diff --git a/src/components/WebSocketServerComponent.ts b/src/components/WebSocketServerComponent.ts
index 98824cb..1a55ed1 100644
--- a/src/components/WebSocketServerComponent.ts
+++ b/src/components/WebSocketServerComponent.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import Application from "../Application";
 import RedisComponent from "./RedisComponent";
 import WebSocketListener from "../WebSocketListener";
 import NunjucksComponent from "./NunjucksComponent";
+import {Session} from "express-session";
 
 export default class WebSocketServerComponent extends ApplicationComponent {
     private wss?: WebSocket.Server;
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ export default class WebSocketServerComponent extends ApplicationComponent {
                 session.id = sid;
 
                 store.createSession(<Request>request, session);
-                listener.handle(socket, request, (<Request>request).session).catch(err => {
+                listener.handle(socket, request, session as Session).catch(err => {
                     logger.error(err, 'Error in websocket listener.');
                 });
             });