diff --git a/src/perl/lib/OpenSRF/Application.pm b/src/perl/lib/OpenSRF/Application.pm
index d409957..afd94ac 100644
--- a/src/perl/lib/OpenSRF/Application.pm
+++ b/src/perl/lib/OpenSRF/Application.pm
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ sub api_level {

 sub session {
        my $self = shift;
+       return unless ref($self);
        my $session = shift;

        if($session) {