Spark thinks I am logged in, but I am not

The registration form for spark shows up and when the user hits enter, the new entry shows up in the database. However, calling the UserController@current method returns nothing.

Auth::user() returns nothing. Auth::check() returns false

Logging in via spark as that user has the same results.

However, going back to the login or registration pages reroutes me as if I am logged in. Why does spark think I am logged in and why doesn't it actually log me in?