diff --git a/lib/CharmBoard.pm b/lib/CharmBoard.pm
index a6abc50..4aed698 100644
--- a/lib/CharmBoard.pm
+++ b/lib/CharmBoard.pm
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use feature ':5.20';
 
 use Mojo::Base 'Mojolicious', -signatures;
 use CharmBoard::Model::Schema;
+use CharmBoard::Util::Crypt::Seasoning;
 
 # this method will run once at server start
 sub startup {
@@ -65,6 +66,43 @@ sub startup {
     $self->helper(schema => sub { $schema })
   }
 
+  # session helpers
+  ## create session
+  $self->helper(session_create => sub {
+    my $self = shift;
+
+    my $_session_key = seasoning(16);
+
+    # create session entry in db
+    $self->schema->resultset('Session')->create({
+      session_key    => $_session_key,
+      user_id        => $_[0],
+      session_expiry => time + 604800,
+      is_ip_bound    => 0,
+      bound_ip       => undef
+    });
+
+    # now create session cookie
+    $self->session(is_auth     => 1            );
+    $self->session(user_id     => $_[0]        );
+    $self->session(session_key => $_session_key);
+    $self->session(expiration  => 604800       );
+  });
+  ## destroy session
+  $self->helper(session_destroy => sub {
+    my $self = shift;
+
+    my $_session_key = $self->session('session_key');
+
+    # destroy entry for this session in the database
+    $self->schema->resultset('Session')
+        ->search({ session_key => $_session_key })
+        ->delete;
+
+    # now nuke the actual session cookie
+    $self->session(expires => 1);
+  });
+
   # router
   my $r = $self->routes;
 
diff --git a/lib/CharmBoard/Controller/Login.pm b/lib/CharmBoard/Controller/Login.pm
index c31226b..b99fcbe 100644
--- a/lib/CharmBoard/Controller/Login.pm
+++ b/lib/CharmBoard/Controller/Login.pm
@@ -53,24 +53,7 @@ sub login_do {
                               # get user ID for session creation
     $user_id = $user_info->get_column('user_id')->first;
 
-    # gen session key
-    $session_key = seasoning(16);
-
-    # add session to database
-    $self->schema->resultset('Session')->create({
-      session_key    => $session_key,
-      user_id        => $user_id,
-      session_expiry => time + 604800,
-      is_ip_bound    => 0,
-      bound_ip       => undef
-    })
-        or die;
-
-    # now create session cookie for user
-    $self->session(is_auth     => 1           );
-    $self->session(user_id     => $user_id    );
-    $self->session(session_key => $session_key);
-    $self->session(expiration  => 604800      );
+    $self->session_create($user_id);
 
     # redirect to index upon success
     $self->redirect_to('/')
diff --git a/lib/CharmBoard/Controller/Logout.pm b/lib/CharmBoard/Controller/Logout.pm
index 3e24b9f..b204b57 100644
--- a/lib/CharmBoard/Controller/Logout.pm
+++ b/lib/CharmBoard/Controller/Logout.pm
@@ -11,13 +11,7 @@ use Mojo::Base 'Mojolicious::Controller', -signatures;
 sub logout_do {
   my $self = shift;
 
-  # destroy entry for this session in the database
-  $self->schema->resultset('Session')
-      ->search({ session_key => $self->session('session_key') })
-      ->delete;
-
-  # now nuke the actual session cookie
-  $self->session(expires => 1);
+  $self->session_destroy;
 
   # redirect to index
   $self->redirect_to('/')