diff --git a/session_api.module b/session_api.module
index 5d763a6..79d260f 100644
--- a/session_api.module
+++ b/session_api.module
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function session_api_available() {
  * a cookie for anonymous users.
  */
 function session_api_start_session() {
-  $_SESSION['session_api_session'] = '';
+  $_SESSION['SESSsessionapi'] = '';
   drupal_session_start();
 }
 
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ function session_api_get_sid($create = TRUE) {
     $sid = FALSE;
 
     // First, check if we already have an active session.
-    if (isset($_COOKIE['session_api_session']) && $_COOKIE['session_api_session']) {
-      $session_id = $_COOKIE['session_api_session'];
+    if (isset($_COOKIE['SESSsessionapi']) && $_COOKIE['SESSsessionapi']) {
+      $session_id = $_COOKIE['SESSsessionapi'];
       $sid = db_query("SELECT sid FROM {session_api} WHERE session_id = :session_id", array(':session_id' => $session_id))->fetchField();
     }
     // If the caller doesn't want to create a new session if it didn't exist, 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function session_api_get_sid($create = TRUE) {
       $rec->timestamp = REQUEST_TIME;
       $rec->session_id = $session_id;
       drupal_write_record('session_api', $rec, 'sid');
-      setcookie('session_api_session', $session_id, REQUEST_TIME + variable_get('session_api_cookie_expire_time', 2592000), '/', $cookie_domain);
+      setcookie('SESSsessionapi', $session_id, REQUEST_TIME + variable_get('session_api_cookie_expire_time', 2592000), '/', $cookie_domain);
     }
     // No sid exists, create new one.
     else {
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ function session_api_get_sid($create = TRUE) {
       $sid = $rec->sid;
 
       // Set cookie.
-      setcookie('session_api_session', $session_id, REQUEST_TIME + variable_get('session_api_cookie_expire_time', 2592000), '/', $cookie_domain);
+      setcookie('SESSsessionapi', $session_id, REQUEST_TIME + variable_get('session_api_cookie_expire_time', 2592000), '/', $cookie_domain);
     }
   }
   return $sid;
diff --git a/session_api.test b/session_api.test
index 71cfbbd..c33a481 100644
--- a/session_api.test
+++ b/session_api.test
@@ -64,14 +64,14 @@ class SessionApiTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
 
     // Check that the session_api_get_sid doesn't create a sid when the
     // caller don't want it to get created.
-    unset($_COOKIE['session_api_session']);
+    unset($_COOKIE['SESSsessionapi']);
     $this->assertEqual(session_api_get_sid(FALSE), -1, t("The session_api_get_sid returns a negative value when the caller don't want to create a new session if it doesn't exist"));
 
     // Store ID in the db.
     $rec = new stdClass();
     $rec->session_id = drupal_hash_base64(uniqid(mt_rand(), TRUE));
     drupal_write_record('session_api', $rec);
-    $_COOKIE['session_api_session'] = $rec->session_id;
+    $_COOKIE['SESSsessionapi'] = $rec->session_id;
     $this->assertEqual(session_api_get_sid(), $rec->sid, 'Function session_api_get_sid() correctly retrieves the session_api_id from the database.');
 
     // Initialize sessions.
@@ -83,4 +83,4 @@ class SessionApiTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     $stored = db_query("SELECT session_id FROM {session_api} WHERE sid = :sid", array(':sid' => $sid))->fetchField();
     $this->assertEqual($stored, $session_id, t('session_api_get_sid() is properly storing the session_id.'));
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}