diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 525922b..34fa3a5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ rustls-tls-native-roots = ["reqwest/rustls-tls-native-roots"]
 reqwest = { version = "0.11.11", default-features = false, features = [
     "json",
     "gzip",
-    "cookies",
 ] }
 tokio = { version = "1.20.0" }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/cli/src/main.rs b/cli/src/main.rs
index a4cf8c1..4fd725b 100644
--- a/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ async fn run(cli: Cli) -> Result<()> {
     std::fs::create_dir_all(&storage_file)?;
     storage_file.push("musixmatch_session.json");
 
-    let mxm = Musixmatch::with_file_storage("", "", storage_file);
+    let mxm = Musixmatch::builder().storage_file(storage_file).build();
 
     match mxm.login().await {
         Ok(_) => {}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index e8b014c..9c0949f 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ pub mod models;
 pub mod storage;
 
 use std::fmt::Debug;
+use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 
@@ -16,7 +17,8 @@ pub use error::Error;
 use base64::Engine;
 use hmac::{Hmac, Mac};
 use log::{error, info, warn};
-use rand::{seq::SliceRandom, Rng};
+use rand::Rng;
+use reqwest::header::{self, HeaderMap};
 use reqwest::{Client, Url};
 use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -42,17 +44,29 @@ pub struct Musixmatch {
     inner: Arc<MusixmatchRef>,
 }
 
+/// Musixmatch API client builder
+///
+/// Used to construct a new [`Musixmatch`] client.#
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct MusixmatchBuilder {
+    user_agent: Option<String>,
+    brand: Option<String>,
+    device: Option<String>,
+    no_storage: bool,
+    storage: Option<Box<dyn SessionStorage>>,
+    credentials: Option<Credentials>,
+}
+
 struct MusixmatchRef {
     http: Client,
     storage: Option<Box<dyn SessionStorage>>,
-    credentials: RwLock<Credentials>,
+    credentials: RwLock<Option<Credentials>>,
     brand: String,
     device: String,
-    ua: String,
     usertoken: Mutex<Option<String>>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
+#[derive(Default, Clone)]
 struct Credentials {
     email: String,
     password: String,
@@ -60,9 +74,6 @@ struct Credentials {
 
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 struct StoredSession {
-    brand: String,
-    device: String,
-    ua: String,
     usertoken: String,
 }
 
@@ -70,74 +81,135 @@ const APP_ID: &str = "android-player-v1.0";
 const API_URL: &str = "https://apic.musixmatch.com/ws/1.1/";
 const SIGNATURE_SECRET: &[u8; 20] = b"967Pn4)N3&R_GBg5$b('";
 
+const DEFAULT_UA: &str = "Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 13; Pixel 6 Build/T3B2.230316.003)";
+const DEFAULT_BRAND: &str = "Google";
+const DEFAULT_DEVICE: &str = "Pixel 6";
+
+impl MusixmatchBuilder {
+    /// Create a new Musixmatch client builder.
+    ///
+    /// This is the same as `Musixmatch::builder()`
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self::default()
+    }
+
+    /// Set the Musixmatch credentials
+    ///
+    /// You have to create a free account on <https://www.musixmatch.com> to use
+    /// the API.
+    ///
+    /// The Musixmatch client can be constructed without any credentials.
+    /// In this case you rely on the stored session token to authenticate
+    /// yourself. If the token is missing or invalid, [`Error::MissingCredentials`]
+    /// is returned when attempting an API request.
+    ///
+    /// In this case you can prompt the user to enter credentials, add them to the client
+    /// with the [`Musixmatch::set_credentials`] function and attempt another request.
+    ///
+    /// This mode of operation is preferred for interactive applications since
+    /// it does not require storing credentials.
+    pub fn credentials<S: Into<String>, S2: Into<String>>(
+        mut self,
+        email: S,
+        password: S2,
+    ) -> Self {
+        self.credentials = Some(Credentials {
+            email: email.into(),
+            password: password.into(),
+        });
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Add a [`SessionStorage`] backend for persisting the Musixmatch session
+    /// token between requests.
+    ///
+    /// **Default value**: [`FileStorage`] in `musixmatch_session.json`
+    pub fn storage(mut self, storage: Box<dyn SessionStorage>) -> Self {
+        self.storage = Some(storage);
+        self.no_storage = false;
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Add a [`FileStorage`] backend for persisting the Musixmatch session
+    /// token between requests.
+    pub fn storage_file<P: AsRef<Path>>(self, path: P) -> Self {
+        self.storage(Box::from(FileStorage::new(path)))
+    }
+
+    /// Disable session token storage
+    ///
+    /// This is not recommended, since the endpoint to generate new
+    /// session tokens is rate limited to 2 requests per minute.
+    pub fn no_storage(mut self) -> Self {
+        self.storage = None;
+        self.no_storage = true;
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Set the user agent of the Musixmatch client
+    pub fn user_agent<S: Into<String>>(mut self, user_agent: S) -> Self {
+        self.user_agent = Some(user_agent.into());
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Set the device brand of the Musixmatch client
+    pub fn device_brand<S: Into<String>>(mut self, device_brand: S) -> Self {
+        self.brand = Some(device_brand.into());
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Set the device model of the Musixmatch client
+    pub fn device_model<S: Into<String>>(mut self, device_model: S) -> Self {
+        self.device = Some(device_model.into());
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a new, configured Musixmatch client
+    pub fn build(self) -> Musixmatch {
+        let storage = if self.no_storage {
+            None
+        } else {
+            Some(
+                self.storage
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|| Box::<FileStorage>::default()),
+            )
+        };
+        let stored_session = Musixmatch::retrieve_session(&storage);
+
+        let mut headers = HeaderMap::new();
+        headers.insert(header::COOKIE, "AWSELBCORS=0; AWSELB=0".parse().unwrap());
+
+        let http = Client::builder()
+            .user_agent(self.user_agent.unwrap_or_else(|| DEFAULT_UA.to_owned()))
+            .gzip(true)
+            .default_headers(headers)
+            .build()
+            .expect("http client could not be constructed");
+
+        Musixmatch {
+            inner: MusixmatchRef {
+                http,
+                storage,
+                credentials: RwLock::new(self.credentials),
+                brand: self.brand.unwrap_or_else(|| DEFAULT_BRAND.to_owned()),
+                device: self.device.unwrap_or_else(|| DEFAULT_DEVICE.to_owned()),
+                usertoken: Mutex::new(stored_session.map(|s| s.usertoken)),
+            }
+            .into(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl Default for Musixmatch {
     fn default() -> Self {
-        Musixmatch::with_file_storage("", "", storage::DEFAULT_PATH)
+        MusixmatchBuilder::new().build()
     }
 }
 
 impl Musixmatch {
-    /// Create a new Musixmatch client
-    ///
-    /// # Parameters
-    /// - `email`: Musixmatch account email
-    /// - `password`: Musixmatch account password
-    /// - `storage`: Session storage backend
-    ///
-    /// **Note:** You can set the username/password to an empty string if
-    /// you don't want to store credentials in your application. If the client
-    /// can not obtain a valid session from the storage, it will return [`Error::MissingCredentials`]
-    /// when trying to execute a request. In this case you can prompt the user to enter credentials, add them to the client
-    /// with the [`Musixmatch::set_credentials`] method and attempt another request.
-    pub fn new(email: &str, password: &str, storage: Option<Box<dyn SessionStorage>>) -> Self {
-        let stored_session = Self::retrieve_session(&storage);
-
-        let (brand, device, ua, usertoken) = match stored_session {
-            Some(session) => (
-                session.brand,
-                session.device,
-                session.ua,
-                Some(session.usertoken),
-            ),
-            None => {
-                let brand = random_brand();
-                let device = random_device();
-                let ua = random_user_agent(&brand, &device);
-                (brand, device, ua, None)
-            }
-        };
-
-        let http = Client::builder()
-            .user_agent(&ua)
-            .gzip(true)
-            .cookie_store(true)
-            .build()
-            .expect("http client could not be constructed");
-
-        Self {
-            inner: Arc::new(MusixmatchRef {
-                http,
-                storage,
-                credentials: RwLock::new(Credentials {
-                    email: email.to_owned(),
-                    password: password.to_owned(),
-                }),
-                usertoken: Mutex::new(usertoken),
-                brand,
-                device,
-                ua,
-            }),
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Create a new Musixmatch client with a json-file-based session storage
-    ///
-    /// # Parameters
-    /// - `email`: Musixmatch account email
-    /// - `password`: Musixmatch account password
-    /// - `path`: Path of the session file
-    pub fn with_file_storage<P: AsRef<Path>>(email: &str, password: &str, path: P) -> Self {
-        Self::new(email, password, Some(Box::new(FileStorage::new(path))))
+    /// Create a new Musixmatch client builder
+    pub fn builder() -> MusixmatchBuilder {
+        MusixmatchBuilder::default()
     }
 
     async fn get_usertoken(&self, force_new: bool) -> Result<String> {
@@ -152,10 +224,10 @@ impl Musixmatch {
 
         let credentials = {
             let c = self.inner.credentials.read().unwrap();
-            if c.email.is_empty() || c.password.is_empty() {
-                return Err(Error::MissingCredentials);
+            match c.deref() {
+                Some(c) => c.clone(),
+                None => return Err(Error::MissingCredentials),
             }
-            c.clone()
         };
 
         let now = OffsetDateTime::now_utc();
@@ -248,9 +320,6 @@ impl Musixmatch {
     fn store_session(&self, usertoken: &str) {
         if let Some(storage) = &self.inner.storage {
             let to_store = StoredSession {
-                brand: self.inner.brand.to_owned(),
-                device: self.inner.device.to_owned(),
-                ua: self.inner.ua.to_owned(),
                 usertoken: usertoken.to_owned(),
             };
 
@@ -351,10 +420,12 @@ impl Musixmatch {
     }
 
     /// Change the Musixmatch credentials
-    pub fn set_credentials(&self, email: &str, password: &str) {
+    pub fn set_credentials<S: Into<String>, S2: Into<String>>(&self, email: S, password: S2) {
         let mut c = self.inner.credentials.write().unwrap();
-        c.email = email.to_owned();
-        c.password = password.to_owned()
+        *c = Some(Credentials {
+            email: email.into(),
+            password: password.into(),
+        });
     }
 }
 
@@ -376,37 +447,6 @@ fn random_uuid() -> String {
     )
 }
 
-const PARTS: [&str; 23] = [
-    "one", "sam", "mar", "lif", "zap", "win", "pul", "hik", "xyl", "real", "sung", "life", "core",
-    "heart", "flow", "power", "x", "q", "mi", "xi", "shi", "plus", "minus",
-];
-
-fn random_brand() -> String {
-    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
-    let n = rng.gen_range(2..=3);
-    PARTS.choose_multiple(&mut rng, n).copied().collect()
-}
-
-fn random_device() -> String {
-    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
-    PARTS
-        .choose_multiple(&mut rng, 2)
-        .copied()
-        .collect::<String>()
-        + " "
-        + &rng.gen_range(1..20).to_string()
-}
-
-fn random_user_agent(brand: &str, device: &str) -> String {
-    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
-    format!(
-        "Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 12; {} {} Build/{:06})",
-        brand,
-        device,
-        rng.gen_range(10000..299999)
-    )
-}
-
 fn new_url_from_token(endpoint: &str, usertoken: &str) -> reqwest::Url {
     Url::parse_with_params(
         &format!("{}{}", API_URL, endpoint),
diff --git a/tests/tests.rs b/tests/tests.rs
index 2159cfb..6051b58 100644
--- a/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/tests/tests.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use time::macros::{date, datetime};
 
 use musixmatch_inofficial::{
     models::{AlbumId, ArtistId, TrackId},
-    storage::FileStorage,
     Error, Musixmatch,
 };
 
@@ -23,11 +22,12 @@ fn init() {
 }
 
 fn new_mxm() -> Musixmatch {
-    Musixmatch::new(
-        &std::env::var("MUSIXMATCH_EMAIL").unwrap(),
-        &std::env::var("MUSIXMATCH_PASSWORD").unwrap(),
-        Some(Box::<FileStorage>::default()),
-    )
+    Musixmatch::builder()
+        .credentials(
+            std::env::var("MUSIXMATCH_EMAIL").unwrap(),
+            std::env::var("MUSIXMATCH_PASSWORD").unwrap(),
+        )
+        .build()
 }
 
 fn testfile<P: AsRef<Path>>(name: P) -> PathBuf {
@@ -987,3 +987,13 @@ mod translation {
         assert_eq!(subtitles_trans.to_ttml().trim(), expected_ttml.trim());
     }
 }
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn no_credentials() {
+    let mxm = Musixmatch::builder().no_storage().build();
+    let err = mxm
+        .track_lyrics(TrackId::TrackId(205688271))
+        .await
+        .unwrap_err();
+    assert!(matches!(err, Error::MissingCredentials), "error: {err}");
+}