diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e7a2ad9..03ab039 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,10 +21,14 @@ Usage
 
   var sio = socketIo.listen(webServer);
 
+
+  //except for the optional fail and success the parameter object has the 
+  //same attribute than the session middleware http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/middleware-session.html
+
   sio.set("authorization", passportSocketIo.authorize({
-    sessionKey:    'express.sid',      //the cookie where express (or connect) stores its session id.
-    sessionStore:  mySessionStore,     //the session store that express uses
-    sessionSecret: "my session secret", //the session secret to parse the cookie
+    key:    'express.sid',       //the cookie where express (or connect) stores its session id.
+    secret: 'my session secret', //the session secret to parse the cookie
+    store:   mySessionStore,     //the session store that express uses
     fail: function(data, accept) {     // *optional* callbacks on success or fail
       accept(null, false);             // second param takes boolean on whether or not to allow handshake
     },
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index a4bdf8c..4434353 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -3,17 +3,17 @@ var connectUtils = require('connect').utils,
     xtend = require('xtend');
 
 function authorize(options) {
-  var auth = {
+  var defaults = {
     passport: require('passport'),
-    sessionKey: 'express.sid',
-    sessionSecret: null,
-    sessionStore: null,
+    key: 'express.sid',
+    secret: null,
+    store: null,
     success: null,
     fail: null
   };
 
-  xtend( auth, options );
-
+  var auth = xtend({}, defaults, options );
+  
   auth.userProperty = auth.passport._userProperty || 'user';
 
   return function(data, accept){
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ function authorize(options) {
 
     var parsedCookie = cookie.parse(data.headers.cookie);
 
-    data.cookie = connectUtils.parseSignedCookies(parsedCookie, auth.sessionSecret);
+    data.cookie = connectUtils.parseSignedCookies(parsedCookie, auth.secret);
 
-    data.sessionID = data.cookie[ auth.sessionKey ];
+    data.sessionID = data.cookie[ auth.key ];
 
-    auth.sessionStore.get(data.sessionID, function(err, session){
+    auth.store.get(data.sessionID, function(err, session){
       if (err) {
         return accept('Error in session store.', false);
       } else if (!session) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2dc605e..8cdd7d9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "passport.socketio",
-  "version": "0.0.4",
+  "version": "0.0.5",
   "description": "access passport.js authenticated user information from socket.io",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/test/fixture/index.js b/test/fixture/index.js
index 0b4b952..aa5b9e8 100644
--- a/test/fixture/index.js
+++ b/test/fixture/index.js
@@ -8,8 +8,13 @@ var socketIo = require('socket.io'),
     passportSocketIo = require('../../lib');
 
 var sessionStore    = new connect.session.MemoryStore(),
-    cookieSecret  = 'asdasdsdas1312312',
-    sessionKey    = 'test-session-key';
+    sessionSecret  = 'asdasdsdas1312312',
+    sessionKey    = 'test-session-key',
+    sessionOptions = {
+      store:  sessionStore,
+      key:    sessionKey,
+      secret: sessionSecret
+    };
 
 var server;
 
@@ -24,15 +29,12 @@ exports.start = function (options, callback) {
 
   var app = express();
   app.configure(function(){
-    app.use(express.cookieParser(cookieSecret));
+    app.use(express.cookieParser());
    
     app.use(express.bodyParser());
     app.use(express.methodOverride());
     
-    app.use(express.session({
-      store: sessionStore,
-      key: sessionKey
-    }));
+    app.use(express.session(sessionOptions));
 
     app.use(passport.initialize());
     app.use(passport.session());
@@ -55,11 +57,7 @@ exports.start = function (options, callback) {
 
   var sio = socketIo.listen(server);
   sio.configure(function(){
-    this.set('authorization', passportSocketIo.authorize(xtend({
-      sessionKey:    sessionKey,
-      sessionStore:  sessionStore,
-      sessionSecret: cookieSecret
-    }, options)));
+    this.set('authorization', passportSocketIo.authorize(xtend(sessionOptions, options)));
 
     this.set('log level', 0);