diff --git a/core/um-access.php b/core/um-access.php
index 1e44117a..3a091bce 100644
--- a/core/um-access.php
+++ b/core/um-access.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class UM_Access {
 
 			if ( strstr( $this->redirect_handler, um_get_core_page('login') ) ){
 				$curr = $ultimatemember->permalinks->get_current_url();
-				$this->redirect_handler = add_query_arg('redirect_to', um_set_redirect_url($curr), $this->redirect_handler);
+				$this->redirect_handler = add_query_arg('redirect_to', urlencode_deep($curr), $this->redirect_handler);
 				$this->redirect_handler = esc_url( $this->redirect_handler );
 			}
 			
diff --git a/core/um-account.php b/core/um-account.php
index 826827ac..1f54bbd5 100644
--- a/core/um-account.php
+++ b/core/um-account.php
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class UM_Account {
 			
 			$redirect_to = add_query_arg(	
 				'redirect_to', 
-				um_set_redirect_url( um_get_core_page('account') ) , 
+				urlencode_deep( um_get_core_page('account') ) , 
 				um_get_core_page('login') 
 			);
 			
diff --git a/core/um-actions-login.php b/core/um-actions-login.php
index dcac2ddf..aa9de40b 100644
--- a/core/um-actions-login.php
+++ b/core/um-actions-login.php
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 		
 		// Priority redirect
 		if ( isset( $args['redirect_to'] ) ) {
-			exit( wp_redirect(  um_get_redirect_url( $args['redirect_to'] ) ) );
+			exit( wp_redirect(  urldecode( $args['redirect_to'] ) ) );
 		}
 		
 		// Role redirect
diff --git a/core/um-actions-misc.php b/core/um-actions-misc.php
index b51dd37d..90a8ee9b 100644
--- a/core/um-actions-misc.php
+++ b/core/um-actions-misc.php
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 		global $ultimatemember;
 		
 		if ( isset( $_REQUEST['redirect_to'] ) && !empty( $_REQUEST['redirect_to'] ) ) {
-			
-			echo '<input type="hidden" name="redirect_to" id="redirect_to" value="'.esc_attr($_REQUEST['redirect_to']).'" />';
+			$url = urlencode_deep( $_REQUEST['redirect_to'] );
+			echo '<input type="hidden" name="redirect_to" id="redirect_to" value="'.esc_attr( $url ).'" />';
 
 		} else if ( isset( $args['after_login'] ) && !empty( $args['after_login'] ) ) {
 			
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
 					break;
 					
 			}
-			$url = esc_attr( um_set_redirect_url( $url ) );
+			$url = urlencode_deep( $url );
 
-			echo '<input type="hidden" name="redirect_to" id="redirect_to" value="' . $url . '" />';
+			echo '<input type="hidden" name="redirect_to" id="redirect_to" value="' . esc_attr( $url ) . '" />';
 			
 		}
 		
diff --git a/core/um-actions-register.php b/core/um-actions-register.php
index 573a267c..3bbb355d 100644
--- a/core/um-actions-register.php
+++ b/core/um-actions-register.php
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
 
 			// Priority redirect
 			if ( isset( $args['redirect_to'] ) ) {
-				exit( wp_redirect( um_get_redirect_url( $args['redirect_to'] ) ) );
+				exit( wp_redirect(  urldecode( $args['redirect_to'] ) ) );
 			}
 
 			if ( $status == 'approved' ) {
diff --git a/core/um-short-functions.php b/core/um-short-functions.php
index 19bd596c..3df0e58a 100644
--- a/core/um-short-functions.php
+++ b/core/um-short-functions.php
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 			$redirect_to = $ultimatemember->permalinks->get_current_url();
 		}
 
-		$redirect_key = um_set_redirect_url( $redirect_to );
+		$redirect_key = urlencode_deep( $redirect_to );
 
 		$uri = add_query_arg( 'redirect_to', $redirect_key, $uri );
 
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@
 	 */
 	function um_set_redirect_url( $url ){
 		
+		if( um_is_session_started() === FALSE ){
+				session_start();
+		}
+
 		$redirect_key = wp_generate_password(12,false);
 
 		$_SESSION['um_redirect_key'] = array( $redirect_key => $url );
@@ -91,6 +95,10 @@
 	 */
 	function um_get_redirect_url( $key ){
 		
+		if( um_is_session_started() === FALSE ){
+				session_start();
+		}
+
 		if( isset( $_SESSION['um_redirect_key'][ $key ] ) ){
 			
 			$url = $_SESSION['um_redirect_key'][ $key ];
@@ -112,6 +120,25 @@
 		return;
 	}
 
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks if session has been started
+	 * @return bool
+	*/
+	function um_is_session_started(){
+		
+		if ( php_sapi_name() !== 'cli' ) {
+		        if ( version_compare(phpversion(), '5.4.0', '>=') ) {
+		            return session_status() === PHP_SESSION_ACTIVE ? TRUE : FALSE;
+		        } else {
+		            return session_id() === '' ? FALSE : TRUE;
+		        }
+		}
+		
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+
+
 	/***
 	*** @user clean basename
 	***/