diff --git a/fbchat/_client.py b/fbchat/_client.py
index 0bcb96b..aed367f 100644
--- a/fbchat/_client.py
+++ b/fbchat/_client.py
@@ -266,32 +266,16 @@ class Client(object):
         self._session = requests.session()
         self._seq = "0"
         self._uid = None
+        self._client_id = hex(int(random() * 2147483648))[2:]
 
     def _postLogin(self):
-        self._state = State()
-        self._client_id = hex(int(random() * 2147483648))[2:]
         self._uid = self._session.cookies.get_dict().get("c_user")
         if self._uid is None:
             raise FBchatException("Could not find c_user cookie")
         self._uid = str(self._uid)
 
         r = self._get("/")
-        soup = bs(r.text, "html.parser")
-
-        fb_dtsg_element = soup.find("input", {"name": "fb_dtsg"})
-        if fb_dtsg_element:
-            fb_dtsg = fb_dtsg_element["value"]
-        else:
-            fb_dtsg = re.search(r'name="fb_dtsg" value="(.*?)"', r.text).group(1)
-
-        logout_h = None
-        logout_h_element = soup.find("input", {"name": "h"})
-        if logout_h_element:
-            logout_h = logout_h_element["value"]
-
-        revision = int(r.text.split('"client_revision":', 1)[1].split(",", 1)[0])
-
-        self._state = State(fb_dtsg=fb_dtsg, revision=revision, logout_h=logout_h)
+        self._state = State.from_base_request(r.text)
 
     def _login(self, email, password):
         soup = bs(self._get("https://m.facebook.com/").text, "html.parser")
diff --git a/fbchat/_state.py b/fbchat/_state.py
index a0542cc..7b734a6 100644
--- a/fbchat/_state.py
+++ b/fbchat/_state.py
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import attr
+import bs4
+import re
 
 from . import _util
 
+FB_DTSG_REGEX = re.compile(r'name="fb_dtsg" value="(.*?)"')
+
 
 @attr.s(slots=True, kw_only=True)
 class State(object):
@@ -29,3 +33,21 @@ class State(object):
             "__rev": self._revision,
             "fb_dtsg": self.fb_dtsg,
         }
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_base_request(cls, content):
+        soup = bs4.BeautifulSoup(content, "html.parser")
+
+        fb_dtsg_element = soup.find("input", {"name": "fb_dtsg"})
+        if fb_dtsg_element:
+            fb_dtsg = fb_dtsg_element["value"]
+        else:
+            # Fall back to searching with a regex
+            fb_dtsg = FB_DTSG_REGEX.search(content).group(1)
+
+        revision = int(content.split('"client_revision":', 1)[1].split(",", 1)[0])
+
+        logout_h_element = soup.find("input", {"name": "h"})
+        logout_h = logout_h_element["value"] if logout_h_element else None
+
+        return cls(fb_dtsg=fb_dtsg, revision=revision, logout_h=logout_h)