diff --git a/core/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/lavakord/LavaKord.kt b/core/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/lavakord/LavaKord.kt
index e9b865f2..5bae3655 100644
--- a/core/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/lavakord/LavaKord.kt
+++ b/core/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/lavakord/LavaKord.kt
@@ -38,19 +38,20 @@ public interface LavaKord : CoroutineScope, EventSource<Event> {
      *
      * @param serverUri the uri to connect to
      * @param password the lavalink node password
-     * @param name a optional name for the node
+     * @param name an optional name for the node
      */
-    public fun addNode(serverUri: String, password: String, name: String? = null): Unit =
-        addNode(Url(serverUri), password, name)
+    public fun addNode(serverUri: String, password: String, name: String? = null, session: String? = null): Unit =
+        addNode(Url(serverUri), password, name, session)
 
     /**
      * Adds a new node to this cluster.
      *
      * @param serverUri the uri to connect to
      * @param password the lavalink node password
-     * @param name a optional name for the node
+     * @param name an optional name for the node
+     * @param session an optional session to resume
      */
-    public fun addNode(serverUri: Url, password: String, name: String? = null)
+    public fun addNode(serverUri: Url, password: String, name: String? = null, session: String? = null)
 
     /**
      * Creates and returns a new [rest-only node][RestNode].
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ public interface LavaKord : CoroutineScope, EventSource<Event> {
     public fun createRestNode(serverUri: Url, password: String, name: String? = null): RestNode
 
     /**
-     * Removes a node from the cluster by it's [name].
+     * Removes a node from the cluster by its [name].
      */
     public fun removeNode(name: String)
 
diff --git a/core/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/lavakord/audio/internal/AbstractLavakord.kt b/core/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/lavakord/audio/internal/AbstractLavakord.kt
index 3cbdf256..764dc412 100644
--- a/core/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/lavakord/audio/internal/AbstractLavakord.kt
+++ b/core/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/lavakord/audio/internal/AbstractLavakord.kt
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractLavakord internal constructor(
         }
     }
 
-    override fun addNode(serverUri: Url, password: String, name: String?) {
+    override fun addNode(serverUri: Url, password: String, name: String?, session: String?) {
         if (name != null) {
             check(!nodesMap.containsKey(name)) { "Name is already in use" }
         }
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractLavakord internal constructor(
         nodesMap[finalName] = node
         launch {
             node.check()
-            node.connect()
+            node.connect(initialSessionId = session)
         }
     }
 
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractLavakord internal constructor(
     }
 
     /**
-     * Forwards an voice server update event to Lavalink.
+     * Forwards a voice server update event to Lavalink.
      */
     protected suspend fun forwardVoiceEvent(
         link: Link,
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractLavakord internal constructor(
     }
 
     /** Called on websocket connect without resuming */
-    internal suspend fun onNewSession(node: Node) {
+    internal fun onNewSession(node: Node) {
         if (!options.link.autoReconnect) return
         linksMap.values.filter { it.node == node }.forEach {
             launch {
diff --git a/core/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/lavakord/audio/internal/NodeImpl.kt b/core/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/lavakord/audio/internal/NodeImpl.kt
index 7cd86d1a..d21ac39f 100644
--- a/core/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/lavakord/audio/internal/NodeImpl.kt
+++ b/core/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/lavakord/audio/internal/NodeImpl.kt
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ internal class NodeImpl(
     override val host: Url,
     override val name: String,
     override val authenticationHeader: String,
-    override val lavakord: AbstractLavakord,
+    override val lavakord: AbstractLavakord
 ) : Node {
 
     private val resumeTimeout = lavakord.options.link.resumeTimeout
@@ -101,9 +101,11 @@ internal class NodeImpl(
     }
 
     @OptIn(DelicateCoroutinesApi::class)
-    internal suspend fun connect(resume: Boolean = false) {
+    internal suspend fun connect(doResume: Boolean = false, initialSessionId: String? = null) {
+        val resume = doResume || initialSessionId != null
+        sessionId = initialSessionId ?: sessionId
         session = try {
-            connect(resume) {
+            connect(resume || initialSessionId != null) {
                 addUrl()
                 timeout {
                     requestTimeoutMillis = HttpTimeoutConfig.INFINITE_TIMEOUT_MS