diff --git a/www/example-simple/saml2-example.php b/www/example-simple/saml2-example.php
index e801e80686ed3fa804e0903b9df4904c87343739..394cc9f97381e29ee18a3bc36d7e33fbbe2b5cfc 100644
--- a/www/example-simple/saml2-example.php
+++ b/www/example-simple/saml2-example.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require_once('SimpleSAML/XHTML/Template.php');
 /* Load simpleSAMLphp, configuration and metadata */
 $config = SimpleSAML_Configuration::getInstance();
 $metadata = SimpleSAML_Metadata_MetaDataStorageHandler::getMetadataHandler();
-$session = SimpleSAML_Session::getInstance();
+$session = SimpleSAML_Session::getInstance(true);
 
 /* Check if valid local session exists.. */
 if (!isset($session) || !$session->isValid('saml2') ) {