diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 772dc52..b7fc2b1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Unreleased
 
 - Added SOCKS proxy support. See [the reqwest docs](https://docs.rs/reqwest/latest/reqwest/#proxies) for usage instructions. ([#3](https://github.com/THEOplayer/streamrr/pull/3))
+- Added cookies support while recording. ([#4](https://github.com/THEOplayer/streamrr/pull/4))
 
 ## v0.2.0 (2025-11-19)
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2b10ed9..1533d5f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 m3u8-rs = "6.0.0"
 url = "2.5.7"
-reqwest = { version = "0.12.23", features = ["rustls-tls", "stream", "socks"], default-features = false }
+reqwest = { version = "0.12.23", features = ["rustls-tls", "stream", "socks", "cookies"], default-features = false }
 clap = { version = "4.5.48", features = ["derive"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.228", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.145"
diff --git a/src/record/mod.rs b/src/record/mod.rs
index 3f2574c..67086b8 100644
--- a/src/record/mod.rs
+++ b/src/record/mod.rs
@@ -56,8 +56,11 @@ pub async fn record(
     let recording_path = dest.join("recording.json");
     let recording = RecordingFile::new(&recording_path).await?;
     let recording = Arc::new(Mutex::new(recording));
+    let client = Client::builder()
+        .cookie_store(true)
+        .build()
+        .map_err(|_| RecordError::Config("Error while building HTTP client"))?;
     // Download initial playlist
-    let client = Client::new();
     let raw_playlist = token
         .run_until_cancelled(download_playlist(&client, url))
         .await