diff --git a/client/components/app/StreamContainer.vue b/client/components/app/StreamContainer.vue
index bce083fa..2b64756c 100644
--- a/client/components/app/StreamContainer.vue
+++ b/client/components/app/StreamContainer.vue
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ export default {
         console.error('No Audio Ref')
       }
     },
-    sessionOpen(session) {
+    sessionOpen(session) { // For opening session on init (temporarily unused)
       this.$store.commit('setMediaPlaying', {
         libraryItem: session.libraryItem,
         episodeId: session.episodeId
diff --git a/client/layouts/default.vue b/client/layouts/default.vue
index 903e1dac..5a4b2f89 100644
--- a/client/layouts/default.vue
+++ b/client/layouts/default.vue
@@ -111,21 +111,8 @@ export default {
     reconnectFailed() {
       console.error('[SOCKET] reconnect failed')
     },
-    init(payload, count = 0) {
-      if (!this.$refs.streamContainer) {
-        if (count > 20) {
-          console.error('Stream container never mounted')
-          return
-        }
-        setTimeout(() => {
-          this.init(payload, ++count)
-        }, 100)
-        return
-      }
+    init(payload) {
       console.log('Init Payload', payload)
-      if (payload.session) {
-        this.$refs.streamContainer.sessionOpen(payload.session)
-      }
 
       // Start scans currently running
       if (payload.librariesScanning) {
diff --git a/server/Server.js b/server/Server.js
index 7bf6e643..2d4e08c6 100644
--- a/server/Server.js
+++ b/server/Server.js
@@ -440,26 +440,7 @@ class Server {
       return
     }
 
-    // Check if user has session open
-    var session = this.playbackSessionManager.getUserSession(user.id)
-    if (session) {
-      Logger.debug(`[Server] User Online "${client.user.username}" with session open "${session.id}"`)
-      var sessionLibraryItem = this.db.libraryItems.find(li => li.id === session.libraryItemId)
-      if (!sessionLibraryItem) {
-        Logger.error(`[Server] Library Item for session "${session.id}" does not exist "${session.libraryItemId}"`)
-        this.playbackSessionManager.removeSession(session.id)
-        session = null
-      } else if (session.mediaType === 'podcast' && !sessionLibraryItem.media.checkHasEpisode(session.episodeId)) {
-        Logger.error(`[Server] Library Item for session "${session.id}" episode ${session.episodeId} does not exist "${session.libraryItemId}"`)
-        this.playbackSessionManager.removeSession(session.id)
-        session = null
-      }
-      if (session) {
-        session = session.toJSONForClient(sessionLibraryItem)
-      }
-    } else {
-      Logger.debug(`[Server] User Online ${client.user.username}`)
-    }
+    Logger.debug(`[Server] User Online ${client.user.username}`)
 
     this.io.emit('user_online', client.user.toJSONForPublic(this.playbackSessionManager.sessions, this.db.libraryItems))
 
@@ -470,7 +451,6 @@ class Server {
       metadataPath: global.MetadataPath,
       configPath: global.ConfigPath,
       user: client.user.toJSONForBrowser(),
-      session,
       librariesScanning: this.scanner.librariesScanning,
       backups: (this.backupManager.backups || []).map(b => b.toJSON())
     }