diff --git a/app/Controllers/UserController.php b/app/Controllers/UserController.php
index d4c0dc8fe979d1f3e4675a5f8379e5871c7e575c..3ae2e6c4c5ede827e7bf481525c9e222bda0eafd 100644
--- a/app/Controllers/UserController.php
+++ b/app/Controllers/UserController.php
@@ -160,13 +160,14 @@ class UserController {
                 ob_end_flush();
         } 
     }
-    if (isset($_GET['userAction'])) {
-        if ($_GET['userAction'] === 'getUser') {
-            unset($_GET['userAction']);
-            echo json_encode($this->getUser($_SESSION['user_id']));
+        if (isset($_GET['userAction'])) {
+            if ($_GET['userAction'] === 'getUser') {
+                unset($_GET['userAction']);
+                session_start();
+                echo json_encode($this->getUser($_SESSION['user_id']));
+            }
         }
     }
-    }
 
 }
 ?>
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