diff --git a/pwsh_workspaces.ps1 b/pwsh_workspaces.ps1
index a2104e0..22e9275 100644
--- a/pwsh_workspaces.ps1
+++ b/pwsh_workspaces.ps1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-### workspace ###
+### Workspace ###
 $workspaceSettings = "$env:USERPROFILE\.pwsh_workspace_settings.txt"
 $activeWorkspace = ""
 
@@ -212,33 +212,54 @@ function Use-Active-UE-Workspace {
     }
 }
 
-# Basically like Use-Active-UE-Workspace but this function
-# does the additional work of looking up and setting the
-# active workspace based on the provided workspace name/alias
+# Creates a new powershell session then navigates to the
+# workspace path and imports the ushell module. Creating a
+# new session is needed so that when you switch UE workspaces,
+# ushell is installed with the correct context of the workspace.
 function Use-UE-Workspace {
     param([Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
-          [string]$Name)
+          [string]$Name,
+          [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
+          [bool]$NewSession = $true)
 
-    Use-Workspace -Name $Name
-    $location = Get-Location
-
-    $resolvedCurrentLocation = Resolve-Path $location
-    $resolvedActiveWorkspace = Resolve-Path $global:activeWorkspace
-    # check that we are in the expected place then proceed
-    if($resolvedCurrentLocation.ProviderPath && $resolvedActiveWorkspace.ProviderPath) {
-        if(Test-Active-Workspace) {
-            $ushellRelativePath = "Engine\Extras\ushell\ushell.psm1"
-            $ushellPath = "{0}\{1}" -f $resolvedActiveWorkspace, $ushellRelativePath
-            Write-Host "Checking for ushell at: $ushellPath"
-            if(Test-Path -Path $ushellPath) {
-                Import-Module -Name $ushellPath
-            }
-            else {
-                Write-Host "Unable to import ushell -- is workspace an Unreal project?"
-            }
-        }
+    if($NewSession) {
+        New-UE-Session -Name $Name
     }
     else {
-        Write-Error "Did not correctly switch to workspace $Name"
+        Use-Workspace -Name $Name
+        $location = Get-Location
+
+        $resolvedCurrentLocation = Resolve-Path $location
+        $resolvedActiveWorkspace = Resolve-Path $global:activeWorkspace
+        # Check that we are in the expected place then proceed
+        if($resolvedCurrentLocation.ProviderPath -eq $resolvedActiveWorkspace.ProviderPath) {
+            if(Test-Active-Workspace) {
+                $ushellRelativePath = "Engine\Extras\ushell\ushell.psm1"
+                $ushellPath = "{0}\{1}" -f $resolvedActiveWorkspace, $ushellRelativePath
+                Write-Host "Checking for ushell at: $ushellPath"
+                if(Test-Path -Path $ushellPath) {
+                    Import-Module -Name $ushellPath
+                }
+                else {
+                    Write-Host "Unable to import ushell -- is workspace an Unreal project?"
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            Write-Error "Did not correctly switch to workspace $Name"
+        }
     }
 }
+
+function New-UE-Session {
+    param([Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+          [string]$Name)
+    if(Test-Workspace-Alias -Alias $Name) {
+        Start-Process pwsh -ArgumentList @("-NoExit", "-Command", "& {. $PROFILE; Use-UE-Workspace -Name $Name -NewSession `$false`}")
+        Stop-Process -Id $PID
+    }
+    else {
+        Write-Host "Alias $Name does not exist, not creating new session"
+    }
+}
+### Workspace ###