-  SE.connectClient(userid, req, res);
+  SE.connectClient(userid, req.params.clientSessionId, req, res);
 });
 
 app.get(
diff --git a/src/Library.tsx b/src/Library.tsx
index 1a0de99..ddc1722 100644
--- a/src/Library.tsx
+++ b/src/Library.tsx
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ export default function Library({ mobile = false }) {
 
   // TODO handle encryption before enabling
   // This doesn't handle multiple tabs in the same browser.
-  // useSSEUpdates(setSettings);
+  useSSEUpdates(setSettings);
 
   async function saveAllBooks() {
     setLoading(true);
@@ -428,7 +428,9 @@ export default function Library({ mobile = false }) {
       await Promise.all([fetchBooks(), fetchSettings()]);
       //await Promise.all([fetchBooks(), fetchSettings(), fetchBookTitles()]);
     };
-    setCookie("clientid", nanoid(), 1);
+    sessionStorage.setItem("clientSessionId", nanoid());
+
+    //setCookie("clientid", nanoid(), 1);
     func();
   }, []);
 
diff --git a/src/LibraryDesktop.tsx b/src/LibraryDesktop.tsx
index dddb35b..e7c2bb9 100644
--- a/src/LibraryDesktop.tsx
+++ b/src/LibraryDesktop.tsx
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ export default function LibraryDesktop() {
           className="h-full w-full absolute top-0 left-0 bg-editor dark:bg-dmeditor z-0"
           id="editor"
         >
-          <div className="h-full w-full">
+          {/*   <div className="h-full w-full">
             {!bookid && !currentChapter && (
               <LibErrorBoundary component="home">
                 <EditorPlaceholder loaded={state.booksLoaded}>
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ export default function LibraryDesktop() {
                 </EditorPlaceholder>
               </LibErrorBoundary>
             )}
-          </div>
+          </div> */}
 
           <div className="h-full w-full">
             {/* Has to be chapterid and not currentChapter! Otherwise book editor loads and kicks off a save. This bug is now fixed but leaving comment */}
diff --git a/src/SimpleSearchSidebar.tsx b/src/SimpleSearchSidebar.tsx
index 3457739..77921d7 100644
--- a/src/SimpleSearchSidebar.tsx
+++ b/src/SimpleSearchSidebar.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import ListItem from "./components/ListItem";
 import LibraryContext from "./LibraryContext";
 import { useColors } from "./lib/hooks";
 import { RootState } from "./store";
-import { getChapterText, getStringContext } from "./utils";
+import { getChapterText, getStringContext, useLocalStorage } from "./utils";
 
 function SearchResult({ book, chapter, index }) {
   return (
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export default function SimpleSearchSidebar() {
   const navigate = useNavigate();
   const { settings } = useContext(LibraryContext) as LibraryContextType;
   const colors = useColors();
-  const [searchTerm, setSearchTerm] = React.useState("");
+  const [searchTerm, setSearchTerm] = useLocalStorage("searchTerm", "");
   const searchRef = React.useRef(null);
 
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/src/lib/fetchData.ts b/src/lib/fetchData.ts
index 8657ac0..287b267 100644
--- a/src/lib/fetchData.ts
+++ b/src/lib/fetchData.ts
@@ -198,7 +198,11 @@ export async function postWithCsrf(url: string, body: any) {
     headers: {
       "Content-Type": "application/json",
     },
-    body: JSON.stringify({ ...body, csrfToken: getCsrfToken() }),
+    body: JSON.stringify({
+      ...body,
+      csrfToken: getCsrfToken(),
+      clientSessionId: sessionStorage.getItem("clientSessionId"),
+    }),
   });
   return res;
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/hooks.ts b/src/lib/hooks.ts
index 95fcff3..7fcde73 100644
--- a/src/lib/hooks.ts
+++ b/src/lib/hooks.ts
@@ -211,7 +211,8 @@ export function lightColors() {
 
 export function useSSEUpdates(setSettings) {
   // TODO this solution doesn't handle multiple tabs in the same browser
-  const clientid = getCookie("clientid");
+  const clientSessionId = sessionStorage.getItem("clientSessionId");
+  console.log({ clientSessionId });
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
 
   function listen(eventName, eventSource, func) {
@@ -226,8 +227,8 @@ export function useSSEUpdates(setSettings) {
   }
 
   return useEffect(() => {
-    if (clientid) {
-      const eventSourceUrl = `/api/sseUpdates`;
+    if (clientSessionId) {
+      const eventSourceUrl = `/api/sseUpdates/${clientSessionId}`;
       const eventSource = new EventSource(eventSourceUrl, {
         withCredentials: true,
       });
@@ -267,7 +268,7 @@ export function useSSEUpdates(setSettings) {
         eventSource.close();
       };
     }
-  }, [clientid]);
+  }, [clientSessionId]);
 }
 
 export function useRecording() {
diff --git a/src/storage/storageEngine.js b/src/storage/storageEngine.js
index e275a33..b30de98 100644
--- a/src/storage/storageEngine.js
+++ b/src/storage/storageEngine.js
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ export function getLastEdited(userid) {
 // 3. Edits the created at timestamp to send back to the client and in the last edited cache on the server. And
 // 4. Updates other clients if updateData is given.
 export async function save(req, res, updateData, saveFunc) {
-  const clientidOfWriter = req.cookies.clientid;
+  const clientidOfWriter = req.body.clientSessionId;
+  console.log({ clientidOfWriter }, "in save");
   const userid = getUserId(req);
   const lastHeardFromServer = Date.now();
   if (updateData) {
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ export function updateClients(userid, clientidOfWriter, eventName, _data) {
   }
 }
 
-export function connectClient(userid, req, res) {
+export function connectClient(userid, clientid, req, res) {
   res.setHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache");
   res.setHeader("Content-Type", "text/event-stream");
   res.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
@@ -83,7 +84,6 @@ export function connectClient(userid, req, res) {
   // flush the headers to establish SSE with client
   // needs to be done if using compression
   res.flushHeaders();
-  const clientid = req.cookies.clientid;
   const newConnection = { clientid, res };
   console.log("New connection", { userid, clientid });
   if (clientsToUpdate[userid]) {