diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 0eddc19..f79eefc 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: sbtools
 Title: USGS ScienceBase Tools
 Maintainer: Luke Winslow <lwinslow@usgs.gov>
-Version: 0.14.3
+Version: 0.14.4
 Authors@R: c(person("Luke", "Winslow", role = c("aut","cre"),
     email = "lwinslow@usgs.gov"),
     person("Scott", "Chamberlain", role = c("aut"),
diff --git a/R/current_session.R b/R/current_session.R
index 23be870..cc79272 100644
--- a/R/current_session.R
+++ b/R/current_session.R
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 #'
 #'@description 
 #'Returns the currently cached SB session. If there
-#'is no authenticated session, returns NULL.
+#'is no authenticated session, returns NULL. Emits a
+#'warning if the session has expired. 
 #'
 #'@author Luke Winslow
 #'
@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@
 #'
 #'@export
 current_session = function(){
-	
+	if(session_expired(pkg.env$session)){
+		warning('SB authentication expired, SB interaction may fail. Please re-authenticate using authenticate_sb().')
+	}
 	return(pkg.env$session)
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/man/current_session.Rd b/man/current_session.Rd
index 7762de0..11f4dbb 100644
--- a/man/current_session.Rd
+++ b/man/current_session.Rd
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ current_session()
 }
 \description{
 Returns the currently cached SB session. If there
-is no authenticated session, returns NULL.
+is no authenticated session, returns NULL. Emits a
+warning if the session has expired.
 }
 \examples{