diff --git a/internal/handlers/handler.go b/internal/handlers/handler.go
index d7a482c..946979a 100644
--- a/internal/handlers/handler.go
+++ b/internal/handlers/handler.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package handlers
 import (
 	"context"
 
-	"github.com/a-h/templ"
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4/middleware"
 
@@ -76,39 +75,6 @@ func NewServer(ctx context.Context, configs config.Configs, apiClient apiclient.
 	return s
 }
 
-// This custom Render replaces Echo's echo.Context.Render() with templ's templ.Component.Render().
-func Render(ctx echo.Context, statusCode int, t templ.Component) error {
-	ctx.Response().Header().Set(echo.HeaderContentType, echo.MIMETextHTML)
-	ctx.Response().Writer.WriteHeader(statusCode)
-	return t.Render(ctx.Request().Context(), ctx.Response().Writer)
-}
-
-/*
-func (s *Handler) WriteError(c echo.Context, errMessage error, HttpStatusCode int) error {
-	return c.JSON(HttpStatusCode, domain.BaseResponse{
-		Message: errMessage.Error(),
-	})
-}
-
-func (s *Handler) WriteMessage(c echo.Context, msg string, HttpStatusCode int) error {
-	return c.JSON(HttpStatusCode, domain.BaseResponse{
-		Message: msg,
-	})
-}
-
-func (s *Handler) InternalServerErrorResponse(c echo.Context, msg string) error {
-	return c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, domain.BaseResponse{
-		Message: msg,
-	})
-}
-
-func (s *Handler) UnauthorizedResponse(c echo.Context, msg string) error {
-	return c.JSON(http.StatusUnauthorized, domain.BaseResponse{
-		Message: msg,
-	})
-}
-*/
-
 // If the token is not valid then an json error will be returned.
 // If the token has the wrong scope, a json error will be returned.
 // If the token passes all the checks, it is valid and is returned back to the caller.
diff --git a/internal/handlers/util.go b/internal/handlers/util.go
index f4d1281..e619ef7 100644
--- a/internal/handlers/util.go
+++ b/internal/handlers/util.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"git.jamestombleson.com/jtom38/newsbot-portal/internal/domain"
+	"github.com/a-h/templ"
 	"github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4"
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
 )
@@ -60,3 +61,18 @@ func ValidateJwt(ctx echo.Context, sharedSecret, issuer string) (jwtToken, error
 
 	return *claims, nil
 }
+
+func Render(ctx echo.Context, statusCode int, t templ.Component) error {
+	ctx.Response().Writer.WriteHeader(statusCode)
+	ctx.Response().Header().Set(echo.HeaderContentType, echo.MIMETextHTML)
+
+	// take the request context and make it a var
+	request := ctx.Request().Context()
+	//Check to see if we the echo context has the cookie we are looking for, if so, create a new context based on what we had and add the value
+	//darkMode, err := ctx.Cookie(domain.CookieSettingsDarkMode)
+	//if err == nil {
+	//	request = context.WithValue(request, domain.CookieSettingsDarkMode, darkMode.Value)
+	//}
+
+	return t.Render(request, ctx.Response().Writer)
+}