diff --git a/onnxruntime/hosting/environment.cc b/onnxruntime/hosting/environment.cc
index 5771a4c8397da..51352b9f99346 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/hosting/environment.cc
+++ b/onnxruntime/hosting/environment.cc
@@ -62,5 +62,9 @@ std::unique_ptr<logging::Logger> HostingEnvironment::GetLogger(const std::string
   return default_logging_manager_.CreateLogger(id, severity_, false);
 }
 
+onnxruntime::InferenceSession* HostingEnvironment::GetSession() const {
+  return session.get();
+}
+
 }  // namespace hosting
 }  // namespace onnxruntime
diff --git a/onnxruntime/hosting/environment.h b/onnxruntime/hosting/environment.h
index c413a20c66303..011fc1336710f 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/hosting/environment.h
+++ b/onnxruntime/hosting/environment.h
@@ -25,11 +25,10 @@ class HostingEnvironment {
   std::unique_ptr<logging::Logger> GetLogger(const std::string& id);
   logging::Severity GetLogSeverity() const;
 
-  common::Status
-  InitializeModel(const std::string& model_path);
+  onnxruntime::InferenceSession* GetSession() const;
+  common::Status InitializeModel(const std::string& model_path);
   const std::vector<std::string>& GetModelOutputNames() const;
 
-  std::unique_ptr<onnxruntime::InferenceSession> session;
 
  private:
   const logging::Severity severity_;
@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@ class HostingEnvironment {
 
   std::unique_ptr<onnxruntime::Environment> runtime_environment_;
   onnxruntime::SessionOptions options_;
+  std::unique_ptr<onnxruntime::InferenceSession> session;
   std::vector<std::string> model_output_names_;
 };
 
diff --git a/onnxruntime/hosting/executor.cc b/onnxruntime/hosting/executor.cc
index a7ea6987f65fe..0a3f26d215548 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/hosting/executor.cc
+++ b/onnxruntime/hosting/executor.cc
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ protobufutil::Status Executor::Predict(const std::string& model_name,
   run_options.run_log_verbosity_level = static_cast<unsigned int>(env_->GetLogSeverity());
   run_options.run_tag = request_id_;
 
-  auto status = env_->session->Run(run_options, name_ml_value_map, output_names, &outputs);
+  auto status = env_->GetSession()->Run(run_options, name_ml_value_map, output_names, &outputs);
 
   if (!status.IsOK()) {
     LOGS(*logger, ERROR) << "Run() failed."
diff --git a/onnxruntime/hosting/main.cc b/onnxruntime/hosting/main.cc
index 8bbb58e38d9b5..6f8068f8c90fc 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/hosting/main.cc
+++ b/onnxruntime/hosting/main.cc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     LOGS(logger, VERBOSE) << "Initialize Model Successfully!";
   }
 
-  status = env->session->Initialize();
+  status = env->GetSession()->Initialize();
   if (!status.IsOK()) {
     LOGS(logger, FATAL) << "Session Initialization Failed:" << status.Code() << " ---- Error: [" << status.ErrorMessage() << "]";
     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);