diff --git a/ovos_logs_console_script b/ovos_logs_console_script
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/ovos_utils/fakebus.py b/ovos_utils/fakebus.py
index 7fb523f4..3e4d6dd2 100644
--- a/ovos_utils/fakebus.py
+++ b/ovos_utils/fakebus.py
@@ -145,9 +145,10 @@ def on_message(self, *args):
         try:  # replicate side effects
             from ovos_bus_client.session import Session, SessionManager
             sess = Session.from_message(parsed_message)
-            if sess.session_id != "default":
-                # 'default' can only be updated by core
-                SessionManager.update(sess)
+            # every session — including the default id — folds onto the singleton
+            # (value-passing; nothing is owner-only, matching the spec-tools
+            # SessionManager and the real MessageBusClient)
+            SessionManager.update(sess)
         except ImportError:
             pass  # don't care
 
@@ -498,9 +499,10 @@ def on_message(self, *args):
         try:  # replicate side effects
             from ovos_bus_client.session import Session, SessionManager
             sess = Session.from_message(parsed_message)
-            if sess.session_id != "default":
-                # 'default' can only be updated by core
-                SessionManager.update(sess)
+            # every session — including the default id — folds onto the singleton
+            # (value-passing; nothing is owner-only, matching the spec-tools
+            # SessionManager and the real MessageBusClient)
+            SessionManager.update(sess)
         except ImportError:
             pass  # don't care
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 07d396ae..597e101a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ extras = [
     "ovos-plugin-manager>=0.0.25",
     "ovos-config>=0.0.12",
     "ovos-workshop>=0.0.13",
-    "ovos_bus_client>=0.0.8",
+    "ovos_bus_client>=2.6.2a2",
     "langcodes",
     "timezonefinder",
     "oauthlib~=3.2",