diff --git a/app/event_guard/resources/service/event_guard.php b/app/event_guard/resources/service/event_guard.php
index f13e23c28f..aed6e3293b 100644
--- a/app/event_guard/resources/service/event_guard.php
+++ b/app/event_guard/resources/service/event_guard.php
@@ -106,16 +106,13 @@
 	//$ip_address = '10.7.0.253';
 	//$result = access_allowed($ip_address);
 
-//get the settings
-	//$setting_name = $_SESSION['category']['subcategory']['text'];
+//initialize the settings object
+	$setting = new settings(["category" => 'switch']);
 
 //set the event socket variables
-	$event_socket_ip_address = $_SESSION['event_socket_ip_address'];
-	$event_socket_port = $_SESSION['event_socket_port'];
-	$event_socket_password = $_SESSION['event_socket_password'];
-
-//end the session
-	session_destroy();
+	$event_socket_ip_address = $setting->get('switch','event_socket_ip_address');
+	$event_socket_port = $setting->get('switch', 'event_socket_port');
+	$event_socket_password = $setting->get('switch', 'event_socket_password');
 
 //connect to event socket
 	$socket = new event_socket;