diff --git a/src/EpiSession.php b/src/EpiSession.php
index ff001da..62e17f3 100644
--- a/src/EpiSession.php
+++ b/src/EpiSession.php
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ public function set($key = null, $value = null);
   function getSession()
   {
     $employ = EpiSession::employ();
-    $class = array_shift($employ);
+    if($employ !== null)
+      $class = array_shift($employ);
     if($employ && class_exists($class))
       return EpiSession::getInstance($class, $employ);
     elseif(class_exists(EpiSession::PHP))
diff --git a/src/EpiSession_Apc.php b/src/EpiSession_Apc.php
index 65e10ea..11b5b56 100644
--- a/src/EpiSession_Apc.php
+++ b/src/EpiSession_Apc.php
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ public function __construct($params = null)
       $key = array_shift($params);
 
     if(empty($key) && empty($_COOKIE[EpiSession::COOKIE]))
-       setcookie(EpiSession::COOKIE, md5(uniqid(rand(), true)), time()+1209600, '/');
+    {
+      $uid = md5(uniqid(rand(), true));
+      setcookie(EpiSession::COOKIE, $uid, time()+1209600, '/');
+      $_COOKIE[EpiSession::COOKIE] = $uid;
+    }
 
     $this->key = empty($key) ? $_COOKIE[EpiSession::COOKIE] : $key;
     $this->store = $this->getAll();