diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bad59039..8f2f531a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ dependencies = [
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 ui = [
     "requests==2.32.3",
-    "streamlit_local_storage==0.0.23",
     "streamlit==1.38.0",
 ]
 app = [
diff --git a/ui/chat.py b/ui/chat.py
index a0e2d589..e72d5ab3 100644
--- a/ui/chat.py
+++ b/ui/chat.py
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@
     else:
         rag = st.toggle("Activated RAG", value=False, disabled=True)
 if new_chat:
-    st.session_state.clear()
+    st.session_state.pop("messages", None)
+    st.session_state.pop("sources", None)
     st.rerun()
 
 if "messages" not in st.session_state:
diff --git a/ui/config.py b/ui/config.py
index e609a85d..b6396104 100644
--- a/ui/config.py
+++ b/ui/config.py
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@
 BASE_URL = os.getenv("BASE_URL", "http://localhost:8080/v1")
 EMBEDDINGS_MODEL_TYPE = "text-embeddings-inference"
 LANGUAGE_MODEL_TYPE = "text-generation"
-LOCAL_STORAGE_KEY = "albertApiKey"
 INTERNET_COLLECTION_ID = "internet"
 PRIVATE_COLLECTION_TYPE = "private"
diff --git a/ui/utils.py b/ui/utils.py
index 56c7ecc6..cea8be7e 100644
--- a/ui/utils.py
+++ b/ui/utils.py
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 
 import requests
 import streamlit as st
-from streamlit_local_storage import LocalStorage
 
-from config import BASE_URL, EMBEDDINGS_MODEL_TYPE, LANGUAGE_MODEL_TYPE, LOCAL_STORAGE_KEY
+from config import BASE_URL, EMBEDDINGS_MODEL_TYPE, LANGUAGE_MODEL_TYPE
 
 
 def set_config():
@@ -28,12 +27,11 @@ def header():
         st.subheader("Albert playground")
 
     # Authentication
-    local_storage = LocalStorage()
-    API_KEY = authenticate(local_storage=local_storage)
+    API_KEY = authenticate()
     with col2:
         logout = st.button("Logout")
         if logout:
-            local_storage.deleteItem(LOCAL_STORAGE_KEY)
+            st.session_state.pop("API_KEY")
             st.rerun()
     st.markdown("***")
 
@@ -46,15 +44,15 @@ def check_api_key(base_url: str, api_key: str):
     return response.status_code == 200
 
 
-def authenticate(local_storage: LocalStorage):
-    API_KEY = local_storage.getItem(LOCAL_STORAGE_KEY)
+def authenticate():
+    API_KEY = st.session_state.get("API_KEY")
     if API_KEY is None:
         with st.form(key="my_form"):
             API_KEY = st.text_input(label="Please enter your API key", type="password")
             submit = st.form_submit_button(label="Submit")
             if submit:
                 if check_api_key(base_url=BASE_URL, api_key=API_KEY):
-                    local_storage.setItem(LOCAL_STORAGE_KEY, API_KEY)
+                    st.session_state["API_KEY"] = API_KEY
                     st.toast("Authentication succeed", icon="✅")
                     time.sleep(0.5)
                     st.rerun()