diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/context.xml b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/context.xml
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+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
+<Context>
+	<Manager pathname="${catalina.base}/sessions/arsnova-war.ser"/>
+</Context> 
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