diff --git a/src/modules/cookie/cookie.js b/src/modules/cookie/cookie.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 01a07de5..00000000
--- a/src/modules/cookie/cookie.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-import { strict as assert } from 'node:assert'
-
-export default class Cookie {
-    constructor(input) {
-        assert(typeof input === 'object');
-        this._values = {}
-        this.set(input);
-    }
-
-    set(values) {
-        Object.entries(values).forEach(
-            ([ key, value ]) => this._values[key] = value
-        )
-    }
-
-    unset(keys) {
-        for (const key of keys)
-            delete this._values[key]
-    }
-
-    static fromString(str) {
-        const obj = {}
-
-        str
-        .split('; ')
-        .forEach(cookie => {
-            const key = cookie.split('=')[0]
-            const value = cookie.split('=').splice(1).join('=')
-            obj[key] = decodeURIComponent(value)
-        })
-
-        return new Cookie(obj);
-    }
-
-    toString() {
-        return Object.entries(this._values)
-                   .map(([ name, value ]) => `${name}=${encodeURIComponent(value)}`)
-                   .join('; ');
-    }
-
-    toJSON() { return this.toString() }
-    values() { return Object.freeze({ ...this._values }) }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/modules/cookie/cookies.json.example b/src/modules/cookie/cookies.json.example
deleted file mode 100644
index 60cab650..00000000
--- a/src/modules/cookie/cookies.json.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "instagram": [
-        "cookie=asd; bla=bla; fake=cookie"
-    ],
-    "youtube": [
-        "epic=google_cookie",
-        "epic=another_epic; youtube=cookie"
-    ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/modules/cookie/manager.js b/src/modules/cookie/manager.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e29151a..00000000
--- a/src/modules/cookie/manager.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-import path from 'path'
-import Cookie from './cookie.js'
-import { readFile, writeFile } from 'fs/promises'
-import { parse as parseSetCookie, splitCookiesString } from 'set-cookie-parser'
-
-const WRITE_INTERVAL = 60000,
-      COOKIE_PATH = process.env.COOKIE_PATH,
-      COUNTER = Symbol('counter');
-
-let cookies = {}, dirty = false, intervalId;
-
-const setup = async () => {
-    try {
-        if (!COOKIE_PATH)
-            return
-
-        cookies = await readFile(COOKIE_PATH, 'utf8')
-        cookies = JSON.parse(cookies)
-        intervalId = setInterval(writeChanges, WRITE_INTERVAL)
-    } catch { /* no cookies for you */ }
-}
-
-setup()
-
-function writeChanges() {
-    if (!dirty) return
-    dirty = false
-
-    writeFile(
-        COOKIE_PATH,
-        JSON.stringify(cookies, null, 4)
-    ).catch(e => {
-        console.error('warn: cookies failed to save, stopping interval')
-        console.error('exception:', e)
-        clearInterval(intervalId)
-    })
-}
-
-export function getCookie(service) {
-    if (!cookies[service] || !cookies[service].length)
-        return
-
-    let n
-    if (cookies[service][COUNTER] === undefined) {
-        n = cookies[service][COUNTER] = 0
-    } else {
-        ++cookies[service][COUNTER]
-        n = (cookies[service][COUNTER] %= cookies[service].length)
-    }
-
-    const cookie = cookies[service][n]
-    if (typeof cookie === 'string')
-        cookies[service][n] = Cookie.fromString(cookie)
-
-    return cookies[service][n]
-}
-
-// todo: expiry checking? domain checking?
-// might be pointless for the purposes of cobalt
-export function updateCookie(cookie, headers) {
-    const parsed = parseSetCookie(
-        splitCookiesString(headers.get('set-cookie'))
-    ), values = {}
-
-    cookie.unset(
-        parsed
-            .filter(c => c.expires < new Date())
-            .map(c => c.name)
-    )
-
-    parsed
-        .filter(c => c.expires > new Date())
-        .forEach(c => values[c.name] = c.value);
-
-    cookie.set(values)
-    if (Object.keys(values).length)
-        dirty = true
-}
diff --git a/src/modules/processing/cookie/cookie.js b/src/modules/processing/cookie/cookie.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..996ab7c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/processing/cookie/cookie.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { strict as assert } from 'node:assert';
+
+export default class Cookie {
+    constructor(input) {
+        assert(typeof input === 'object');
+        this._values = {};
+        this.set(input)
+    }
+    set(values) {
+        Object.entries(values).forEach(
+            ([ key, value ]) => this._values[key] = value
+        )
+    }
+    unset(keys) {
+        for (const key of keys) delete this._values[key]
+    }
+    static fromString(str) {
+        const obj = {};
+
+        str.split('; ').forEach(cookie => {
+            const key = cookie.split('=')[0];
+            const value = cookie.split('=').splice(1).join('=');
+            obj[key] = decodeURIComponent(value)
+        })
+
+        return new Cookie(obj)
+    }
+    toString() {
+        return Object.entries(this._values).map(([ name, value ]) => `${name}=${encodeURIComponent(value)}`).join('; ')
+    }
+    toJSON() {
+        return this.toString()
+    }
+    values() {
+        return Object.freeze({ ...this._values })
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/modules/processing/cookie/cookies_example.json b/src/modules/processing/cookie/cookies_example.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..faaeb569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/processing/cookie/cookies_example.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "instagram": [
+        "mid=replace; ig_did=this; csrftoken=cookie"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/src/modules/processing/cookie/manager.js b/src/modules/processing/cookie/manager.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2e585b12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/processing/cookie/manager.js
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import Cookie from './cookie.js';
+import { readFile, writeFile } from 'fs/promises';
+import { parse as parseSetCookie, splitCookiesString } from 'set-cookie-parser';
+
+const WRITE_INTERVAL = 60000,
+      COOKIE_PATH = process.env.COOKIE_PATH,
+      COUNTER = Symbol('counter');
+
+let cookies = {}, dirty = false, intervalId;
+
+const setup = async () => {
+    try {
+        if (!COOKIE_PATH) return;
+
+        cookies = await readFile(COOKIE_PATH, 'utf8');
+        cookies = JSON.parse(cookies);
+        intervalId = setInterval(writeChanges, WRITE_INTERVAL)
+    } catch { /* no cookies for you */ }
+}
+
+setup();
+
+function writeChanges() {
+    if (!dirty) return;
+    dirty = false;
+
+    writeFile(COOKIE_PATH, JSON.stringify(cookies, null, 4)).catch(() => {
+        clearInterval(intervalId)
+    })
+}
+
+export function getCookie(service) {
+    if (!cookies[service] || !cookies[service].length) return;
+
+    let n;
+    if (cookies[service][COUNTER] === undefined) {
+        n = cookies[service][COUNTER] = 0
+    } else {
+        ++cookies[service][COUNTER]
+        n = (cookies[service][COUNTER] %= cookies[service].length)
+    }
+
+    const cookie = cookies[service][n];
+    if (typeof cookie === 'string') cookies[service][n] = Cookie.fromString(cookie);
+
+    return cookies[service][n]
+}
+
+export function updateCookie(cookie, headers) {
+    const parsed = parseSetCookie(splitCookiesString(headers.get('set-cookie'))),
+          values = {}
+
+    cookie.unset(parsed.filter(c => c.expires < new Date()).map(c => c.name));
+    parsed.filter(c => c.expires > new Date()).forEach(c => values[c.name] = c.value);
+
+    cookie.set(values);
+    if (Object.keys(values).length) dirty = true
+}
diff --git a/src/modules/processing/services/instagram.js b/src/modules/processing/services/instagram.js
index b45af479..eac0722e 100644
--- a/src/modules/processing/services/instagram.js
+++ b/src/modules/processing/services/instagram.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { createStream } from "../../stream/manage.js";
 import { genericUserAgent } from "../../config.js";
-import { getCookie, updateCookie } from '../../cookie/manager.js';
+import { getCookie, updateCookie } from '../cookie/manager.js';
 
 export default async function(obj) {
     let data;
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ export default async function(obj) {
     }
 
     if (single) {
-        return { urls: single, filename: `instagram_${obj.id}.mp4`, audioFilename: `instagram_${obj.id}_audio` }
+        return {
+            urls: single,
+            filename: `instagram_${obj.id}.mp4`,
+            audioFilename: `instagram_${obj.id}_audio`
+        }
     } else if (multiple.length) {
         return { picker: multiple }
     } else {
diff --git a/src/test/tests.json b/src/test/tests.json
index bfac3bec..695431de 100644
--- a/src/test/tests.json
+++ b/src/test/tests.json
@@ -834,14 +834,6 @@
         }
     }],
     "instagram": [{
-        "name": "several videos in a post (picker)",
-        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/CqifaD0qiDt/",
-        "params": {},
-        "expected": {
-            "code": 200,
-            "status": "picker"
-        }
-    }, {
         "name": "reel",
         "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoEBV3eM4QR/",
         "params": {},