diff --git a/export-chrome-cookies/.gitignore b/export-chrome-cookies/.gitignore
index 68bc17f..61da5fc 100644
--- a/export-chrome-cookies/.gitignore
+++ b/export-chrome-cookies/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+.idea
+Cookies
+Local State
+cookies.json
+
+
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
diff --git a/export-chrome-cookies/README.md b/export-chrome-cookies/README.md
index 3e40c88..8aa70ad 100644
--- a/export-chrome-cookies/README.md
+++ b/export-chrome-cookies/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 # export-chrome-cookies
+
 Export Google Chrome cookies in Windows using Python
+
+Modified from [https://thepythoncode.com/article/extract-chrome-cookies-python]()
diff --git a/export-chrome-cookies/main.py b/export-chrome-cookies/main.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e0c1de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/export-chrome-cookies/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+import base64
+import json
+import os
+import shutil
+import sqlite3
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+
+import win32crypt  # pip install pypiwin32
+from Crypto.Cipher import AES  # pip install pycryptodome
+
+# This is Windows version
+# You may need to edit these values to match your OS
+local_state_path = os.path.join(os.environ["USERPROFILE"], "AppData", "Local", "Google", "Chrome", "User Data",
+                                "Local State")
+cookies_path = os.path.join(os.environ["USERPROFILE"], "AppData", "Local", "Google", "Chrome", "User Data", "Default",
+                            "Network", "Cookies")
+
+
+def get_chrome_datetime(chromedate):
+    """Return a `datetime.datetime` object from a chrome format datetime
+    Since `chromedate` is formatted as the number of microseconds since January, 1601"""
+    if chromedate != 86400000000 and chromedate:
+        try:
+            return datetime(1601, 1, 1) + timedelta(microseconds=chromedate)
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"Error: {e}, chromedate: {chromedate}")
+            return chromedate
+    else:
+        return ""
+
+
+def get_encryption_key():
+    working_local_state = "Local State"
+    if not os.path.isfile(working_local_state):
+        shutil.copyfile(local_state_path, working_local_state)
+    with open(working_local_state, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        local_state = f.read()
+        local_state = json.loads(local_state)
+
+    # decode the encryption key from Base64
+    key = base64.b64decode(local_state["os_crypt"]["encrypted_key"])
+    # remove 'DPAPI' str
+    key = key[5:]
+    # return decrypted key that was originally encrypted
+    # using a session key derived from current user's logon credentials
+    # doc: http://timgolden.me.uk/pywin32-docs/win32crypt.html
+    return win32crypt.CryptUnprotectData(key, None, None, None, 0)[1]
+
+
+def decrypt_data(data, key):
+    try:
+        # get the initialization vector
+        iv = data[3:15]
+        data = data[15:]
+        # generate cipher
+        cipher = AES.new(key, AES.MODE_GCM, iv)
+        # decrypt password
+        return cipher.decrypt(data)[:-16].decode()
+    except:
+        try:
+            return str(win32crypt.CryptUnprotectData(data, None, None, None, 0)[1])
+        except:
+            # not supported
+            return ""
+
+
+def main():
+    # local sqlite Chrome cookie database path
+    # copy the file to current directory
+    # as the database will be locked if chrome is currently open
+    working_cookies = "Cookies"
+    if not os.path.isfile(working_cookies):
+        shutil.copyfile(cookies_path, working_cookies)
+    # connect to the database
+    db = sqlite3.connect(working_cookies)
+    # ignore decoding errors
+    db.text_factory = lambda b: b.decode(errors="ignore")
+    cursor = db.cursor()
+    # get the cookies from `cookies` table
+    cursor.execute("""
+    SELECT host_key, name, value, creation_utc, last_access_utc, expires_utc, encrypted_value 
+    FROM cookies""")
+    # you can also search by domain, e.g thepythoncode.com
+    # cursor.execute("""
+    # SELECT host_key, name, value, creation_utc, last_access_utc, expires_utc, encrypted_value
+    # FROM cookies
+    # WHERE host_key like '%thepythoncode.com%'""")
+    # get the AES key
+    key = get_encryption_key()
+    # dictionary to store cookies
+    cookies_dict = {}
+    for host_key, name, value, creation_utc, last_access_utc, expires_utc, encrypted_value in cursor.fetchall():
+        if not value:
+            decrypted_value = decrypt_data(encrypted_value, key)
+        else:
+            # already decrypted
+            decrypted_value = value
+        if host_key not in cookies_dict:
+            cookies_dict[host_key] = []
+        cookies_dict[host_key].append({
+            "Cookie name": name,
+            "Cookie value (decrypted)": decrypted_value,
+            "Creation datetime (UTC)": str(get_chrome_datetime(creation_utc)),
+            "Last access datetime (UTC)": str(get_chrome_datetime(last_access_utc)),
+            "Expires datetime (UTC)": str(get_chrome_datetime(expires_utc))
+        })
+        # update the cookies table with the decrypted value
+        # and make session cookie persistent
+        cursor.execute("""
+        UPDATE cookies SET value = ?, has_expires = 1, expires_utc = 99999999999999999, is_persistent = 1, is_secure = 0
+        WHERE host_key = ?
+        AND name = ?""", (decrypted_value, host_key, name))
+    # commit changes
+    db.commit()
+    # close connection
+    db.close()
+    with open('cookies.json', 'w') as f:
+        json.dump(cookies_dict, f, indent=4)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()