diff --git a/plugins/dbus/abstractdbusinterface.cpp b/plugins/dbus/abstractdbusinterface.cpp
index 9dd8566..19ef606 100644
--- a/plugins/dbus/abstractdbusinterface.cpp
+++ b/plugins/dbus/abstractdbusinterface.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 */
 
 #include "abstractdbusinterface.h"
+#include "dbusplugin.h"
 
 #include <abstractroutingengine.h>
 #include <debugout.h>
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ list<string> AbstractDBusInterface::mimplementedProperties;
 const uint getPid(const char *owner)
 {
 	GError* error = nullptr;
-	GDBusProxy* dbus = g_dbus_proxy_new_for_bus_sync(G_BUS_TYPE_SYSTEM, G_DBUS_PROXY_FLAGS_NONE, NULL,
+	GDBusProxy* dbus = g_dbus_proxy_new_for_bus_sync(bustype, G_DBUS_PROXY_FLAGS_NONE, NULL,
 													 "org.freedesktop.DBus",
 													 "/",
 													 "org.freedesktop.DBus",
diff --git a/plugins/dbus/automotivemanager.cpp b/plugins/dbus/automotivemanager.cpp
index b5fb149..edbe1bd 100644
--- a/plugins/dbus/automotivemanager.cpp
+++ b/plugins/dbus/automotivemanager.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include "dbusplugin.h"
 #include "automotivemanager.h"
 #include "abstractdbusinterface.h"
 #include "listplusplus.h"
@@ -341,7 +342,7 @@ static void signalCallback( GDBusConnection *connection,
 			AbstractDBusInterface* iface = i.first;
 			for(auto n : i.second)
 			{
-				if(n == name)
+				if(n == name && !persistent)
 				{
 					DebugOut()<<"unreferencing "<<n<<" from the subscription of "<<iface->objectPath()<<endl;
 					manager->subscribedProcesses[iface].remove(n);
@@ -398,7 +399,7 @@ AutomotiveManager::AutomotiveManager(GDBusConnection *connection)
 
 	g_assert(regId > 0);
 
-	g_dbus_connection_signal_subscribe(g_bus_get_sync(G_BUS_TYPE_SYSTEM, NULL,NULL), "org.freedesktop.DBus", "org.freedesktop.DBus",
+	g_dbus_connection_signal_subscribe(g_bus_get_sync(bustype, NULL,NULL), "org.freedesktop.DBus", "org.freedesktop.DBus",
 																					   "NameOwnerChanged", "/org/freedesktop/DBus", NULL, G_DBUS_SIGNAL_FLAGS_NONE,
 																					   signalCallback, this, NULL);
 }
diff --git a/plugins/dbus/dbusinterfacemanager.cpp b/plugins/dbus/dbusinterfacemanager.cpp
index 0c8a645..07e6786 100644
--- a/plugins/dbus/dbusinterfacemanager.cpp
+++ b/plugins/dbus/dbusinterfacemanager.cpp
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ on_name_lost (GDBusConnection *connection, const gchar *name, gpointer user_data
 DBusInterfaceManager::DBusInterfaceManager(AbstractRoutingEngine* engine,std::map<std::string,std::string> config)
 	:AbstractSink(engine,config),re(engine), connection(nullptr)
 {
-	ownerId = g_bus_own_name(G_BUS_TYPE_SYSTEM,
+	ownerId = g_bus_own_name(bustype,
 					DBusServiceName,
 					G_BUS_NAME_OWNER_FLAGS_NONE,
 					on_bus_acquired,
diff --git a/plugins/dbus/dbusplugin.cpp b/plugins/dbus/dbusplugin.cpp
index 7fa31c1..0b75d69 100644
--- a/plugins/dbus/dbusplugin.cpp
+++ b/plugins/dbus/dbusplugin.cpp
@@ -24,8 +24,21 @@
 #include "debugout.h"
 #include "listplusplus.h"
 
+bool persistent=false;
+GBusType bustype=G_BUS_TYPE_SYSTEM;
+
 extern "C" AbstractSinkManager * create(AbstractRoutingEngine* routingengine, map<string, string> config)
 {
+	if(config.find("sessionbus") != config.end())
+        {
+		bustype=G_BUS_TYPE_SESSION;
+        }
+
+	if(config.find("persistent") != config.end())
+        {
+		persistent=true;
+        }
+
 	return new DBusSinkManager(routingengine, config);
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/dbus/dbusplugin.h b/plugins/dbus/dbusplugin.h
index 337f2f6..92e6255 100644
--- a/plugins/dbus/dbusplugin.h
+++ b/plugins/dbus/dbusplugin.h
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 
 typedef std::map<VehicleProperty::Property, VariantType*> PropertyDBusMap;
 
+extern GBusType bustype;
+extern bool persistent;
+
 class DBusSink : public AbstractSink, public AbstractDBusInterface
 {
 
diff --git a/tests/amb-get b/tests/amb-get
index 0835a64..7fb48ea 100755
--- a/tests/amb-get
+++ b/tests/amb-get
@@ -5,12 +5,17 @@ import sys
 import argparse
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument("--sessionbus", help="use session bus", action='store_true')
 parser.add_argument("get", help="get {objectName}")
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
 objectName = args.get
 
-bus = dbus.SystemBus()
+if (args.sessionbus):
+	bus = dbus.SessionBus()
+else:
+	bus = dbus.SystemBus()
+
 managerObject = bus.get_object("org.automotive.message.broker", "/");
 managerInterface = dbus.Interface(managerObject, "org.automotive.Manager")