diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3a8b5c5..da08227 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ They all act as a wrapper for the PHP `setcookie` function:
 
 More info: (http://php.net/manual/en/function.setcookie.php)
 
-All of the parameters except for `NAME` are optional.
+All of the parameters except for `NAME` are optional.  The `DOMAIN` defaults to `/`
 
 **Examples**
 
diff --git a/services/Cookies_UtilsService.php b/services/Cookies_UtilsService.php
index 7352724..542af24 100644
--- a/services/Cookies_UtilsService.php
+++ b/services/Cookies_UtilsService.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class Cookies_UtilsService extends BaseApplicationComponent
     Standard cookies
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-    public function set($name = "", $value = "", $expire = 0, $path = "", $domain = "", $secure = false, $httponly = false)
+    public function set($name = "", $value = "", $expire = 0, $path = "", $domain = "/", $secure = false, $httponly = false)
     {
         $expire = (int) $expire;
 /* -- Make sure the cookie expiry is in the past if we're deleting the cookie */
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public function get($name = "")
     Security validated cookies
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-    public function setSecure($name = "", $value = "", $expire = 0, $path = "", $domain = "", $secure = false, $httponly = false)
+    public function setSecure($name = "", $value = "", $expire = 0, $path = "", $domain = "/", $secure = false, $httponly = false)
     {
         if ($name == "")
         {