diff --git a/pkg/agent/commands.go b/pkg/agent/commands.go
index 3ad5f6e..02aec8f 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/commands.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/commands.go
@@ -206,8 +206,7 @@ func (s *agent) handleCommand(ctx context.Context, input string, handler EventHa
 				return
 			}
 			d := s.newDispatcher()
-			newSessID := NewSessionID()
-			env := BuildAgentEnv(cfg, d, s.cwd, []string{"OLLIE_SESSION_ID=" + newSessID})
+			env := BuildAgentEnv(cfg, d, s.cwd, []string{"OLLIE_SESSION_ID=" + s.sessionID})
 			if env.Backend != "" {
 				newBe, err := s.newBackend(env.Backend)
 				if err != nil {
@@ -230,7 +229,6 @@ func (s *agent) handleCommand(ctx context.Context, input string, handler EventHa
 			s.cfg.MaxSteps = env.maxSteps
 			s.agentName = name
 			s.session = nil
-			s.sessionID = newSessID
 			s.pushSessionEnv()
 			for _, msg := range env.Messages {
 				handler(infoEvent(msg))