diff --git a/fiftyone/core/session/session.py b/fiftyone/core/session/session.py
index 2a616229e1..e24d481b33 100644
--- a/fiftyone/core/session/session.py
+++ b/fiftyone/core/session/session.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 | `voxel51.com <https://voxel51.com/>`_
 |
 """
+
 from collections import defaultdict
 from dataclasses import asdict
 from functools import wraps
@@ -417,6 +418,7 @@ def __init__(
             view_name=final_view_name,
             spaces=spaces,
             color_scheme=build_color_scheme(color_scheme, dataset, config),
+            group_slice=(dataset.group_slice if dataset else None),
         )
         self._client = fosc.Client(
             address=address,