diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/client/GameObjectImpl.as b/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/client/GameObjectImpl.as
index f9707edd..b00651bf 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/client/GameObjectImpl.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/client/GameObjectImpl.as
@@ -305,10 +305,7 @@ public class GameObjectImpl extends EventDispatcher
             return false;
         }
 
-        _ezObj.ezGameService.setCookie(_ctx.getClient(), null, // ba,
-        // TODO
-        ///
-        /// TODO
+        _ezObj.ezGameService.setCookie(_ctx.getClient(), ba,
             createLoggingListener("setUserCookie"));
         return true;
     }
diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/data/UserCookie.as b/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/data/UserCookie.as
index a7a7a574..cff8755b 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/data/UserCookie.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/data/UserCookie.as
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class UserCookie
     public function readObject (ins :ObjectInputStream) :void
     {
         playerIndex = ins.readInt();
-        var ba :ByteArray = (ins.readObject() as ByteArray);
+        var ba :ByteArray = (ins.readField(ByteArray) as ByteArray);
         cookie = EZObjectMarshaller.decode(ba);
     }