diff --git a/include/lucidAuth.functions.php b/include/lucidAuth.functions.php
index e9d9b3a..ba80a30 100644
--- a/include/lucidAuth.functions.php
+++ b/include/lucidAuth.functions.php
@@ -57,19 +57,41 @@ function authenticateLDAP (string $username, string $password) {
 	}
 }
 
-function storeToken (string $username, string $password, object $cookie) {
-	global $settings;
+function storeToken (string $secureToken, string $qualifiedUsername, string $httpHost) {
+	global $settings, $pdoDB;
 
-}
-
-function retrieveTokenFromDB (string $username, string $foo) {
-	global $settings;
+	// Save authentication token in database serverside
+	try {
+		$pdoQuery = $pdoDB->prepare('
+			INSERT INTO SecureToken (UserId, Value)
+			SELECT User.Id, :securetoken
+			FROM User
+			WHERE User.Username = :qualifiedusername
+		');
+		$pdoQuery->execute([
+			':securetoken'			=>	$secureToken,
+			':qualifiedusername'	=>	$qualifiedUsername
+		]);
+	}
+	catch (Exception $e) {
+		return ['status' => 'Fail', 'reason' => $e];
+	}
 	
+	// Save authentication token in cookie clientside
+	$cookieDomain = array_values(array_filter($settings->Session['CookieDomains'], function ($value) use ($httpHost) {
+		// Check if $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] matches any of the configured domains (either explicitly or as a subdomain)
+		//   This might seem backwards, but relying on $_SERVER directly allows spoofed values with potential security risks
+		return (strlen($value) > strlen($httpHost)) ? false : (0 === substr_compare($httpHost, $value, -strlen($value)));
+	}))[0];
+	if (setcookie('JWT', $secureToken, (time() + $settings->Session['Duration']), '/', '.' . $cookieDomain)) {
+		return ['status' => 'Success'];
+	}
 }
 
 function validateToken (string $secureToken) {
 	global $settings, $pdoDB;
 
+	// Decode provided authentication token
 	try {
 		$jwtPayload = JWT::decode($secureToken, base64_decode($settings->JWT['PrivateKey_base64']), $settings->JWT['Algorithm']);
 	} catch (Exception $e) {
@@ -82,6 +104,7 @@ function validateToken (string $secureToken) {
 		return ['status' => 'Fail', 'reason' => '3'];
 	}
 
+	// Retrieve all authentication tokens from database matching username
 	$pdoQuery = $pdoDB->prepare('
 		SELECT SecureToken.Value
 		FROM SecureToken
@@ -100,13 +123,12 @@ function validateToken (string $secureToken) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Compare provided authentication token to all stored tokens in database
 	if (!empty($storedTokens) && sizeof(array_filter($storedTokens, function ($value) use ($jwtPayload) {
 		return $value->iat === $jwtPayload->iat;
 	})) === 1) {
-		// At least one of the database-stored tokens match
-		return ['status' => 'Success', 'token' => $jwtPayload];
+		return ['status' => 'Success'];
 	} else {
-		// No matching token in database
 		return ['status' => 'Fail', 'reason' => '2'];
 	}
 }
diff --git a/public/lucidAuth.login.php b/public/lucidAuth.login.php
index f51d157..c663f74 100644
--- a/public/lucidAuth.login.php
+++ b/public/lucidAuth.login.php
@@ -6,23 +6,12 @@
 	if ($_POST['do'] === 'login') {
 		$result = authenticateLDAP($_POST['username'], $_POST['password']);
 		if ($result['status'] === 'Success') {
-			// Save authentication token in database
-			$pdoQuery = $pdoDB->prepare('
-				INSERT INTO SecureToken (UserId, Value)
-				SELECT User.Id, :securetoken
-				FROM User
-				WHERE User.Username = :qualifiedusername
- 			');
-			$pdoQuery->execute([
-				':securetoken'			=>	$result['token'],
-				':qualifiedusername'	=>	$settings->LDAP['Domain'] . '\\' . $_POST['username']
-			]);
-			// Save authentication token in cookie
-			$httpHost = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
-			$cookieDomain = array_values(array_filter($settings->Session['CookieDomains'], function ($value) use ($httpHost) {
-    		return (strlen($value) > strlen($httpHost)) ? false : (0 === substr_compare($httpHost, $value, -strlen($value)));
-			}))[0];
-			setcookie('JWT', $result['token'], (time() + $settings->Session['Duration']), '/', '.' . $cookieDomain);
+			// Store authentication token; in database serverside & in cookie clientside
+			if (storeToken($result['token'], $settings->LDAP['Domain'] . '\\' . $_POST['username'], $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'])['status'] !== 'Success') {
+				// Since this action is only ever called through an AJAX-request; return JSON object
+				echo '{"Result":"Fail","Reason":"Failed storing authentication token in database and/or cookie"}' . PHP_EOL;
+				exit;
+			}
             
 			// Convert base64 encoded string back from JSON;
 			//   forcing it into an associative array (instead of javascript's default StdClass object)
@@ -30,13 +19,13 @@
 				$proxyHeaders = json_decode(base64_decode($_POST['ref']), JSON_OBJECT_AS_ARRAY);
 			}
 			catch (Exception $e) {
-				// Since this request is only ever called through an AJAX-request; return JSON object
+				// Since this action is only ever called through an AJAX-request; return JSON object
 				echo '{"Result":"Fail","Reason":"Original request URI lost in transition"}' . PHP_EOL;
 				exit;
 			}
 			$originalUri = !empty($proxyHeaders) ? $proxyHeaders['XForwardedProto'] . '://' . $proxyHeaders['XForwardedHost'] . $proxyHeaders['XForwardedUri'] : 'lucidAuth.manage.php';
 
-			// Since this request is only ever called through an AJAX-request; return JSON object
+			// Since this action is only ever called through an AJAX-request; return JSON object
 			echo '{"Result":"Success","Location":"' . $originalUri . '"}' . PHP_EOL;
 		} else {
 			switch ($result['reason']) {
diff --git a/public/lucidAuth.validateRequest.php b/public/lucidAuth.validateRequest.php
index 41ac22e..ee300df 100644
--- a/public/lucidAuth.validateRequest.php
+++ b/public/lucidAuth.validateRequest.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 		file_put_contents('../requestHeaders.log', (new DateTime())->format('Y-m-d\TH:i:s.u') . ' --- ' . (json_encode($proxyHeaders, JSON_FORCE_OBJECT)) . PHP_EOL, FILE_APPEND);
 	}
 
-	if (sizeof($proxyHeaders) == 0) {
+	if (sizeof($proxyHeaders) === 0) {
 		// Non-proxied request; this is senseless, go fetch!
 		header("HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden");
 		exit;