diff --git a/src/DebugServers/GdbRsp/GdbRspDebugServer.cpp b/src/DebugServers/GdbRsp/GdbRspDebugServer.cpp
index 1f997ba2..815b8f70 100644
--- a/src/DebugServers/GdbRsp/GdbRspDebugServer.cpp
+++ b/src/DebugServers/GdbRsp/GdbRspDebugServer.cpp
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ namespace Bloom::DebugServers::Gdb
                 connection->accept(this->serverSocketFileDescriptor);
                 Logger::info("Accepted GDP RSP connection from " + connection->getIpAddress());
 
-                this->activeDebugSession = DebugSession(connection.value(), this->getGdbTargetDescriptor());
+                this->activeDebugSession.emplace(
+                    DebugSession(connection.value(), this->getGdbTargetDescriptor())
+                );
                 EventManager::triggerEvent(std::make_shared<Events::DebugSessionStarted>());
 
                 /*