diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2bf6aec..4e14a99 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     README = CHANGES = ''
 
 setup(name='velruse',
-      version='1.1.1',
+      version='1.1.2',
       description=(
           'Simplifying third-party authentication for web applications.'),
       long_description=README + '\n\n' + CHANGES,
diff --git a/velruse/app/__init__.py b/velruse/app/__init__.py
index 51ec761..a862fb9 100644
--- a/velruse/app/__init__.py
+++ b/velruse/app/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 from pyramid.config import Configurator
 from pyramid.exceptions import ConfigurationError
 from pyramid.response import Response
+from pyramid_beaker import session_factory_from_settings
+from pyramid_beaker import BeakerSessionFactoryConfig
 
 from velruse.app.utils import generate_token
 from velruse.app.utils import redirect_form
@@ -73,7 +75,6 @@ def default_setup(config):
     specified then an in-memory storage backend will be used.
 
     """
-    from pyramid.session import UnencryptedCookieSessionFactoryConfig
 
     log.info('Using an unencrypted cookie-based session. This can be '
              'changed by pointing the "velruse.setup" setting at a different '
@@ -88,9 +89,11 @@ def default_setup(config):
                  'restarting the app.')
         secret = ''.join('%02x' % ord(x) for x in os.urandom(16))
         log.info('autogenerated session secret: %s', secret)
-    factory = UnencryptedCookieSessionFactoryConfig(
-        secret, cookie_name=cookie_name)
-    config.set_session_factory(factory)
+    session_factory = BeakerSessionFactoryConfig(
+        key=cookie_name,
+        secret=secret,
+    )
+    config.set_session_factory(session_factory)
 
     # setup backing storage
     storage_string = settings.get('store', 'memory')