diff --git a/public/index.php b/public/index.php
index 6a931d359f40acabbf0a10346cb399560069b550..7b6bb779e1d3a9afab0ee7074f8f2cb90b38f14f 100644
--- a/public/index.php
+++ b/public/index.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use App\Application\ResponseEmitter\ResponseEmitter;
 use DI\ContainerBuilder;
 use Slim\Factory\AppFactory;
 use Slim\Factory\ServerRequestCreatorFactory;
+use Slim\Flash\Messages;
 
 require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ $repositories($containerBuilder);
 // Build PHP-DI Container instance
 $container = $containerBuilder->build();
 
+session_start();
+
 // Instantiate the app
 AppFactory::setContainer($container);
 $app = AppFactory::create();