diff --git a/laravel/session.php b/laravel/session.php
index c83a38cd..a0e144eb 100644
--- a/laravel/session.php
+++ b/laravel/session.php
@@ -71,6 +71,16 @@ class Session {
 		return is_null(static::$session) or ($idle > ($lifetime * 60));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Determine if session handling has been started for the request.
+	 *
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public static function started()
+	{
+		return is_array(static::$session);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Determine if the session or flash data contains an item.
 	 *
@@ -156,7 +166,12 @@ class Session {
 	 */
 	public static function keep($keys)
 	{
-		foreach ((array) $keys as $key) static::flash($key, static::get($key));
+		foreach ((array) $keys as $key)
+		{
+			$key = str_replace(array(':old:', ':new:'), '', $key);
+
+			static::flash($key, static::get($key));
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**