diff --git a/src/primaite/session/session.py b/src/primaite/session/session.py
index 80b63ba7..3919902a 100644
--- a/src/primaite/session/session.py
+++ b/src/primaite/session/session.py
@@ -88,16 +88,16 @@ class PrimaiteSession:
     @classmethod
     def from_config(cls, cfg: Dict, agent_load_path: Optional[str] = None) -> "PrimaiteSession":
         """Create a PrimaiteSession object from a config dictionary."""
+        # READ IO SETTINGS (this sets the global session path as well) # TODO: GLOBAL SIDE EFFECTS...
+        io_settings = cfg.get("io_settings", {})
+        io_manager = SessionIO(SessionIOSettings(**io_settings))
+
         game = PrimaiteGame.from_config(cfg)
 
         sess = cls(game=game)
-
+        sess.io_manager = io_manager
         sess.training_options = TrainingOptions(**cfg["training_config"])
 
-        # READ IO SETTINGS (this sets the global session path as well) # TODO: GLOBAL SIDE EFFECTS...
-        io_settings = cfg.get("io_settings", {})
-        sess.io_manager.settings = SessionIOSettings(**io_settings)
-
         # CREATE ENVIRONMENT
         if sess.training_options.rl_framework == "RLLIB_single_agent":
             sess.env = PrimaiteRayEnv(env_config={"game": game})