diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea520dc..dbd2f6b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ nitter
 /public/md/*.html
 nitter.conf
 guest_accounts.json*
+sessions.json*
 dump.rdb
diff --git a/nitter.example.conf b/nitter.example.conf
index f0b4214..360e07b 100644
--- a/nitter.example.conf
+++ b/nitter.example.conf
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ redisMaxConnections = 30
 hmacKey = "secretkey"  # random key for cryptographic signing of video urls
 base64Media = false  # use base64 encoding for proxied media urls
 enableRSS = true  # set this to false to disable RSS feeds
-enableDebug = false  # enable request logs and debug endpoints (/.accounts)
+enableDebug = false  # enable request logs and debug endpoints (/.sessions)
 proxy = ""  # http/https url, SOCKS proxies are not supported
 proxyAuth = ""
 tokenCount = 10
diff --git a/src/apiutils.nim b/src/apiutils.nim
index 0a6e0d2..3a0d12c 100644
--- a/src/apiutils.nim
+++ b/src/apiutils.nim
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ template fetchImpl(result, fetchBody) {.dirty.} =
   once:
     pool = HttpPool()
 
-  var account = await getGuestAccount(api)
-  if account.oauthToken.len == 0:
-    echo "[accounts] Empty oauth token, account: ", account.id
+  var session = await getSession(api)
+  if session.oauthToken.len == 0:
+    echo "[sessions] Empty oauth token, session: ", session.id
     raise rateLimitError()
 
   try:
     var resp: AsyncResponse
-    pool.use(genHeaders($url, account.oauthToken, account.oauthSecret)):
+    pool.use(genHeaders($url, session.oauthToken, session.oauthSecret)):
       template getContent =
         resp = await c.get($url)
         result = await resp.body
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ template fetchImpl(result, fetchBody) {.dirty.} =
       let
         remaining = parseInt(resp.headers[rlRemaining])
         reset = parseInt(resp.headers[rlReset])
-      account.setRateLimit(api, remaining, reset)
+      session.setRateLimit(api, remaining, reset)
 
     if result.len > 0:
       if resp.headers.getOrDefault("content-encoding") == "gzip":
@@ -78,15 +78,15 @@ template fetchImpl(result, fetchBody) {.dirty.} =
         let errors = result.fromJson(Errors)
         echo "Fetch error, API: ", api, ", errors: ", errors
         if errors in {expiredToken, badToken, locked}:
-          invalidate(account)
+          invalidate(session)
           raise rateLimitError()
         elif errors in {rateLimited}:
           # rate limit hit, resets after 24 hours
-          setLimited(account, api)
+          setLimited(session, api)
           raise rateLimitError()
       elif result.startsWith("429 Too Many Requests"):
-        echo "[accounts] 429 error, API: ", api, ", account: ", account.id
-        account.apis[api].remaining = 0
+        echo "[sessions] 429 error, API: ", api, ", session: ", session.id
+        session.apis[api].remaining = 0
         # rate limit hit, resets after the 15 minute window
         raise rateLimitError()
 
@@ -102,17 +102,17 @@ template fetchImpl(result, fetchBody) {.dirty.} =
   except OSError as e:
     raise e
   except Exception as e:
-    let id = if account.isNil: "null" else: $account.id
-    echo "error: ", e.name, ", msg: ", e.msg, ", accountId: ", id, ", url: ", url
+    let id = if session.isNil: "null" else: $session.id
+    echo "error: ", e.name, ", msg: ", e.msg, ", sessionId: ", id, ", url: ", url
     raise rateLimitError()
   finally:
-    release(account)
+    release(session)
 
 template retry(bod) =
   try:
     bod
   except RateLimitError:
-    echo "[accounts] Rate limited, retrying ", api, " request..."
+    echo "[sessions] Rate limited, retrying ", api, " request..."
     bod
 
 proc fetch*(url: Uri; api: Api): Future[JsonNode] {.async.} =
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ proc fetch*(url: Uri; api: Api): Future[JsonNode] {.async.} =
       if error != null:
         echo "Fetch error, API: ", api, ", error: ", error
         if error in {expiredToken, badToken, locked}:
-          invalidate(account)
+          invalidate(session)
           raise rateLimitError()
 
 proc fetchRaw*(url: Uri; api: Api): Future[string] {.async.} =
diff --git a/src/auth.nim b/src/auth.nim
index 85fe4a7..c57008b 100644
--- a/src/auth.nim
+++ b/src/auth.nim
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 import std/[asyncdispatch, times, json, random, sequtils, strutils, tables, packedsets, os]
 import types
-import experimental/parser/guestaccount
+import experimental/parser/session
 
-# max requests at a time per account to avoid race conditions
+# max requests at a time per session to avoid race conditions
 const
   maxConcurrentReqs = 3
   dayInSeconds = 24 * 60 * 60
@@ -23,16 +23,16 @@ const
   }.toTable
 
 var
-  accountPool: seq[GuestAccount]
+  sessionPool: seq[Session]
   enableLogging = false
 
 template log(str: varargs[string, `$`]) =
-  if enableLogging: echo "[accounts] ", str.join("")
+  if enableLogging: echo "[sessions] ", str.join("")
 
 proc snowflakeToEpoch(flake: int64): int64 =
   int64(((flake shr 22) + 1288834974657) div 1000)
 
-proc getAccountPoolHealth*(): JsonNode =
+proc getSessionPoolHealth*(): JsonNode =
   let now = epochTime().int
 
   var
@@ -43,38 +43,38 @@ proc getAccountPoolHealth*(): JsonNode =
     newest = 0'i64
     average = 0'i64
 
-  for account in accountPool:
-    let created = snowflakeToEpoch(account.id)
+  for session in sessionPool:
+    let created = snowflakeToEpoch(session.id)
     if created > newest:
       newest = created
     if created < oldest:
       oldest = created
     average += created
 
-    if account.limited:
-      limited.incl account.id
+    if session.limited:
+      limited.incl session.id
 
-    for api in account.apis.keys:
+    for api in session.apis.keys:
       let
-        apiStatus = account.apis[api]
+        apiStatus = session.apis[api]
         reqs = apiMaxReqs[api] - apiStatus.remaining
 
-      # no requests made with this account and endpoint since the limit reset
+      # no requests made with this session and endpoint since the limit reset
       if apiStatus.reset < now:
         continue
 
       reqsPerApi.mgetOrPut($api, 0).inc reqs
       totalReqs.inc reqs
 
-  if accountPool.len > 0:
-    average = average div accountPool.len
+  if sessionPool.len > 0:
+    average = average div sessionPool.len
   else:
     oldest = 0
     average = 0
 
   return %*{
-    "accounts": %*{
-      "total": accountPool.len,
+    "sessions": %*{
+      "total": sessionPool.len,
       "limited": limited.card,
       "oldest": $fromUnix(oldest),
       "newest": $fromUnix(newest),
@@ -86,22 +86,22 @@ proc getAccountPoolHealth*(): JsonNode =
     }
   }
 
-proc getAccountPoolDebug*(): JsonNode =
+proc getSessionPoolDebug*(): JsonNode =
   let now = epochTime().int
   var list = newJObject()
 
-  for account in accountPool:
-    let accountJson = %*{
+  for session in sessionPool:
+    let sessionJson = %*{
       "apis": newJObject(),
-      "pending": account.pending,
+      "pending": session.pending,
     }
 
-    if account.limited:
-      accountJson["limited"] = %true
+    if session.limited:
+      sessionJson["limited"] = %true
 
-    for api in account.apis.keys:
+    for api in session.apis.keys:
       let
-        apiStatus = account.apis[api]
+        apiStatus = session.apis[api]
         obj = %*{}
 
       if apiStatus.reset > now.int:
@@ -111,92 +111,91 @@ proc getAccountPoolDebug*(): JsonNode =
       if "remaining" notin obj:
         continue
 
-      accountJson{"apis", $api} = obj
-      list[$account.id] = accountJson
+      sessionJson{"apis", $api} = obj
+      list[$session.id] = sessionJson
 
   return %list
 
 proc rateLimitError*(): ref RateLimitError =
   newException(RateLimitError, "rate limited")
 
-proc noAccountsError*(): ref NoAccountsError =
-  newException(NoAccountsError, "no accounts available")
+proc noSessionsError*(): ref NoSessionsError =
+  newException(NoSessionsError, "no sessions available")
 
-proc isLimited(account: GuestAccount; api: Api): bool =
-  if account.isNil:
+proc isLimited(session: Session; api: Api): bool =
+  if session.isNil:
     return true
 
-  if account.limited and api != Api.userTweets:
-    if (epochTime().int - account.limitedAt) > dayInSeconds:
-      account.limited = false
-      log "resetting limit: ", account.id
+  if session.limited and api != Api.userTweets:
+    if (epochTime().int - session.limitedAt) > dayInSeconds:
+      session.limited = false
+      log "resetting limit: ", session.id
     else:
       return false
 
-  if api in account.apis:
-    let limit = account.apis[api]
+  if api in session.apis:
+    let limit = session.apis[api]
     return limit.remaining <= 10 and limit.reset > epochTime().int
   else:
     return false
 
-proc isReady(account: GuestAccount; api: Api): bool =
-  not (account.isNil or account.pending > maxConcurrentReqs or account.isLimited(api))
+proc isReady(session: Session; api: Api): bool =
+  not (session.isNil or session.pending > maxConcurrentReqs or session.isLimited(api))
 
-proc invalidate*(account: var GuestAccount) =
-  if account.isNil: return
-  log "invalidating: ", account.id
+proc invalidate*(session: var Session) =
+  if session.isNil: return
+  log "invalidating: ", session.id
 
   # TODO: This isn't sufficient, but it works for now
-  let idx = accountPool.find(account)
-  if idx > -1: accountPool.delete(idx)
-  account = nil
+  let idx = sessionPool.find(session)
+  if idx > -1: sessionPool.delete(idx)
+  session = nil
 
-proc release*(account: GuestAccount) =
-  if account.isNil: return
-  dec account.pending
+proc release*(session: Session) =
+  if session.isNil: return
+  dec session.pending
 
-proc getGuestAccount*(api: Api): Future[GuestAccount] {.async.} =
-  for i in 0 ..< accountPool.len:
+proc getSession*(api: Api): Future[Session] {.async.} =
+  for i in 0 ..< sessionPool.len:
     if result.isReady(api): break
-    result = accountPool.sample()
+    result = sessionPool.sample()
 
   if not result.isNil and result.isReady(api):
     inc result.pending
   else:
-    log "no accounts available for API: ", api
-    raise noAccountsError()
+    log "no sessions available for API: ", api
+    raise noSessionsError()
 
-proc setLimited*(account: GuestAccount; api: Api) =
-  account.limited = true
-  account.limitedAt = epochTime().int
-  log "rate limited by api: ", api, ", reqs left: ", account.apis[api].remaining, ", id: ", account.id
+proc setLimited*(session: Session; api: Api) =
+  session.limited = true
+  session.limitedAt = epochTime().int
+  log "rate limited by api: ", api, ", reqs left: ", session.apis[api].remaining, ", id: ", session.id
 
-proc setRateLimit*(account: GuestAccount; api: Api; remaining, reset: int) =
+proc setRateLimit*(session: Session; api: Api; remaining, reset: int) =
   # avoid undefined behavior in race conditions
-  if api in account.apis:
-    let limit = account.apis[api]
+  if api in session.apis:
+    let limit = session.apis[api]
     if limit.reset >= reset and limit.remaining < remaining:
       return
     if limit.reset == reset and limit.remaining >= remaining:
-      account.apis[api].remaining = remaining
+      session.apis[api].remaining = remaining
       return
 
-  account.apis[api] = RateLimit(remaining: remaining, reset: reset)
+  session.apis[api] = RateLimit(remaining: remaining, reset: reset)
 
-proc initAccountPool*(cfg: Config; path: string) =
+proc initSessionPool*(cfg: Config; path: string) =
   enableLogging = cfg.enableDebug
 
-  let jsonlPath = if path.endsWith(".json"): (path & 'l') else: path
-
-  if fileExists(jsonlPath):
-    log "Parsing JSONL guest accounts file: ", jsonlPath
-    for line in jsonlPath.lines:
-      accountPool.add parseGuestAccount(line)
-  elif fileExists(path):
-    log "Parsing JSON guest accounts file: ", path
-    accountPool = parseGuestAccounts(path)
-  else:
-    echo "[accounts] ERROR: ", path, " not found. This file is required to authenticate API requests."
+  if path.endsWith(".json"):
+    echo "[sessions] ERROR: .json is not supported, the file must be a valid JSONL file ending in .jsonl"
     quit 1
 
-  log "Successfully added ", accountPool.len, " valid accounts."
+  if not fileExists(path):
+    echo "[sessions] ERROR: ", path, " not found. This file is required to authenticate API requests."
+    quit 1
+
+  log "Parsing JSONL account sessions file: ", path
+  for line in path.lines:
+    sessionPool.add parseSession(line)
+
+  log "Successfully added ", sessionPool.len, " valid account sessions."
diff --git a/src/experimental/parser/guestaccount.nim b/src/experimental/parser/guestaccount.nim
deleted file mode 100644
index f7e6d34..0000000
--- a/src/experimental/parser/guestaccount.nim
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import std/strutils
-import jsony
-import ../types/guestaccount
-from ../../types import GuestAccount
-
-proc toGuestAccount(account: RawAccount): GuestAccount =
-  let id = account.oauthToken[0 ..< account.oauthToken.find('-')]
-  result = GuestAccount(
-    id: parseBiggestInt(id),
-    oauthToken: account.oauthToken,
-    oauthSecret: account.oauthTokenSecret
-  )
-
-proc parseGuestAccount*(raw: string): GuestAccount =
-  let rawAccount = raw.fromJson(RawAccount)
-  result = rawAccount.toGuestAccount
-
-proc parseGuestAccounts*(path: string): seq[GuestAccount] =
-  let rawAccounts = readFile(path).fromJson(seq[RawAccount])
-  for account in rawAccounts:
-    result.add account.toGuestAccount
diff --git a/src/experimental/parser/session.nim b/src/experimental/parser/session.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee9c93e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/experimental/parser/session.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import std/strutils
+import jsony
+import ../types/session
+from ../../types import Session
+
+proc parseSession*(raw: string): Session =
+  let 
+    session = raw.fromJson(RawSession)
+    id = session.oauthToken[0 ..< session.oauthToken.find('-')]
+
+  result = Session(
+    id: parseBiggestInt(id),
+    oauthToken: session.oauthToken,
+    oauthSecret: session.oauthTokenSecret
+  )
diff --git a/src/experimental/types/guestaccount.nim b/src/experimental/types/session.nim
similarity index 71%
rename from src/experimental/types/guestaccount.nim
rename to src/experimental/types/session.nim
index 244edb3..4165204 100644
--- a/src/experimental/types/guestaccount.nim
+++ b/src/experimental/types/session.nim
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 type
-  RawAccount* = object
+  RawSession* = object
     oauthToken*: string
     oauthTokenSecret*: string
diff --git a/src/nitter.nim b/src/nitter.nim
index 958dc0b..f81dc1c 100644
--- a/src/nitter.nim
+++ b/src/nitter.nim
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ let
   configPath = getEnv("NITTER_CONF_FILE", "./nitter.conf")
   (cfg, fullCfg) = getConfig(configPath)
 
-  accountsPath = getEnv("NITTER_ACCOUNTS_FILE", "./guest_accounts.json")
+  sessionsPath = getEnv("NITTER_SESSIONS_FILE", "./sessions.jsonl")
 
-initAccountPool(cfg, accountsPath)
+initSessionPool(cfg, sessionsPath)
 
 if not cfg.enableDebug:
   # Silence Jester's query warning
@@ -97,10 +97,10 @@ routes:
     resp Http429, showError(
       &"Instance has been rate limited.<br>Use {link} or try again later.", cfg)
 
-  error NoAccountsError:
+  error NoSessionsError:
     const link = a("another instance", href = instancesUrl)
     resp Http429, showError(
-      &"Instance has no available accounts.<br>Use {link} or try again later.", cfg)
+      &"Instance has no auth tokens, or is fully rate limited.<br>Use {link} or try again later.", cfg)
 
   extend rss, ""
   extend status, ""
diff --git a/src/routes/debug.nim b/src/routes/debug.nim
index 895a285..97c5bef 100644
--- a/src/routes/debug.nim
+++ b/src/routes/debug.nim
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import ".."/[auth, types]
 proc createDebugRouter*(cfg: Config) =
   router debug:
     get "/.health":
-      respJson getAccountPoolHealth()
+      respJson getSessionPoolHealth()
 
-    get "/.accounts":
+    get "/.sessions":
       cond cfg.enableDebug
-      respJson getAccountPoolDebug()
+      respJson getSessionPoolDebug()
diff --git a/src/types.nim b/src/types.nim
index 685fbad..6c1f1b6 100644
--- a/src/types.nim
+++ b/src/types.nim
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ genPrefsType()
 
 type
   RateLimitError* = object of CatchableError
-  NoAccountsError* = object of CatchableError
+  NoSessionsError* = object of CatchableError
   InternalError* = object of CatchableError
   BadClientError* = object of CatchableError
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ type
     remaining*: int
     reset*: int
 
-  GuestAccount* = ref object
+  Session* = ref object
     id*: int64
     oauthToken*: string
     oauthSecret*: string