diff --git a/crates/api_clients/grok_client/src/error/grok_generic_api_error.rs b/crates/api_clients/grok_client/src/error/grok_generic_api_error.rs
index 61f9174560..005676473e 100644
--- a/crates/api_clients/grok_client/src/error/grok_generic_api_error.rs
+++ b/crates/api_clients/grok_client/src/error/grok_generic_api_error.rs
@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@ pub enum GrokGenericApiError {
   /// Specific Cloudflare errors.
   CloudflareError(CloudflareError),
 
+  /// Error creating the websocket due to 401 Unauthorized, likely an authentication error with Grok.
+  /// Unfortunately we can't read the response body text to diagnose more because wreq has some API design issues.
+  LikelyWebsocketAuthentication401,
+
   /// We received a 403 on websocket upgrade, likely from Cloudflare.
   /// Unfortunately we can't read the response body text to diagnose more because wreq has some API design issues.
-  LikelyCloudflareWebsocket403,
+  LikelyWebsocketCloudflare403,
 
   /// Unknown status code on websocket upgrade.
   UnexpectedWebsocketUpgradeStatusCode(StatusCode),
@@ -43,7 +47,8 @@ impl Display for GrokGenericApiError {
   fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
     match self {
       Self::CloudflareError(err) => write!(f, "Cloudflare error: {}", err),
-      Self::LikelyCloudflareWebsocket403 => write!(f, "Likely Cloudflare 403 error on websocket upgrade"),
+      Self::LikelyWebsocketAuthentication401 => write!(f, "Likely websocket authentication 401 error (probably Grok authentication issue with cookies)"),
+      Self::LikelyWebsocketCloudflare403 => write!(f, "Likely Cloudflare 403 error on websocket upgrade"),
       Self::UnexpectedWebsocketUpgradeStatusCode(status) => write!(f, "Unexpected websocket upgrade status code: {}", status),
       Self::SerdeResponseParseErrorWithBody(err, body) => write!(f, "Failed to parse response body: {:?}. Body: {}", err, body),
       Self::SerdeParseErrorWithBodyOnNon200(err, body) => write!(f, "Failed to parse non-200 response body: {:?}. Body: {}", err, body),
diff --git a/crates/api_clients/grok_client/src/requests/listen_websocket/create_listen_websocket.rs b/crates/api_clients/grok_client/src/requests/listen_websocket/create_listen_websocket.rs
index 05533bb3da..6e3f349d6b 100644
--- a/crates/api_clients/grok_client/src/requests/listen_websocket/create_listen_websocket.rs
+++ b/crates/api_clients/grok_client/src/requests/listen_websocket/create_listen_websocket.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ use crate::client::browser_user_agents::FIREFOX_143_MAC_USER_AGENT;
 use crate::error::grok_client_error::GrokClientError;
 use crate::error::grok_error::GrokError;
 use crate::error::grok_generic_api_error::GrokGenericApiError;
-use crate::requests::listen_websocket::cookies::SESSION_COOKIES_WITHOUT_CF_CLEARANCE;
 use cloudflare_mitigation::headers::firefox_websocket_http_1_1_headers::get_firefox_websocket_http_1_1_headers;
 use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -14,7 +13,11 @@ use wreq_util::Emulation;
 
 const WEBSOCKET_URL: &str = "wss://grok.com/ws/imagine/listen";
 
-pub async fn create_listen_websocket() -> Result<WebSocket, GrokError> {
+pub struct CreateListenWebsocketArgs<'a> {
+  pub cookies: &'a str,
+}
+
+pub async fn create_listen_websocket(args: CreateListenWebsocketArgs<'_>) -> Result<WebSocket, GrokError> {
   let mut client_builder = Client::builder()
       .emulation(Emulation::Firefox143)
       .connection_verbose(true)
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ pub async fn create_listen_websocket() -> Result<WebSocket, GrokError> {
   let builder = client.websocket(WEBSOCKET_URL)
       .default_headers(false)
       .orig_headers(get_firefox_websocket_http_1_1_headers())
-      .header(COOKIE, SESSION_COOKIES_WITHOUT_CF_CLEARANCE)
+      .header(COOKIE, args.cookies)
       .header(ORIGIN,"https://grok.com")
       .header(USER_AGENT, FIREFOX_143_MAC_USER_AGENT)
       .header(SEC_WEBSOCKET_EXTENSIONS, "permessage-deflate")
@@ -51,11 +54,17 @@ pub async fn create_listen_websocket() -> Result<WebSocket, GrokError> {
     101 => {
       // Successful WebSocket upgrade ... fallthrough.
     }
+    401 => {
+      // 401 is a likely authentication error with Grok itself.
+      // Unfortunately we can't read the response body text because wreq wants to consume the Response to get it, but the
+      // WebsocketResponse type wraps and doesn't let us move it. It's wreq's fault.
+      return Err(GrokError::ApiGeneric(GrokGenericApiError::LikelyWebsocketAuthentication401));
+    }
     403 => {
       // 403 is likely a cloudflare error
       // Unfortunately we can't read the response body text because wreq wants to consume the Response to get it, but the
       // WebsocketResponse type wraps and doesn't let us move it. It's wreq's fault.
-      return Err(GrokError::ApiGeneric(GrokGenericApiError::LikelyCloudflareWebsocket403));
+      return Err(GrokError::ApiGeneric(GrokGenericApiError::LikelyWebsocketCloudflare403));
     }
     _ => {
       return Err(GrokError::ApiGeneric(GrokGenericApiError::UnexpectedWebsocketUpgradeStatusCode(status)));
@@ -72,6 +81,7 @@ pub async fn create_listen_websocket() -> Result<WebSocket, GrokError> {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
   use super::*;
+  use crate::test_utils::get_test_cookies::get_test_cookies;
   use crate::test_utils::setup_test_logging::setup_test_logging;
   use errors::AnyhowResult;
   use log::LevelFilter;
@@ -80,7 +90,12 @@ mod tests {
   #[ignore] // manually test
   async fn create() -> AnyhowResult<()> {
     setup_test_logging(LevelFilter::Trace);
-    let result = create_listen_websocket().await;
+    //let cookies = SESSION_COOKIES_WITHOUT_CF_CLEARANCE;
+    let cookies = get_test_cookies()?;
+    let args = CreateListenWebsocketArgs {
+      cookies: &cookies,
+    };
+    let result = create_listen_websocket(args).await;
     if let Err(err) = result {
       println!("Error: {:?}", err);
     }