diff --git a/lua/persisted/init.lua b/lua/persisted/init.lua
index 15f355c..b84f81f 100644
--- a/lua/persisted/init.lua
+++ b/lua/persisted/init.lua
@@ -125,15 +125,12 @@ end
 ---Start recording a session and write to disk on a specific autocommand
 ---@return nil
 function M.start()
-  vim.cmd(string.format(
-    [[
-    augroup Persisted
-      autocmd!
-      autocmd %s * lua require("persisted").save()
-    augroup end
-  ]],
-    config.options.command
-  ))
+  vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd(config.options.command, {
+    group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup("Persisted", { clear = true }),
+    callback = function()
+      require("persisted").save()
+    end,
+  })
   vim.g.persisting = true
 end
 
@@ -213,7 +210,6 @@ function M.list()
       :gsub("//", "")
       :sub(1, -5)
 
-
     local branch, dir_path
 
     if string.find(session_name, branch_separator, 1, true) then
diff --git a/tests/minimal.vim b/tests/minimal.vim
index 612ed68..6b990f6 100644
--- a/tests/minimal.vim
+++ b/tests/minimal.vim
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 if !isdirectory('plenary.nvim')
   !git clone https://github.com/nvim-lua/plenary.nvim.git plenary.nvim
-  !git -C plenary.nvim reset --hard 4b7e52044bbb84242158d977a50c4cbcd85070c7
+  " !git -C plenary.nvim reset --hard 4b7e52044bbb84242158d977a50c4cbcd85070c7
 endif
 
 set runtimepath+=plenary.nvim,.