diff --git a/app/static/src/app/components/WodinSession.vue b/app/static/src/app/components/WodinSession.vue
index c49138b53..b4593cb9f 100644
--- a/app/static/src/app/components/WodinSession.vue
+++ b/app/static/src/app/components/WodinSession.vue
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ export default defineComponent({
         };
 
         watch(appInitialised, (newValue) => {
-            // We don't need to show session initialise modal if we have a
-            // loadSessionId (loading from share) or if there are no previous sessions
+            // We don't need to show session initialise modal if we have a  loadSessionId (loading from share) or if
+            // there are no previous sessions - initialise as soon as config available
             const sessions = localStorageManager.getSessionIds(store.state.appName, store.getters[AppStateGetter.baseUrlPath]);
             const sessionId = sessions.length ? sessions[0] : null;
             // check latest session id is actually available from the back end
diff --git a/app/static/tests/unit/components/SessionInitialiseModal.test.ts b/app/static/tests/unit/components/SessionInitialiseModal.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c79d946f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/static/tests/unit/components/SessionInitialiseModal.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import {shallowMount} from "@vue/test-utils";
+import SessionInitialiseModal from "../../../src/app/components/SessionInitialiseModal.vue";
+
+describe("SessionInitialiseModal", () => {
+    const getWrapper = (open = true) => {
+        return shallowMount(SessionInitialiseModal, { props: { open } });
+    };
+
+    it("renders as expected when open is true", () => {
+        const wrapper = getWrapper();
+        expect(wrapper.find("#session-initialise-modal .modal").classes()).toContain("show");
+        expect((wrapper.find("#session-initialise-modal .modal").element as HTMLDivElement).style.display).toBe("block");
+        expect(wrapper.find(".modal-backdrop").exists()).toBe(true);
+        expect(wrapper.find(".modal-body").text())
+            .toBe("Would you like to reload the most recent session or start a new session?");
+        expect(wrapper.find("button#reload-session").text()).toBe("Reload session");
+        expect(wrapper.find("button#new-session").text()).toBe("New session");
+    });
+
+    it("renders as expected when open is false", () => {
+        const wrapper = getWrapper(false);
+        expect(wrapper.find("#session-initialise-modal .modal").classes()).not.toContain("show");
+        expect((wrapper.find("#session-initialise-modal .modal").element as HTMLDivElement).style.display).toBe("none");
+        expect(wrapper.find(".modal-backdrop").exists()).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("emits on new session", async () => {
+        const wrapper = getWrapper();
+        await wrapper.find("button#new-session").trigger("click");
+        expect(wrapper.emitted().newSession.length).toBe(1);
+    });
+
+    it("emits on reload session", async () => {
+        const wrapper = getWrapper();
+        await wrapper.find("button#reload-session").trigger("click");
+        expect(wrapper.emitted().reloadSession.length).toBe(1);
+    });
+});
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