diff --git a/osinaweb/osichat/__pycache__/consumers.cpython-310.pyc b/osinaweb/osichat/__pycache__/consumers.cpython-310.pyc
index 938a79ac..5a5cd26e 100644
Binary files a/osinaweb/osichat/__pycache__/consumers.cpython-310.pyc and b/osinaweb/osichat/__pycache__/consumers.cpython-310.pyc differ
diff --git a/osinaweb/osichat/consumers.py b/osinaweb/osichat/consumers.py
index cb553dbf..307b51d7 100644
--- a/osinaweb/osichat/consumers.py
+++ b/osinaweb/osichat/consumers.py
@@ -5,19 +5,28 @@ from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 from asgiref.sync import async_to_sync
 from django.shortcuts import  get_object_or_404
 import requests
+from django.contrib.sessions.models import Session
 
 
 class OsitcomVisitor(WebsocketConsumer):
     def connect(self):
-        cookie_header = self.scope.get('headers', {})
-        http_cookie = dict(cookie_header).get(b'cookie', b'').decode('utf-8')
-        for cookie in http_cookie.split('; '):
-            key, value = cookie.split('=')
-            if key == 'sessionid':
-                self.session_id = value
-                break
-            else:
-                self.session_id = 11
+        cookie_header = dict(self.scope.get('headers', {})).get(b'cookie', b'').decode('utf-8')
+        
+        self.session_id = None
+        if cookie_header:
+            for cookie in cookie_header.split('; '):
+                key, value = cookie.split('=', 1)
+                if key == 'sessionid':
+                    self.session_id = value
+                    break
+
+        if not self.session_id:
+            self.session_id = self.scope.get('session', {}).get('_session_key')
+
+        if not self.session_id:
+            # Handle missing session_id scenario, maybe reject the connection
+            self.close()
+            return
         async_to_sync(self.channel_layer.group_add)(
             'ositcom_visitors', self.channel_name
         )