diff --git a/FAAPI/FAAPI.py b/FAAPI/FAAPI.py
index 4e1b4af..9fe3a08 100644
--- a/FAAPI/FAAPI.py
+++ b/FAAPI/FAAPI.py
@@ -431,15 +431,16 @@ class FAAPI:
         self.logged_in = False
         self.username = None
 
-    def login(self, cookies=None) -> None:
+    def login(self, cookies=None) -> bool:
         """
         Logs this instance into FurAffinity.
         Beware that a Chrome instance is launched to bypass Cloudflare and log in. Specify valid cookies to bypass this.
-        @param cookies: Cookies to use for this session.
+        :param cookies: Cookies to use for this session.
+        :return: Whether the login attempt was successful.
         """
         if self.logged_in:
             # No need to do anything if we're already logged in
-            return
+            return True
 
         if not cookies:
             # Try sign in to FA
@@ -450,9 +451,6 @@ class FAAPI:
             while not self._driver.find_elements_by_id('my-username'):
                 pass
 
-            # Save the username of the account we've logged in as
-            self.username = self._driver.find_elements_by_css_selector('#my-username:not(.hideondesktop)')[0].text.strip()
-
             # Extract the cookies and stop the driver
             self._cookies = self._driver.get_cookies()
             self._driver.close()
@@ -463,6 +461,19 @@ class FAAPI:
         self._req = requests.session()
         [self._req.cookies.set(cookie['name'], cookie['value']) for cookie in self._cookies]
 
+        # Verify login by getting our username
+        soup = self.get_soup(FA_BASE_URL)
+        try:
+            self.username = soup.select('.loggedin_user_avatar')[0].get('alt').strip()  # This is more reliable than the user menu heading, don't ask why
+        except IndexError:
+            # Not logged in
+            self.logged_in = False
+            return False
+
+        # Mark this instance as logged in
+        self.logged_in = True
+        return True
+
     def get_user(self, username: str) -> User:
         soup = self.get_soup('{}/user/{}/'.format(FA_BASE_URL, username))
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 73c4f5e..b9b40db 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 setup(
     name='FAAPI',
-    version='0.2.1',
+    version='0.3.1',
     packages=find_packages(),
     url='https://tem.party/gitea/tom/FAAPI',
     license='WTFPL',