diff --git a/src/core/zowe/core_for_zowe_sdk/session.py b/src/core/zowe/core_for_zowe_sdk/session.py
index fa2861bc..83efab4a 100644
--- a/src/core/zowe/core_for_zowe_sdk/session.py
+++ b/src/core/zowe/core_for_zowe_sdk/session.py
@@ -65,8 +65,9 @@ def __init__(self, props: dict) -> None:
             self.session.tokenValue = props.get("tokenValue")
             self.session.type = session_constants.AUTH_TYPE_BEARER
         else:
-            self.__logger.error("Authentication method not supplied")
-            raise Exception("An authentication method must be supplied")
+            self.session.type = session_constants.AUTH_TYPE_NONE
+            self.__logger.info("Authentication method not supplied")
+            # raise Exception("An authentication method must be supplied")
 
         # set additional parameters
         self.session.basePath = props.get("basePath")