diff --git a/apps/api/src/api/terminal.py b/apps/api/src/api/terminal.py
index 2edace2..86bf740 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/api/terminal.py
+++ b/apps/api/src/api/terminal.py
@@ -114,17 +114,16 @@ async def _get_user_from_websocket(
     Returns:
         The user's UUID if authenticated, None otherwise.
     """
-    from src.auth.session import verify_session_token
+    from src.auth.session import decode_session_cookie
+    from src.config import Settings
 
     session_cookie = websocket.cookies.get("session")
     if not session_cookie:
         return None
 
-    user_id = verify_session_token(session_cookie)
-    if not user_id:
-        return None
-
+    settings = Settings()
     try:
-        return uuid.UUID(user_id)
-    except ValueError:
+        payload = decode_session_cookie(settings=settings, cookie_value=session_cookie)
+        return uuid.UUID(str(payload["user_id"]))
+    except (ValueError, KeyError):
         return None