diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/config/modules/file-session-store.mod b/jetty-server/src/main/config/modules/file-session-store.mod
index 873a22df715..b2d143f96e5 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/config/modules/file-session-store.mod
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/config/modules/file-session-store.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ sessions
 [xml]
 etc/sessions/file-session-store.xml
 
+[files]
+sessions/
+
 [ini-template]
-#jetty.session.storeDir=
+jetty.session.storeDir=${jetty.base}/sessions
 #jetty.session.deleteUnrestorableFiles=false