diff --git a/vendor/zynapse/active_session.php b/vendor/zynapse/active_session.php
index 74d468b..0e513db 100644
--- a/vendor/zynapse/active_session.php
+++ b/vendor/zynapse/active_session.php
@@ -33,6 +33,37 @@
 
 class ActiveSession {
 	
+	public
+	
+		# client user agent (OS, browser, etc.)
+		$user_agent = null,
+		
+		# client's remote ip address
+		$ip = null,
+	
+		# session id
+		$id = null,
+		
+		# session key to store verification data in
+		$key = '____zynapse_secure_session_data_verification____',
+		
+		# Session class has been started?
+		$started = false;
+	
+	
+	function __construct () {
+		if ( array_key_exists('sess_id', $_REQUEST) ) {
+			session_id($_REQUEST['sess_id']);
+		}
+		session_start();
+      $this->id = session_id();
+	}
+	
+	function init () {
+		//TODO validate and init zynapse's session features
+		$this->started = true;
+	}
+	
 }
 
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vendor/zynapse/zynapse.php b/vendor/zynapse/zynapse.php
index 35a5b53..bd143d9 100644
--- a/vendor/zynapse/zynapse.php
+++ b/vendor/zynapse/zynapse.php
@@ -36,11 +36,12 @@ class Zynapse {
 	public static
 	
 		# Action Classes
-		$env,    // ActionEnvironment
-		$base,   // ActionBase
-		$view,   // ActionView
-		$log,    // ActionLog
-		$locale; // ActiveLocale
+		$env,     // ActionEnvironment
+		$base,    // ActionBase
+		$view,    // ActionView
+		$log,     // ActionLog
+		$locale,  // ActiveLocale
+		$session; // ActiveSession
 	
 	
 	function init () {
@@ -49,10 +50,17 @@ class Zynapse {
 		require_once(ZNAP_LIB_ROOT."/action_view.php");
 		require_once(ZNAP_LIB_ROOT."/active_session.php");
 		
+		// enable php's session storage
+		self::$session = new ActiveSession();
+		
+		// init core components
 		self::init_env();
 		self::init_base();
 		self::init_view();
 		
+		// init zynapse's session system
+		self::$session->init();
+		
 		echo "hello world<br />\n";
 		echo self::$env->environment."<br />\n<br />\n";
 	}