diff --git a/jetty-core/jetty-session/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/session/DefaultSessionIdManager.java b/jetty-core/jetty-session/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/session/DefaultSessionIdManager.java
index bb45341d83e2..df1cc7c1addf 100644
--- a/jetty-core/jetty-session/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/session/DefaultSessionIdManager.java
+++ b/jetty-core/jetty-session/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/session/DefaultSessionIdManager.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import java.security.SecureRandom;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Random;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
@@ -66,7 +67,8 @@ public class DefaultSessionIdManager extends ContainerLifeCycle implements Sessi
      */
     public DefaultSessionIdManager(Server server)
     {
-        _server = server;
+        _server = Objects.requireNonNull(server);
+        _server.setSessionIdManager(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -84,7 +86,8 @@ public DefaultSessionIdManager(Server server, Random random)
      */
     public void setServer(Server server)
     {
-        _server = server;
+        _server = Objects.requireNonNull(server);
+        _server.setSessionIdManager(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -263,7 +266,7 @@ public String newSessionId(long seedTerm)
         }
         return id;
     }
-
+    
     @Override
     public boolean isIdInUse(String id)
     {
@@ -301,9 +304,6 @@ public boolean isIdInUse(String id)
     @Override
     protected void doStart() throws Exception
     {
-        if (_server == null)
-            throw new IllegalStateException("No Server for SessionIdManager");
-
         initRandom();
 
         if (_workerName == null)
diff --git a/jetty-ee9/jetty-ee9-demos/jetty-ee9-demo-jetty-webapp/src/main/java/org/example/SessionDump.java b/jetty-ee9/jetty-ee9-demos/jetty-ee9-demo-jetty-webapp/src/main/java/org/example/SessionDump.java
index e6ab93231a73..25f289dd979f 100644
--- a/jetty-ee9/jetty-ee9-demos/jetty-ee9-demo-jetty-webapp/src/main/java/org/example/SessionDump.java
+++ b/jetty-ee9/jetty-ee9-demos/jetty-ee9-demo-jetty-webapp/src/main/java/org/example/SessionDump.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.UUID;
 
 import jakarta.servlet.RequestDispatcher;
 import jakarta.servlet.ServletConfig;
@@ -75,6 +76,8 @@ protected void handleForm(HttpServletRequest request)
                 session.setAttribute("test", "value");
                 session.setAttribute("obj", new ObjectAttributeValue(System.currentTimeMillis()));
                 session.setAttribute("WEBCL", new MultiMap<>());
+                UUID uuid = UUID.randomUUID();
+                session.setAttribute("uuid", uuid);
             }
             else if (session != null)
             {