diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bcd8e5c..53c6f2f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 3.0.0
+
+- Allows Cookies Parameters to be set
+
+BREAKING:
+
+- All cookie_name and refresh_cookie_name properties have been renamed to cookie and refresh_cookie and are now a settings object instead of a string
+
 ## 2.2.0
 
 - Allow refresh tokens to be sent on a separate cookie
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 74177ca..e1ad6ac 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # auth-server-helper
 
-version: 2.2.x
+version: 3.0.x
 
 customizable and simple authentication
 
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ const {create_gateway} = require('@sapphirecode/auth-server-helper');
 
 const gateway = create_gateway({
   redirect_url: '/auth', // if defined, unauthorized requests will be redirected
-  cookie_name: 'auth_cookie', // if defined, access tokens will be read from this cookie,
-  refresh_cookie_name: 'refresh_cookie', // if defined, refresh tokens will be read and used to automatically refresh client tokens (requires the refresh_settings attribute)
+  cookie: { name: 'auth_cookie' }, // if defined, access tokens will be read from or written to this cookie,
+  refresh_cookie: { name: 'refresh_cookie' }, // if defined, refresh tokens will be read and used to automatically refresh client tokens (requires the refresh_settings attribute)
   refresh_settings: {
     // same as settings for allow_access under section 2
     // the options data, redirect_to and leave_open are not supported here
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ const handler = create_auth_handler(
         // the same works in handlers after the gateway, information is always stored in request.connection.auth
       },
     },
-    cookie_name: 'auth_cookie', // if defined, access tokens will be stored in this cookie,
-    refresh_cookie_name: 'refresh_cookie' // if defined, refresh tokens will be stored in this cookie
+    cookie: { name: 'auth_cookie' }, // if defined, access tokens will be stored in this cookie,
+    refresh_cookie: { name: 'refresh_cookie' } // if defined, refresh tokens will be stored in this cookie
   }
 );
 
@@ -138,6 +138,27 @@ deny(true);
 if this flag is set, no data will be written to the response body and no data will be sent.
 Status code and Headers will still be set.
 
+### Defining Custom Cookie Settings
+
+By default all cookies will be sent with 'Secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=Strict' Attributes
+
+In the appropriate settings object, you can set the following options:
+
+```js
+{
+  name: 'foo', // name of the cookies
+  secure: true, // option to enable or disable the Secure option default: true
+  http_only: true, // option to enable or disable HttpOnly default: true
+  same_site: 'Strict', // SameSite property (Strict, Lax or None) default: 'Strict'. Set this to null to disable
+  expires: 'Mon, 10 Jan 2022 09:28:00 GMT', // Expiry date of the cookie
+  max_age: 600, // Maximum age in Seconds
+  domain: 'example.com', // Domain property
+  path: '/cookies_here' // Path property
+}
+```
+
+For Documentation on the different Cookie Attributes see <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Cookies#creating_cookies>
+
 ### Invalidating tokens after they are delivered to the client
 
 ```js
diff --git a/lib/AuthHandler.ts b/lib/AuthHandler.ts
index fc992fc..0950f29 100644
--- a/lib/AuthHandler.ts
+++ b/lib/AuthHandler.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { IncomingMessage, ServerResponse } from 'http';
 import { to_utf8 } from '@sapphirecode/encoding-helper';
 import auth from './Authority';
 import { debug } from './debug';
+import { build_cookie, CookieSettings } from './cookie';
 
 const logger = debug ('auth');
 
@@ -37,10 +38,6 @@ interface AccessResponse {
 type AuthHandler =
   (req: IncomingMessage, res: ServerResponse) => Promise<boolean>;
 
-function build_cookie (name: string, value: string): string {
-  return `${name}=${value}; Secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=Strict`;
-}
-
 class AuthRequest {
   public request: IncomingMessage;
   public response: ServerResponse;
@@ -56,8 +53,8 @@ class AuthRequest {
 
   public body: string;
 
-  private _cookie_name?: string;
-  private _refresh_cookie_name?: string;
+  private _cookie?: CookieSettings;
+  private _refresh_cookie?: CookieSettings;
   private _is_successful: boolean;
 
   public get is_successful (): boolean {
@@ -68,8 +65,8 @@ class AuthRequest {
     req: IncomingMessage,
     res: ServerResponse,
     body: string,
-    cookie?: string,
-    refresh_cookie?: string
+    cookie?: CookieSettings,
+    refresh_cookie?: CookieSettings
   ) {
     this.request = req;
     this.response = res;
@@ -78,8 +75,8 @@ class AuthRequest {
     this.is_bearer = false;
     this.user = '';
     this.password = '';
-    this._cookie_name = cookie;
-    this._refresh_cookie_name = refresh_cookie;
+    this._cookie = cookie;
+    this._refresh_cookie = refresh_cookie;
     this._is_successful = false;
     logger ('started processing new auth request');
   }
@@ -106,7 +103,6 @@ class AuthRequest {
     const at = await auth.sign (
       'access_token',
       access_token_expires_in,
-
       { data }
     );
     const result: AccessResult = { access_token_id: at.id };
@@ -119,8 +115,8 @@ class AuthRequest {
 
     const cookies = [];
 
-    if (typeof this._cookie_name === 'string')
-      cookies.push (build_cookie (this._cookie_name, at.signature));
+    if (typeof this._cookie !== 'undefined')
+      cookies.push (build_cookie (this._cookie, at.signature));
 
     if (include_refresh_token) {
       logger ('including refresh token');
@@ -135,9 +131,8 @@ class AuthRequest {
       res.refresh_expires_in = refresh_token_expires_in;
       result.refresh_token_id = rt.id;
 
-      if (typeof this._refresh_cookie_name === 'string')
-        // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
-        cookies.push (build_cookie (this._refresh_cookie_name, rt.signature));
+      if (typeof this._refresh_cookie !== 'undefined')
+        cookies.push (build_cookie (this._refresh_cookie, rt.signature));
     }
 
     if (cookies.length > 0) {
@@ -228,8 +223,8 @@ type AuthRequestHandler = (req: AuthRequest) => Promise<void> | void;
 interface CreateHandlerOptions {
   refresh?: AccessSettings;
   modules?: Record<string, AuthRequestHandler>;
-  cookie_name?: string;
-  refresh_cookie_name?: string;
+  cookie?: CookieSettings;
+  refresh_cookie?: CookieSettings;
 }
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line max-lines-per-function
@@ -308,8 +303,9 @@ export default function create_auth_handler (
 ): AuthHandler {
   logger ('creating new auth handler');
   if (
-    typeof options?.cookie_name !== 'undefined'
-    && options.cookie_name === options.refresh_cookie_name
+    typeof options?.cookie !== 'undefined'
+    && typeof options?.refresh_cookie !== 'undefined'
+    && options.cookie.name === options.refresh_cookie.name
   )
     throw new Error ('access and refresh cookies cannot have the same name');
 
@@ -331,8 +327,8 @@ export default function create_auth_handler (
       req,
       res,
       body,
-      options?.cookie_name,
-      options?.refresh_cookie_name
+      options?.cookie,
+      options?.refresh_cookie
     );
     const token = (/(?<type>\S+) (?<token>.+)/ui)
       .exec (req.headers.authorization as string);
diff --git a/lib/Gateway.ts b/lib/Gateway.ts
index 082b22e..032fd6d 100644
--- a/lib/Gateway.ts
+++ b/lib/Gateway.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { IncomingMessage, ServerResponse } from 'http';
 import authority from './Authority';
 import { AuthRequest, AccessSettings } from './AuthHandler';
 import { debug } from './debug';
-import { extract_cookie } from './cookie';
+import { extract_cookie, CookieSettings } from './cookie';
 
 const logger = debug ('gateway');
 
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ interface RefreshSettings extends AccessSettings {
 
 interface GatewayOptions {
   redirect_url?: string;
-  cookie_name?: string;
-  refresh_cookie_name?: string;
+  cookie?: CookieSettings;
+  refresh_cookie?: CookieSettings;
   refresh_settings?: RefreshSettings;
 }
 
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ class GatewayClass {
   public constructor (options: GatewayOptions = {}) {
     logger ('creating new gateway');
     if (
-      typeof options.cookie_name === 'string'
-      && options.cookie_name === options.refresh_cookie_name
+      typeof options?.cookie !== 'undefined'
+      && typeof options?.refresh_cookie !== 'undefined'
+      && options.cookie.name === options.refresh_cookie.name
     )
       throw new Error ('access and refresh cookies cannot have the same name');
 
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ class GatewayClass {
     logger ('authenticating incoming request');
     let auth = this.get_header_auth (req);
     if (auth === null)
-      auth = extract_cookie (this._options.cookie_name, req.headers.cookie);
+      auth = extract_cookie (this._options.cookie?.name, req.headers.cookie);
     if (auth === null) {
       logger ('found no auth token');
       return false;
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ class GatewayClass {
     res: ServerResponse
   ): Promise<boolean> {
     if (
-      typeof this._options.refresh_cookie_name === 'undefined'
+      typeof this._options.refresh_cookie === 'undefined'
       || typeof this._options.refresh_settings === 'undefined'
     )
       return false;
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ class GatewayClass {
     logger ('trying to apply refresh token');
 
     const refresh = extract_cookie (
-      this._options.refresh_cookie_name,
+      this._options.refresh_cookie.name,
       req.headers.cookie
     );
     if (refresh === null) {
@@ -124,8 +125,8 @@ class GatewayClass {
         req,
         res,
         ''
-        , this._options.cookie_name,
-        this._options.refresh_cookie_name
+        , this._options.cookie,
+        this._options.refresh_cookie
       );
       const refresh_result = await auth_request.allow_access ({
         ...this._options.refresh_settings,
diff --git a/lib/cookie.ts b/lib/cookie.ts
index f1c5c3f..51ef669 100644
--- a/lib/cookie.ts
+++ b/lib/cookie.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,51 @@ import { debug } from './debug';
 
 const logger = debug ('cookies');
 
-function build_cookie (name: string, value: string): string {
-  return `${name}=${value}; Secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=Strict`;
+type SameSiteValue = 'Lax' | 'None' | 'Strict';
+
+interface CookieSettings {
+  name: string;
+  secure?: boolean;
+  http_only?: boolean;
+  same_site?: SameSiteValue|null;
+  expires?: string;
+  max_age?: number;
+  domain?: string;
+  path?: string;
+}
+
+const default_settings: Omit<CookieSettings, 'name'> = {
+  secure:    true,
+  http_only: true,
+  same_site: 'Strict'
+};
+
+function build_cookie (
+  settings: CookieSettings,
+  value: string
+): string {
+  const local_settings = { ...default_settings, ...settings };
+  const sections = [ `${local_settings.name}=${value}` ];
+
+  if (local_settings.secure)
+    sections.push ('Secure');
+  if (local_settings.http_only)
+    sections.push ('HttpOnly');
+  if (
+    typeof local_settings.same_site !== 'undefined'
+    && local_settings.same_site !== null
+  )
+    sections.push (`SameSite=${local_settings.same_site}`);
+  if (typeof local_settings.expires !== 'undefined')
+    sections.push (`Expires=${local_settings.expires}`);
+  if (typeof local_settings.max_age !== 'undefined')
+    sections.push (`Max-Age=${local_settings.max_age}`);
+  if (typeof local_settings.domain !== 'undefined')
+    sections.push (`Domain=${local_settings.domain}`);
+  if (typeof local_settings.path !== 'undefined')
+    sections.push (`Path=${local_settings.path}`);
+
+  return sections.join ('; ');
 }
 
 function extract_cookie (
@@ -32,4 +75,4 @@ function extract_cookie (
   return result;
 }
 
-export { build_cookie, extract_cookie };
+export { build_cookie, extract_cookie, SameSiteValue, CookieSettings };
diff --git a/lib/index.ts b/lib/index.ts
index ea798e1..4b0e293 100644
--- a/lib/index.ts
+++ b/lib/index.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ import keystore, {
   KeyStore, KeyStoreExport,
   LabelledKey, Key
 } from './KeyStore';
+import {
+  CookieSettings,
+  SameSiteValue
+} from './cookie';
 
 export {
   create_gateway,
@@ -63,5 +67,7 @@ export {
   KeyStore,
   KeyStoreExport,
   LabelledKey,
-  Key
+  Key,
+  CookieSettings,
+  SameSiteValue
 };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a80a3e1..0a8fad4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@sapphirecode/auth-server-helper",
-  "version": "2.2.6",
+  "version": "3.0.0",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "author": {
     "name": "Timo Hocker",
diff --git a/test/spec/AuthHandler.ts b/test/spec/AuthHandler.ts
index ae969b8..0840c62 100644
--- a/test/spec/AuthHandler.ts
+++ b/test/spec/AuthHandler.ts
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ describe ('auth handler', () => {
         req.deny ();
       }
     }, {
-      cookie_name:         'cookie_jar',
-      refresh_cookie_name: 'mint_cookies',
+      cookie:         { name: 'cookie_jar' },
+      refresh_cookie: { name: 'mint_cookies' },
       refresh:             {
         access_token_expires_in:  expires_seconds,
         refresh_token_expires_in: refresh_expires_seconds,
@@ -159,9 +159,9 @@ describe ('auth handler', () => {
     expect (res1.data.token_type)
       .toEqual ('bearer');
     expect (resp1.headers['set-cookie'])
-      .toContain (build_cookie ('cookie_jar', res1.at as string));
+      .toContain (build_cookie ({ name: 'cookie_jar' }, res1.at as string));
     expect (resp1.headers['set-cookie'])
-      .toContain (build_cookie ('mint_cookies', res1.rt as string));
+      .toContain (build_cookie ({ name: 'mint_cookies' }, res1.rt as string));
 
     check_token (res1.at as string, 'access_token');
     expect (res1.data.expires_in)
@@ -180,9 +180,9 @@ describe ('auth handler', () => {
     expect (res2.data.token_type)
       .toEqual ('bearer');
     expect (resp2.headers['set-cookie'])
-      .toContain (build_cookie ('cookie_jar', res2.at as string));
+      .toContain (build_cookie ({ name: 'cookie_jar' }, res2.at as string));
     expect (resp2.headers['set-cookie'])
-      .toContain (build_cookie ('mint_cookies', res2.rt as string));
+      .toContain (build_cookie ({ name: 'mint_cookies' }, res2.rt as string));
 
     check_token (res2.at as string, 'access_token');
     expect (res2.data.expires_in)
@@ -212,9 +212,9 @@ describe ('auth handler', () => {
     expect (res1.data.token_type)
       .toEqual ('bearer');
     expect (resp1.headers['set-cookie'])
-      .toContain (build_cookie ('cookie_jar', res1.at as string));
+      .toContain (build_cookie ({ name: 'cookie_jar' }, res1.at as string));
     expect (resp1.headers['set-cookie'])
-      .toContain (build_cookie ('mint_cookies', res1.rt as string));
+      .toContain (build_cookie ({ name: 'mint_cookies' }, res1.rt as string));
 
     check_token (res1.at as string, 'access_token');
     expect (res1.data.expires_in)
@@ -237,9 +237,9 @@ describe ('auth handler', () => {
     expect (res1.data.token_type)
       .toEqual ('bearer');
     expect (resp1.headers['set-cookie'])
-      .toContain (build_cookie ('cookie_jar', res1.at as string));
+      .toContain (build_cookie ({ name: 'cookie_jar' }, res1.at as string));
     expect (resp1.headers['set-cookie'])
-      .toContain (build_cookie ('mint_cookies', res1.rt as string));
+      .toContain (build_cookie ({ name: 'mint_cookies' }, res1.rt as string));
 
     check_token (res1.at as string, 'access_token');
     expect (res1.data.expires_in)
@@ -310,9 +310,9 @@ describe ('auth handler', () => {
     expect (res2.data.token_type)
       .toEqual ('bearer');
     expect (resp2.headers['set-cookie'])
-      .toContain (build_cookie ('cookie_jar', res2.at as string));
+      .toContain (build_cookie ({ name: 'cookie_jar' }, res2.at as string));
     expect (resp2.headers['set-cookie'])
-      .toContain (build_cookie ('mint_cookies', res2.rt as string));
+      .toContain (build_cookie ({ name: 'mint_cookies' }, res2.rt as string));
 
     check_token (res2.at as string, 'access_token');
     expect (res2.data.expires_in)
@@ -368,8 +368,8 @@ describe ('auth handler', () => {
   it ('should disallow access and refresh cookies with the same name', () => {
     expect (() => {
       create_auth_handler (() => Promise.resolve (), {
-        cookie_name:         'foo',
-        refresh_cookie_name: 'foo'
+        cookie:         { name: 'foo' },
+        refresh_cookie: { name: 'foo' }
       });
     })
       .toThrowError ('access and refresh cookies cannot have the same name');
diff --git a/test/spec/Gateway.ts b/test/spec/Gateway.ts
index 5ef3137..8b84679 100644
--- a/test/spec/Gateway.ts
+++ b/test/spec/Gateway.ts
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ describe ('gateway', () => {
     clock_setup ();
 
     const g = create_gateway ({
-      redirect_url:        'http://localhost/auth',
-      cookie_name:         'cookie_jar',
-      refresh_cookie_name: 'mint_cookies',
+      redirect_url:     'http://localhost/auth',
+      cookie:           { name: 'cookie_jar' },
+      refresh_cookie:   { name: 'mint_cookies' },
       refresh_settings:    {
         access_token_expires_in:  600,
         include_refresh_token:    true,
@@ -162,7 +162,10 @@ describe ('gateway', () => {
 
   it ('should disallow access and refresh cookies with the same name', () => {
     expect (() => {
-      create_gateway ({ cookie_name: 'foo', refresh_cookie_name: 'foo' });
+      create_gateway ({
+        cookie:         { name: 'foo' },
+        refresh_cookie: { name: 'foo' }
+      });
     })
       .toThrowError ('access and refresh cookies cannot have the same name');
   });
diff --git a/test/spec/cookie.ts b/test/spec/cookie.ts
index 859a39b..dc1d76e 100644
--- a/test/spec/cookie.ts
+++ b/test/spec/cookie.ts
@@ -5,44 +5,124 @@
  * Created by Timo Hocker <timo@scode.ovh>, January 2022
  */
 
-import { build_cookie, extract_cookie } from '../../lib/cookie';
+import { build_cookie, CookieSettings, extract_cookie } from '../../lib/cookie';
+
+interface CreateCookie {
+  settings: CookieSettings
+  value: string
+  result: string
+}
+
+const create_cookie_pairs: CreateCookie[] = [
+  {
+    settings:  { name: 'foo' },
+    value:    'bar',
+    result:   'foo=bar; Secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=Strict'
+  },
+  {
+    settings:  { name: 'foäöüo' },
+    value:    'baäöür',
+    result:   'foäöüo=baäöür; Secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=Strict'
+  },
+  {
+    settings:  {
+      name:      'foo',
+      secure:    true,
+      http_only: false,
+      same_site: null
+    },
+    value:    'bar',
+    result:   'foo=bar; Secure'
+  },
+  {
+    settings:  {
+      name:      'foo',
+      secure:    false,
+      http_only: true,
+      same_site: null
+    },
+    value:    'bar',
+    result:   'foo=bar; HttpOnly'
+  },
+  {
+    settings:  {
+      name:      'foo',
+      secure:    false,
+      http_only: false,
+      same_site: 'Lax'
+    },
+    value:    'bar',
+    result:   'foo=bar; SameSite=Lax'
+  },
+  {
+    settings:  {
+      name:      'foo',
+      secure:    false,
+      http_only: false,
+      same_site: null,
+      expires:   'Tomorrow'
+    },
+    value:    'bar',
+    result:   'foo=bar; Expires=Tomorrow'
+  },
+  {
+    settings:  {
+      name:      'foo',
+      secure:    false,
+      http_only: false,
+      same_site: null,
+      max_age:   600
+    },
+    value:    'bar',
+    result:   'foo=bar; Max-Age=600'
+  },
+  {
+    settings:  {
+      name:      'foo',
+      secure:    false,
+      http_only: false,
+      same_site: null,
+      domain:    'example.com'
+    },
+    value:    'bar',
+    result:   'foo=bar; Domain=example.com'
+  },
+  {
+    settings:  {
+      name:      'foo',
+      secure:    false,
+      http_only: false,
+      same_site: null,
+      path:      '/test'
+    },
+    value:    'bar',
+    result:   'foo=bar; Path=/test'
+  }
+];
+
+const parse_cookie_pairs = [
+  {
+    header: 'foo=bar; Secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=Strict',
+    name:   'foo',
+    value:  'bar'
+  },
+  {
+    header: '134=567;foäöüo=baäöür;tesT=123',
+    name:   'foäöüo',
+    value:  'baäöür'
+  }
+];
 
 describe ('cookie', () => {
   it ('should create a cookie', () => {
-    const pairs = [
-      {
-        name:   'foo',
-        value:  'bar',
-        result: 'foo=bar; Secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=Strict'
-      },
-      {
-        name:   'foäöüo',
-        value:  'baäöür',
-        result: 'foäöüo=baäöür; Secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=Strict'
-      }
-    ];
-
-    for (const pair of pairs) {
-      expect (build_cookie (pair.name, pair.value))
+    for (const pair of create_cookie_pairs) {
+      expect (build_cookie (pair.settings, pair.value))
         .toEqual (pair.result);
     }
   });
 
   it ('should parse a cookie', () => {
-    const pairs = [
-      {
-        header: 'foo=bar; Secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=Strict',
-        name:   'foo',
-        value:  'bar'
-      },
-      {
-        header: '134=567;foäöüo=baäöür;tesT=123',
-        name:   'foäöüo',
-        value:  'baäöür'
-      }
-    ];
-
-    for (const pair of pairs) {
+    for (const pair of parse_cookie_pairs) {
       expect (extract_cookie (pair.name, pair.header))
         .toEqual (pair.value);
     }