diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43ae0e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
diff --git a/CONFIG.md b/CONFIG.md
index f654ff8..4e116f6 100644
--- a/CONFIG.md
+++ b/CONFIG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ A copy of default_config.cfg can be found under the /templates folder.  It is re
         "log_path": "/logs",    
         "cache_path": "/config",    
         "session": "",
+        "mousehole_enabled": 0,
+        "mousehole_state_file": "/app/secrets/state.json",
         "paths": [{
             "files": ["**/*.m4b", "**/*.mp3", "**/*.m4a"],
             "source_path": "/path/to/downloads",
@@ -53,6 +55,8 @@ A copy of default_config.cfg can be found under the /templates folder.  It is re
 | log_path    |         | Where your log files will be saved. If not set, will default to "logs" | /logs (for docker), logs (for local)   |
 | cache_path  |         | Where your log files will be saved. If not set, will default to "logs" | /config   |
 | session     |         | MAM Session ID (can be removed once one has been saved) |    |
+| mousehole_enabled |  | If true, read the MAM session cookie from a mousehole state file instead of relying on a static session ID | 0 |
+| mousehole_state_file | | Path to mousehole's state.json file. The file should include `currentCookie` | /app/secrets/state.json |
 | paths       |         | This is a *list* of folders and files to be processed              |
 | | files               | File patterns to be searched | ["\*\*/\*.m4b", "\*\*/\*.mp3", "\*\*/\*.m4a"]    |
 | | source_path         | Unorganized folder location | /path/to/downloads   |
@@ -78,3 +82,22 @@ A copy of default_config.cfg can be found under the /templates folder.  It is re
 | | kw_ignore           | Characters ignored when generating keywords for search | | [".", ":", "_", "[", "]", "{", "}", ",", ";", "(", ")"]    |
 | | kw_ignore_words     | Characters ignored when optimizing keywords for search| ["the","and","m4b","mp3","series","audiobook","audiobooks", "book", "part", "track", "novel", "disc"]    |
 | | title_patterns      | ignores these patterns when alt Title is generated from bad id3 data | ["-end", "\bpart\b", "\btrack\b", "\bof\b",  "\bbook\b", "m4b", "\\(", "\\)", "_", "\\[", "\\]", "\\.", "\\s?-\\s?"]    |
+
+## Mousehole
+
+booktree can read the current MAM session cookie from [mousehole](https://github.com/t-mart/mousehole), which avoids manually updating `Config/session` when your IP changes. Enable it in your config file:
+
+~~~
+"mousehole_enabled": 1,
+"mousehole_state_file": "/app/secrets/state.json"
+~~~
+
+mousehole writes a JSON state file with a URL-encoded `currentCookie` value:
+
+~~~
+{
+    "currentCookie": "your%2Bmam%2Fsession%2Fcookie"
+}
+~~~
+
+When `mousehole_enabled` is true, booktree reads and URL-decodes `currentCookie` for MAM API calls. If the state file is missing or invalid, booktree falls back to `Config/session`.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 97672bd..2a1ba51 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,6 +46,43 @@ options:
 2. copy default_config.cfg into config.json and modify with your paths settings (files, source_path, media_path)
 3. if using MAM as a source, create a MAM session ID and set the value in config.json file (/Config/session)
 
+### Mousehole Integration
+
+booktree can use [mousehole](https://github.com/t-mart/mousehole) to read the current MAM session cookie from mousehole's `state.json` file. This avoids manually updating `/Config/session` when your IP address changes and mousehole rotates the cookie.
+
+Enable mousehole in your config:
+
+~~~
+"mousehole_enabled": 1,
+"mousehole_state_file": "/app/secrets/state.json"
+~~~
+
+The mousehole state file should contain a URL-encoded `currentCookie` value:
+
+~~~
+{
+    "currentCookie": "your%2Bmam%2Fsession%2Fcookie"
+}
+~~~
+
+When mousehole is enabled, booktree uses `currentCookie` directly and ignores any cached `cookies.pkl` so token rotation is picked up immediately. If the state file is missing or invalid, booktree falls back to `/Config/session`.
+
+For Docker, mount the same mousehole data directory into the booktree container and point `mousehole_state_file` at the mounted state file:
+
+~~~
+services:
+  mousehole:
+    image: tmmrtn/mousehole:latest
+    volumes:
+      - /path/to/mousehole:/srv/mousehole
+
+  booktree:
+    volumes:
+      - /path/to/mousehole:/app/secrets
+      - /path/to/booktree/config:/config
+      - /path/to/logs:/logs
+~~~
+
 ### Recommended Workflow
 
 1. Start small (pick a folder that has a handful of books, don't run it on 2K files the first try :) )
@@ -92,4 +129,3 @@ options:
   <p>A: Lower the matchrate, Change the fuzzy_match algorith, Set --fixid3 flag.</p>
   
 
-
diff --git a/myx_mam.py b/myx_mam.py
index 9cbef0b..11cedc4 100644
--- a/myx_mam.py
+++ b/myx_mam.py
@@ -2,17 +2,44 @@
 import json
 import os
 import pickle
+from urllib.parse import unquote
 from pprint import pprint
 import myx_classes
 import myx_utilities
 
 
 #MAM Functions
+def isMouseholeEnabled(cfg):
+    mousehole_enabled = cfg.get("Config/mousehole_enabled", 0)
+    if isinstance(mousehole_enabled, str):
+        return mousehole_enabled.lower() in ("1", "true", "yes", "on")
+    return bool(mousehole_enabled)
+
+def getMAMSession(cfg):
+    session = cfg.get("Config/session")
+
+    if isMouseholeEnabled(cfg):
+        mousehole_state_file = cfg.get("Config/mousehole_state_file")
+        try:
+            if mousehole_state_file is None or not len(mousehole_state_file):
+                raise Exception("mousehole_state_file is not configured")
+            with open(mousehole_state_file) as state_file:
+                state = json.loads(state_file.read())
+            mousehole_session = unquote(state["currentCookie"]).strip()
+            if len(mousehole_session):
+                return mousehole_session
+            print("Mousehole state file did not contain a session cookie. Checking session ID from config...")
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"Failed to read mousehole state file: {e}. Checking session ID from config...")
+
+    return session
+
 def searchMAM(cfg, titleFilename, authors, extension):
     #Config
-    session = cfg.get("Config/session")
+    session = getMAMSession(cfg)
     log_path = cfg.get("Config/log_path")
     verbose = bool(cfg.get("Config/flags/verbose"))
+    mousehole_enabled = isMouseholeEnabled(cfg)
 
     ebook = bool(cfg.get("Config/flags/ebooks"))
     audiobook = not (ebook)
@@ -39,8 +66,10 @@ def searchMAM(cfg, titleFilename, authors, extension):
         cookies_filepath = os.path.join(log_path, 'cookies.pkl')
         sess = requests.Session()
 
+        if mousehole_enabled:
+            sess.headers.update({"cookie": f"mam_id={session}"})
         #a cookie file exists, use that
-        if os.path.exists(cookies_filepath):
+        elif os.path.exists(cookies_filepath):
             cookies = pickle.load(open(cookies_filepath, 'rb'))
             sess.cookies = cookies
         else:
@@ -176,16 +205,19 @@ def testSessionCookie(mySession):
 
 def checkMAMCookie(cfg):
     #Config
-    session = cfg.get("Config/session")
+    session = getMAMSession(cfg)
     log_path = cfg.get("Config/log_path")
+    mousehole_enabled = isMouseholeEnabled(cfg)
 
     isCookieValid = False
-    useConfigSession = False
+    useConfigSession = mousehole_enabled
     cookies_filepath = os.path.join(log_path, 'cookies.pkl')
     sess = requests.Session()
 
     #Check if a cookie file exists
-    if os.path.exists(cookies_filepath):
+    if mousehole_enabled:
+        print (f"Checking MAM cookie from mousehole state file...")
+    elif os.path.exists(cookies_filepath):
         print (f"Checking if current cookie file is still valid...")
         #If it does, create a session, using this cookie
         cookies = pickle.load(open(cookies_filepath, 'rb'))
@@ -210,7 +242,7 @@ def checkMAMCookie(cfg):
             isCookieValid = testSessionCookie (sess)
 
         else:
-            print (f"No session ID found in the config... Please go to MAM Preferences > Security to create a new session")
+            print (f"No session ID found in the config or mousehole state file... Please go to MAM Preferences > Security to create a new session")
         
 
     return isCookieValid
@@ -233,4 +265,3 @@ def escape_string(input_string):
             escaped_string += char  
 
     return escaped_string  
-
diff --git a/templates/default_config.cfg b/templates/default_config.cfg
index 8f38d83..bd37de0 100644
--- a/templates/default_config.cfg
+++ b/templates/default_config.cfg
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
         "cache_path": "/config",    
         "last_scan": "logs/booktree_log.csv",
         "session": "",
+        "mousehole_enabled": 0,
+        "mousehole_state_file": "/app/secrets/state.json",
         "paths": [{
             "files": ["**/*.m4b", "**/*.mp3", "**/*.m4a"],
             "source_path": "/data/torrents/downloads",
@@ -39,4 +41,4 @@
             "title_patterns": ["-end", "\bpart\b", "\btrack\b", "\bof\b",  "\bbook\b", "m4b", "\\(", "\\)", "_", "\\[", "\\]", "\\.", "\\s?-\\s?"]
         }  
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_mam_session.py b/tests/test_mam_session.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afd0abe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_mam_session.py
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import types
+import unittest
+
+sys.modules.setdefault("requests", types.SimpleNamespace())
+sys.modules.setdefault("myx_classes", types.SimpleNamespace())
+sys.modules.setdefault("myx_utilities", types.SimpleNamespace())
+
+import myx_mam
+
+
+class FakeConfig:
+    def __init__(self, data):
+        self.data = data
+
+    def get(self, path=None, default=None):
+        value = self.data
+        for part in path.split("/"):
+            if not isinstance(value, dict) or part not in value:
+                return default
+            value = value[part]
+        return value
+
+
+class MamSessionTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def cfg(self, **values):
+        config = {
+            "session": "static-token",
+            "mousehole_enabled": 0,
+            "mousehole_state_file": "",
+        }
+        config.update(values)
+        return FakeConfig({"Config": config})
+
+    def write_state(self, state):
+        tmp = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile("w", delete=False)
+        self.addCleanup(lambda: os.path.exists(tmp.name) and os.remove(tmp.name))
+        with tmp:
+            json.dump(state, tmp)
+        return tmp.name
+
+    def test_static_session_is_used_when_mousehole_is_disabled(self):
+        cfg = self.cfg(session="static-token", mousehole_enabled=0)
+
+        self.assertEqual(myx_mam.getMAMSession(cfg), "static-token")
+
+    def test_mousehole_session_is_read_and_decoded(self):
+        state_file = self.write_state({"currentCookie": "token%2Bwith%2Fencoding"})
+        cfg = self.cfg(mousehole_enabled=1, mousehole_state_file=state_file)
+
+        self.assertEqual(myx_mam.getMAMSession(cfg), "token+with/encoding")
+
+    def test_missing_mousehole_state_falls_back_to_static_session(self):
+        cfg = self.cfg(
+            session="fallback-token",
+            mousehole_enabled=1,
+            mousehole_state_file="/path/does/not/exist",
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(myx_mam.getMAMSession(cfg), "fallback-token")
+
+    def test_invalid_mousehole_state_falls_back_to_static_session(self):
+        state_file = self.write_state({"unexpected": "value"})
+        cfg = self.cfg(
+            session="fallback-token",
+            mousehole_enabled=1,
+            mousehole_state_file=state_file,
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(myx_mam.getMAMSession(cfg), "fallback-token")
+
+    def test_empty_static_session_remains_empty_when_mousehole_fallback_fails(self):
+        cfg = self.cfg(
+            session="",
+            mousehole_enabled=1,
+            mousehole_state_file="/path/does/not/exist",
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(myx_mam.getMAMSession(cfg), "")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()