diff --git a/docs/upgrade.rst b/docs/upgrade.rst
index d3282487..fcd5f714 100644
--- a/docs/upgrade.rst
+++ b/docs/upgrade.rst
@@ -294,3 +294,9 @@ Alternatively, you can rename your collections eg ::
         else:
             print "Upgraded collection names"
 
+
+mongodb 1.8 > 2.0 +
+===================
+
+Its been reported that indexes may need to be recreated to the newer version of indexes.  
+To do this drop indexes and call ``ensure_indexes`` on each model.
diff --git a/mongoengine/django/sessions.py b/mongoengine/django/sessions.py
index 85ca25a0..17cae8ad 100644
--- a/mongoengine/django/sessions.py
+++ b/mongoengine/django/sessions.py
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ class MongoSession(Document):
     meta = {'collection': MONGOENGINE_SESSION_COLLECTION,
             'db_alias': MONGOENGINE_SESSION_DB_ALIAS,
             'allow_inheritance': False}
+            
+    def get_decoded(self):
+        return SessionStore().decode(self.session_data)
 
 
 class SessionStore(SessionBase):