diff --git a/flash.go b/flash.go
index c6926f8..0c65a6e 100644
--- a/flash.go
+++ b/flash.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"html/template"
 	"net/http"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"zgo.at/zlog"
@@ -24,7 +25,12 @@ func Flash(w http.ResponseWriter, msg string, v ...interface{}) {
 func ReadFlash(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) template.HTML {
 	c, err := r.Cookie(cookieFlash)
 	if err != nil || c.Value == "" {
-		return ""
+		// The value won't be read if we set the flash on the same
+		// request.
+		c = readSetCookie(w)
+		if c == nil {
+			return ""
+		}
 	}
 
 	b, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(c.Value)
@@ -37,3 +43,21 @@ func ReadFlash(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) template.HTML {
 	})
 	return template.HTML(b)
 }
+
+func readSetCookie(w http.ResponseWriter) *http.Cookie {
+	sk := w.Header().Get("Set-Cookie")
+	if sk == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	e := strings.Index(sk, "=")
+	if e == -1 || sk[:e] != cookieFlash {
+		return nil
+	}
+	s := strings.Index(sk, ";")
+	if s == -1 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return &http.Cookie{Value: sk[e+1 : s]}
+}
diff --git a/flash_test.go b/flash_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb77928
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package zhttp
+
+import (
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestFlash(t *testing.T) {
+	r := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/", nil)
+	rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	Flash(rr, "w00t")
+
+	out := ReadFlash(rr, r)
+	if out != "w00t" {
+		t.Errorf("out: %#v", out)
+	}
+}