diff --git a/app/edit/filelist.php b/app/edit/filelist.php
index 8ee59f80a8..2b90bf9c31 100644
--- a/app/edit/filelist.php
+++ b/app/edit/filelist.php
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ echo "<div style='text-align: left; margin-left: -16px;'>\n";
 
 //start the session
 ini_set("session.cookie_httponly", True);
-session_start();
+if (!isset($_SESSION)) { session_start(); }
 switch ($_SESSION["app"]["edit"]["dir"]) {
 	case 'scripts':
 		echo recur_dir($_SESSION['switch']['scripts']['dir']);
@@ -242,4 +242,4 @@ unset ($result);
 unset ($key);
 unset ($val);
 unset ($c);
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>