diff --git a/src/sessionmanager/session.py b/src/sessionmanager/session.py
index 06eea94e..1c88ec6e 100644
--- a/src/sessionmanager/session.py
+++ b/src/sessionmanager/session.py
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ class Session(object):
 
   f = self.twitter.twitter.get_account_settings()
   sn = f["screen_name"]
+  self.settings["twitter"]["user_name"] = sn
   self.db["user_name"] = sn
   self.db["user_id"] = self.twitter.twitter.show_user(screen_name=sn)["id_str"]
   try:
diff --git a/src/sessionmanager/sessionManager.py b/src/sessionmanager/sessionManager.py
index 0e934578..1fef1eae 100644
--- a/src/sessionmanager/sessionManager.py
+++ b/src/sessionmanager/sessionManager.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class sessionManagerController(object):
     strconfig = "%s/session.conf" % (paths.config_path(i))
     config_test = Configuration(strconfig)
     name = config_test["twitter"]["user_name"]
-    if name != "" and config_test["twitter"]["user_key"] != "" and config_test["twitter"]["user_secret"] != "":
+    if config_test["twitter"]["user_key"] != "" and config_test["twitter"]["user_secret"] != "":
      sessionsList.append(name)
      self.sessions.append(i)
 #   else: