I have my setup code

sub setup {
    my $self = shift;
    $self->start_mode('Startup');
    $self->tmpl_path('Templates/');
    $self->run_modes(
        'Startup'            =>    'Startup',
        'Page'                =>    'Page'
        # more runmodes here
        );
};
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Startup looks like:

sub Startup {

    #    Startup function

    my $self = shift;
    my $q = $self->query();

    my $template             = $self->load_tmpl('index.tmpl');    
    $template->param( SITETITLE => "foobarbaz" );

    # init more template paramaters and some session variables
        
    return $template->output(); # return template results

}
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My quesiton is this, is there a special runmode I can use to initialise appliaction(session) variables without having them in my default runmode so they don't get needlessly redeclared when someone goes back to the main screen?