diff --git a/lua/persisted/utils.lua b/lua/persisted/utils.lua
index f38190b..93ab155 100644
--- a/lua/persisted/utils.lua
+++ b/lua/persisted/utils.lua
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function M.load_session(session, before_callback, after_callback, silent)
   end
   --
 
-  vim.api.nvim_exec_autocmds("User", { pattern = "PersistedLoadPre" })
+  vim.api.nvim_exec_autocmds("User", { pattern = "PersistedLoadPre", data = session })
 
   local ok, result = pcall(vim.cmd, (silent and "silent " or "") .. "source " .. e(session))
   if not ok then
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ function M.load_session(session, before_callback, after_callback, silent)
   end
   --
 
-  vim.api.nvim_exec_autocmds("User", { pattern = "PersistedLoadPost" })
+  vim.api.nvim_exec_autocmds("User", { pattern = "PersistedLoadPost", data = session })
 end
 
 return M
diff --git a/lua/telescope/_extensions/actions.lua b/lua/telescope/_extensions/actions.lua
index cf09b2d..0f0d791 100644
--- a/lua/telescope/_extensions/actions.lua
+++ b/lua/telescope/_extensions/actions.lua
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ end
 ---@param config table
 ---@return nil
 M.load_session = function(session, config)
-  vim.api.nvim_exec_autocmds("User", { pattern = "PersistedTelescopeLoadPre" })
+  vim.api.nvim_exec_autocmds("User", { pattern = "PersistedTelescopeLoadPre", data = session })
 
   vim.schedule(function()
     -- TODO: clean up this function call after deprecation notice ends
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ M.load_session = function(session, config)
     )
   end)
 
-  vim.api.nvim_exec_autocmds("User", { pattern = "PersistedTelescopeLoadPost" })
+  vim.api.nvim_exec_autocmds("User", { pattern = "PersistedTelescopeLoadPost", data = session })
 end
 
 ---Delete the selected session from disk