diff --git a/app/xml_cdr/xml_cdr_import.php b/app/xml_cdr/xml_cdr_import.php
index 8d6322ebf1..2f57a405b6 100644
--- a/app/xml_cdr/xml_cdr_import.php
+++ b/app/xml_cdr/xml_cdr_import.php
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@
 
 //includes files
 	require_once dirname(__DIR__, 2) . "/resources/require.php";
-	require_once "resources/pdo.php";
+
+//start the session
+	if (session_status() === PHP_SESSION_NONE) {
+		session_start();
+	}
 
 //check the domain cidr range 
 	if (isset($_SESSION['cdr']["cidr"]) && !defined('STDIN')) {