diff --git a/cfg.cpp b/cfg.cpp
index 02379f2..2857875 100644
--- a/cfg.cpp
+++ b/cfg.cpp
@@ -292,6 +292,9 @@ void Cfg::fillSessionList(){
 	string strSessionDir  = getOption("sessiondir");
 
 	sessions.clear();
+	
+        pair<string,string> session("","default");
+        sessions.push_back(session);
 
 	if( !strSessionDir.empty() ) {
 		DIR *pDir = opendir(strSessionDir.c_str());
@@ -336,11 +339,6 @@ void Cfg::fillSessionList(){
 			closedir(pDir);
 		}
 	}
-
-	if (sessions.empty()){
-        pair<string,string> session("","");
-        sessions.push_back(session);
-	}
 }
 
 pair<string,string> Cfg::nextSession() {