diff --git a/src/runtime/composables/local/useAuth.ts b/src/runtime/composables/local/useAuth.ts
index 114248aa..f0bdbd2c 100644
--- a/src/runtime/composables/local/useAuth.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/composables/local/useAuth.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { getRequestURLWN } from '../../utils/callWithNuxt'
 import { useAuthState } from './useAuthState'
 // @ts-expect-error - #auth not defined
 import type { SessionData } from '#auth'
-import { useNuxtApp, useRuntimeConfig, nextTick, navigateTo } from '#imports'
+import { useCookie, useNuxtApp, useRuntimeConfig, nextTick, navigateTo } from '#imports'
 
 type Credentials = { username?: string, email?: string, password?: string } & Record<string, any>
 
@@ -82,16 +82,28 @@ const getSession: GetSessionFunc<SessionData | null | void> = async (getSessionO
 
   const headers = new Headers(token.value ? { [config.token.headerName]: token.value } as HeadersInit : undefined)
 
+  const sessionCookie = useCookie<Object | null>('auth:sessionCookie', {
+    default: () => null,
+    maxAge: config.token.maxAgeInSeconds,
+    sameSite: config.token.sameSiteAttribute
+  })
+
   loading.value = true
   try {
     data.value = await _fetch<SessionData>(nuxt, path, { method, headers })
+    // Store the session data as a cookie
+    lastRefreshedAt.value = new Date()
+    sessionCookie.value = {
+      lastRefreshedAt: lastRefreshedAt.value,
+      data: data.value
+    }
   } catch {
     // Clear all data: Request failed so we must not be authenticated
     data.value = null
     rawToken.value = null
+    sessionCookie.value = null
   }
   loading.value = false
-  lastRefreshedAt.value = new Date()
 
   const { required = false, callbackUrl, onUnauthenticated, external } = getSessionOptions ?? {}
   if (required && data.value === null) {
diff --git a/src/runtime/plugin.ts b/src/runtime/plugin.ts
index 9c27a8c9..c3055ff3 100644
--- a/src/runtime/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/plugin.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import { getHeader } from 'h3'
 import authMiddleware from './middleware/auth'
-import { addRouteMiddleware, defineNuxtPlugin, useRuntimeConfig, useAuth, useAuthState } from '#imports'
+import { useTypedBackendConfig } from './helpers'
+import type { SessionCookie } from './types'
+import { addRouteMiddleware, defineNuxtPlugin, useRuntimeConfig, useAuth, useAuthState, useCookie } from '#imports'
 
 export default defineNuxtPlugin(async (nuxtApp) => {
   // 1. Initialize authentication state, potentially fetch current session
-  const { data, lastRefreshedAt } = useAuthState()
+  const { data, lastRefreshedAt, rawToken, loading } = useAuthState()
   const { getSession } = useAuth()
 
   // use runtimeConfig
@@ -19,6 +21,27 @@ export default defineNuxtPlugin(async (nuxtApp) => {
 
   // Only fetch session if it was not yet initialized server-side
   if (typeof data.value === 'undefined' && !nitroPrerender) {
+    // Restore the session data from the cookie
+    const config = useTypedBackendConfig(useRuntimeConfig(), 'local')
+    const sessionCookie = useCookie<SessionCookie | null>('auth:sessionCookie')
+    const cookieToken = useCookie<string | null>(config.token.cookieName)
+    if (sessionCookie.value && !rawToken.value && cookieToken.value) {
+      try {
+        loading.value = true
+        const sessionData = sessionCookie.value
+        lastRefreshedAt.value = sessionData?.lastRefreshedAt
+        data.value = sessionData?.data
+        rawToken.value = cookieToken.value
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error('Failed to parse session data from cookie:', error)
+      } finally {
+        loading.value = false
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (!data.value) {
+      await getSession()
+    }
     await getSession()
   }
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/types.ts b/src/runtime/types.ts
index ce088b04..ba6b558a 100644
--- a/src/runtime/types.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/types.ts
@@ -476,6 +476,10 @@ export interface ModuleOptionsNormalized extends ModuleOptions {
     fullBaseUrl: string
   }
 }
+export interface SessionCookie {
+  lastRefreshedAt?: SessionLastRefreshedAt
+  data?: SessionDataObject
+}
 
 // Augment types
 declare module 'nuxt/schema' {