diff --git a/hexlib/web.py b/hexlib/web.py
index 76c3e89..9cecb19 100644
--- a/hexlib/web.py
+++ b/hexlib/web.py
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-from http.cookiejar import Cookie
+import pickle
 import re
+from base64 import b64encode, b64decode
+from http.cookiejar import Cookie
+from io import BytesIO
 
 from dateutil.parser import parse
-import pickle
-
 from requests.cookies import RequestsCookieJar
 
 
 def cookie_from_string(text: str, domain: str) -> Cookie:
-
     tokens = [t.strip() for t in text.split(";")]
 
     name, value = tokens[0].split("=")
@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@ def cookie_from_string(text: str, domain: str) -> Cookie:
     )
 
 
+def encode_cookiejar(cj):
+    return b64encode(pickle.dumps(cj._cookies)).decode()
+
+
+def decode_cookiejar(data):
+    cj = RequestsCookieJar()
+    cj._cookies = pickle.loads(b64decode(data))
+    return cj
+
+
 def save_cookiejar(cj, filename):
     with open(filename, "wb") as f:
         f.truncate()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b0fd5ec..733bd3d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(
     name="hexlib",
-    version="1.11",
+    version="1.12",
     description="Misc utility methods",
     author="simon987",
     author_email="me@simon987.net",