diff --git a/.idea/leptos-use.iml b/.idea/leptos-use.iml
index 2db780b..c23cffe 100644
--- a/.idea/leptos-use.iml
+++ b/.idea/leptos-use.iml
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
       <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/examples/use_device_pixel_ratio/src" isTestSource="false" />
       <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/examples/use_element_bounding/src" isTestSource="false" />
       <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/examples/use_mouse_in_element/src" isTestSource="false" />
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/examples/use_cookie/src" isTestSource="false" />
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/examples/use_event_listener/target" />
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target" />
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/docs/book/book" />
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0aec3a1..4f7b994 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### New Functions 🚀
 
-- `use_cookie`
+- `use_cookie` (thanks to @rakshith-ravi)
 - `use_mouse_in_element`
 - `use_device_pixel_ratio` (thanks to @mondeja)
 - `use_element_bounding`
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6a6951d..28a902a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ features = [
 ]
 
 [features]
+actix = ["dep:actix-web"]
 axum = ["dep:leptos_axum"]
 docs = []
 math = ["num"]
diff --git a/src/use_cookie.rs b/src/use_cookie.rs
index c2978ac..5a2b6a3 100644
--- a/src/use_cookie.rs
+++ b/src/use_cookie.rs
@@ -16,21 +16,29 @@ use cookie::Cookie;
 /// #
 /// # #[component]
 /// # fn Demo() -> impl IntoView {
-///    if let Some(cookie) = use_cookie("auth") {
-///        view! {
-///            <div>
-///                format!("'auth' cookie set to `{}`", cookie.value())
-///            </div>
-///        }.into_view()
-///    } else {
-///        view! {
-///            <div>
-///                "No 'auth' cookie set"
-///            </div>
-///        }.into_view()
-///    }
+/// if let Some(cookie) = use_cookie("auth") {
+///     view! {
+///         <div>
+///             format!("'auth' cookie set to `{}`", cookie.value())
+///         </div>
+///     }.into_view()
+/// } else {
+///     view! {
+///         <div>
+///             "No 'auth' cookie set"
+///         </div>
+///     }.into_view()
+/// }
 /// # }
 /// ```
+///
+/// Server-Side Rendering
+///
+/// This works equally well on the server or the client.
+/// On the server this function gets the cookie from the HTTP request header.
+///
+/// If you're using `axum` you have to enable the `"axum"` feature in your Cargo.toml.
+/// In case it's `actix-web` enable the feature `"actix"`.
 pub fn use_cookie(cookie_name: &str) -> Option<Cookie<'static>> {
     let cookies;
     #[cfg(feature = "ssr")]
@@ -39,7 +47,7 @@ pub fn use_cookie(cookie_name: &str) -> Option<Cookie<'static>> {
         use leptos::expect_context;
 
         let headers;
-        #[cfg(not(feature = "axum"))]
+        #[cfg(feature = "actix")]
         {
             headers = expect_context::<actix_web::HttpRequest>().headers().clone();
         }