diff --git a/evennia/server/serversession.py b/evennia/server/serversession.py
index 77a264baa9..33be5dd074 100644
--- a/evennia/server/serversession.py
+++ b/evennia/server/serversession.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from django.utils import timezone
 from django.conf import settings
 from evennia.comms.models import ChannelDB
 from evennia.utils import logger
-from evennia.utils.utils import make_iter, lazy_property
+from evennia.utils.utils import make_iter, lazy_property, class_from_module
 from evennia.commands.cmdsethandler import CmdSetHandler
 from evennia.server.session import Session
 from evennia.scripts.monitorhandler import MONITOR_HANDLER
@@ -25,13 +25,15 @@ _ANSI = None
 # i18n
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 
+_BASE_SESSION_CLASS = class_from_module(settings.BASE_SESSION_CLASS)
+
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------
 # Server Session
 # -------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-class ServerSession(Session):
+class ServerSession(_BASE_SESSION_CLASS):
     """
     This class represents an account's session and is a template for
     individual protocols to communicate with Evennia.
diff --git a/evennia/server/session.py b/evennia/server/session.py
index ea5f0f8fe6..bc6dbe1990 100644
--- a/evennia/server/session.py
+++ b/evennia/server/session.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import time
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-class Session(object):
+class Session:
     """
     This class represents a player's session and is a template for
     both portal- and server-side sessions.
diff --git a/evennia/server/sessionhandler.py b/evennia/server/sessionhandler.py
index 39bf9ee9bd..122c65d4fb 100644
--- a/evennia/server/sessionhandler.py
+++ b/evennia/server/sessionhandler.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from evennia.commands.cmdhandler import CMD_LOGINSTART
 from evennia.utils.logger import log_trace
 from evennia.utils.utils import (
-    variable_from_module,
+    variable_from_module, class_from_module,
     is_iter,
     make_iter,
     delay,
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ def delayed_import():
     global _ServerSession, _AccountDB, _ServerConfig, _ScriptDB
     if not _ServerSession:
         # we allow optional arbitrary serversession class for overloading
-        modulename, classname = settings.SERVER_SESSION_CLASS.rsplit(".", 1)
-        _ServerSession = variable_from_module(modulename, classname)
+        _ServerSession = class_from_module(settings.SERVER_SESSION_CLASS)
     if not _AccountDB:
         from evennia.accounts.models import AccountDB as _AccountDB
     if not _ServerConfig:
@@ -84,10 +83,10 @@ def delayed_import():
     if not _ScriptDB:
         from evennia.scripts.models import ScriptDB as _ScriptDB
     # including once to avoid warnings in Python syntax checkers
-    assert _ServerSession
-    assert _AccountDB
-    assert _ServerConfig
-    assert _ScriptDB
+    assert _ServerSession, "ServerSession class could not load"
+    assert _AccountDB, "AccountDB class could not load"
+    assert _ServerConfig, "ServerConfig class could not load"
+    assert _ScriptDB, "ScriptDB class c ould not load"
 
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/evennia/utils/utils.py b/evennia/utils/utils.py
index 45983efe19..2e5c8c789d 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/utils.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/utils.py
@@ -1411,7 +1411,7 @@ def fuzzy_import_from_module(path, variable, default=None, defaultpaths=None):
 
 def class_from_module(path, defaultpaths=None):
     """
-    Return a class from a module, given the module's path. This is
+    Return a class from a module, given the class' full python path. This is
     primarily used to convert db_typeclass_path:s to classes.
 
     Args: