--- sys/src/cmd/abaco/urls.c
+++ sys/src/cmd/abaco/urls.c
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
 		error("reading clone");

 	buf[n] = '\0';
 	conn = atoi(buf);
+	fprint(cfd, "sendcookies 1\nacceptcookies 1\n");

 	snprint(buf, sizeof(buf), "url %S", u->src.r);
 	if(write(cfd, buf, strlen(buf)) < 0){