diff --git a/src/post.rs b/src/post.rs
index 1809e14..92dbf88 100644
--- a/src/post.rs
+++ b/src/post.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pub async fn item(req: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse {
 	let mut sort: String = param(&path, "sort");
 
 	// Grab default comment sort method from Cookies
-	let default_sort = cookie(req.to_owned(), "comment_sort");
+	let default_sort = cookie(&req, "comment_sort");
 
 	// If there's no sort query but there's a default sort, set sort to default_sort
 	if sort.is_empty() && !default_sort.is_empty() {
diff --git a/src/settings.rs b/src/settings.rs
index c705260..5846f8f 100644
--- a/src/settings.rs
+++ b/src/settings.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // CRATES
-use crate::utils::cookie;
+use crate::utils::{prefs, Preferences};
 use actix_web::{cookie::Cookie, web::Form, HttpMessage, HttpRequest, HttpResponse};
 use askama::Template;
 use time::{Duration, OffsetDateTime};
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ use time::{Duration, OffsetDateTime};
 #[derive(Template)]
 #[template(path = "settings.html")]
 struct SettingsTemplate {
-	layout: String,
-	comment_sort: String,
-	hide_nsfw: String,
+	prefs: Preferences,
 }
 
 #[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
@@ -24,13 +22,7 @@ pub struct SettingsForm {
 
 // Retrieve cookies from request "Cookie" header
 pub async fn get(req: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse {
-	let s = SettingsTemplate {
-		layout: cookie(req.to_owned(), "layout"),
-		comment_sort: cookie(req.to_owned(), "comment_sort"),
-		hide_nsfw: cookie(req, "hide_nsfw"),
-	}
-	.render()
-	.unwrap();
+	let s = SettingsTemplate { prefs: prefs(req) }.render().unwrap();
 	HttpResponse::Ok().content_type("text/html").body(s)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 7935a9f..0b0ff26 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //
 // CRATES
 //
-use actix_web::{cookie::Cookie, HttpResponse, Result};
+use actix_web::{cookie::Cookie, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, Result};
 use askama::Template;
 use base64::encode;
 use regex::Regex;
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ pub struct ErrorTemplate {
 pub struct Preferences {
 	pub layout: String,
 	pub hide_nsfw: String,
+	pub comment_sort: String,
 }
 
 //
@@ -102,10 +103,11 @@ pub struct Preferences {
 //
 
 // Build preferences from cookies
-pub fn prefs(req: actix_web::HttpRequest) -> Preferences {
+pub fn prefs(req: HttpRequest) -> Preferences {
 	Preferences {
-		layout: cookie(req.to_owned(), "layout"),
-		hide_nsfw: cookie(req, "hide_nsfw"),
+		layout: cookie(&req, "layout"),
+		hide_nsfw: cookie(&req, "hide_nsfw"),
+		comment_sort: cookie(&req, "comment_sort"),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -117,8 +119,8 @@ pub fn param(path: &str, value: &str) -> String {
 }
 
 // Parse Cookie value from request
-pub fn cookie(req: actix_web::HttpRequest, name: &str) -> String {
-	actix_web::HttpMessage::cookie(&req, name).unwrap_or_else(|| Cookie::new(name, "")).value().to_string()
+pub fn cookie(req: &HttpRequest, name: &str) -> String {
+	actix_web::HttpMessage::cookie(req, name).unwrap_or_else(|| Cookie::new(name, "")).value().to_string()
 }
 
 // Direct urls to proxy if proxy is enabled
diff --git a/templates/settings.html b/templates/settings.html
index 4c19e9c..ba59e45 100644
--- a/templates/settings.html
+++ b/templates/settings.html
@@ -14,18 +14,18 @@
 				<div id="layout">
 					<label for="layout">Layout:</label>
 					<select name="layout"> 
-						{% call utils::options(layout, ["card", "clean", "compact"], "clean") %}
+						{% call utils::options(prefs.layout, ["card", "clean", "compact"], "clean") %}
 					</select>
 				</div>
 				<div id="comment_sort">
 					<label for="comment_sort">Default comment sort:</label>
 					<select name="comment_sort"> 
-						{% call utils::options(comment_sort, ["confidence", "top", "new", "controversial", "old"], "confidence") %}
+						{% call utils::options(prefs.comment_sort, ["confidence", "top", "new", "controversial", "old"], "confidence") %}
 					</select>
 				</div>
 				<div id="hide_nsfw">
 					<label for="hide_nsfw">Hide NSFW posts:</label>
-					<input type="checkbox" name="hide_nsfw" {% if hide_nsfw == "on" %}checked{% endif %}>
+					<input type="checkbox" name="hide_nsfw" {% if prefs.hide_nsfw == "on" %}checked{% endif %}>
 				</div>
 			</div>
 			<input id="save" type="submit" value="Save">