diff --git a/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine.go b/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine.go
index ecdc4f638..966f5872a 100644
--- a/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine.go
+++ b/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine.go
@@ -1588,8 +1588,7 @@ func main() {
 	var dm *engine.DataManager
 	if cfg.RalsCfg().RALsEnabled || cfg.SchedulerCfg().Enabled || cfg.ChargerSCfg().Enabled ||
 		cfg.AttributeSCfg().Enabled || cfg.ResourceSCfg().Enabled || cfg.StatSCfg().Enabled ||
-		cfg.ThresholdSCfg().Enabled || cfg.SupplierSCfg().Enabled || cfg.DispatcherSCfg().Enabled ||
-		cfg.SessionSCfg().Enabled { // Some services can run without db, ie:  CDRC
+		cfg.ThresholdSCfg().Enabled || cfg.SupplierSCfg().Enabled || cfg.DispatcherSCfg().Enabled { // Some services can run without db, ie:  CDRC
 		dm, err = engine.ConfigureDataStorage(cfg.DataDbCfg().DataDbType,
 			cfg.DataDbCfg().DataDbHost, cfg.DataDbCfg().DataDbPort,
 			cfg.DataDbCfg().DataDbName, cfg.DataDbCfg().DataDbUser,
@@ -1605,6 +1604,22 @@ func main() {
 			fmt.Println(err.Error())
 			return
 		}
+	} else if cfg.SessionSCfg().Enabled {
+		dm, err = engine.ConfigureDataStorage(cfg.DataDbCfg().DataDbType,
+			cfg.DataDbCfg().DataDbHost, cfg.DataDbCfg().DataDbPort,
+			cfg.DataDbCfg().DataDbName, cfg.DataDbCfg().DataDbUser,
+			cfg.DataDbCfg().DataDbPass, cfg.GeneralCfg().DBDataEncoding,
+			cfg.CacheCfg(), cfg.DataDbCfg().DataDbSentinelName)
+		if err != nil { // Cannot configure getter database, show stopper
+			utils.Logger.Warning(fmt.Sprintf("Could not configure dataDb: %s.Some SessionS API will not work", err))
+		} else {
+			defer dm.DataDB().Close()
+			engine.SetDataStorage(dm)
+			if err := engine.CheckVersions(dm.DataDB()); err != nil {
+				fmt.Println(err.Error())
+				return
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	if cfg.RalsCfg().RALsEnabled || cfg.CdrsCfg().CDRSEnabled {
 		storDb, err := engine.ConfigureStorStorage(cfg.StorDbCfg().StorDBType,
diff --git a/sessions/sessions.go b/sessions/sessions.go
index 134e6353b..dfe12655e 100644
--- a/sessions/sessions.go
+++ b/sessions/sessions.go
@@ -1551,6 +1551,9 @@ func (sS *SessionS) BiRPCv1GetActiveSessions(clnt rpcclient.RpcClientConnection,
 	if args == nil { //protection in case on nil
 		args = &utils.SessionFilter{}
 	}
+	if len(args.Filters) != 0 && sS.dm == nil {
+		return utils.NoDataBaseConnection
+	}
 	aSs := sS.filterSessions(args, false)
 	if len(aSs) == 0 {
 		return utils.ErrNotFound
@@ -1565,6 +1568,9 @@ func (sS *SessionS) BiRPCv1GetActiveSessionsCount(clnt rpcclient.RpcClientConnec
 	if args == nil { //protection in case on nil
 		args = &utils.SessionFilter{}
 	}
+	if len(args.Filters) != 0 && sS.dm == nil {
+		return utils.NoDataBaseConnection
+	}
 	*reply = sS.filterSessionsCount(args, false)
 	return nil
 }
@@ -1575,6 +1581,9 @@ func (sS *SessionS) BiRPCv1GetPassiveSessions(clnt rpcclient.RpcClientConnection
 	if args == nil { //protection in case on nil
 		args = &utils.SessionFilter{}
 	}
+	if len(args.Filters) != 0 && sS.dm == nil {
+		return utils.NoDataBaseConnection
+	}
 	pSs := sS.filterSessions(args, true)
 	if len(pSs) == 0 {
 		return utils.ErrNotFound
@@ -1589,6 +1598,9 @@ func (sS *SessionS) BiRPCv1GetPassiveSessionsCount(clnt rpcclient.RpcClientConne
 	if args == nil { //protection in case on nil
 		args = &utils.SessionFilter{}
 	}
+	if len(args.Filters) != 0 && sS.dm == nil {
+		return utils.NoDataBaseConnection
+	}
 	*reply = sS.filterSessionsCount(args, true)
 	return nil
 }
@@ -2769,6 +2781,9 @@ func (sS *SessionS) BiRPCv1ForceDisconnect(clnt rpcclient.RpcClientConnection,
 	if args == nil { //protection in case on nil
 		args = &utils.SessionFilter{}
 	}
+	if len(args.Filters) != 0 && sS.dm == nil {
+		return utils.NoDataBaseConnection
+	}
 	aSs := sS.filterSessions(args, false)
 	if len(aSs) == 0 {
 		return utils.ErrNotFound
diff --git a/utils/errors.go b/utils/errors.go
index cbd6b7d8a..ee45498e8 100644
--- a/utils/errors.go
+++ b/utils/errors.go
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ var (
 	RalsErrorPrfx               = "RALS_ERROR"
 	DispatcherErrorPrefix       = "DISPATCHER_ERROR"
 	ErrUnsupportedFormat        = errors.New("UNSUPPORTED_FORMAT")
+	NoDataBaseConnection        = errors.New("NO_DATA_BASE_CONNECTION")
 )
 
 // NewCGRError initialises a new CGRError