diff --git a/bolt/session.go b/bolt/session.go
index 9342675318..f0d0cab251 100644
--- a/bolt/session.go
+++ b/bolt/session.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package bolt
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
 	bolt "github.com/coreos/bbolt"
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@ func (c *Client) initializeSessions(ctx context.Context, tx *bolt.Tx) error {
 
 // FindSession retrieves the session found at the provided key.
 func (c *Client) FindSession(ctx context.Context, key string) (*platform.Session, error) {
+	op := getOp(platform.OpFindSession)
 	var sess *platform.Session
 	err := c.db.View(func(tx *bolt.Tx) error {
 		s, err := c.findSession(ctx, tx, key)
@@ -33,33 +33,49 @@ func (c *Client) FindSession(ctx context.Context, key string) (*platform.Session
 		}
 
 		sess = s
-
 		return nil
 	})
 
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, &platform.Error{
+			Err: err,
+			Op:  op,
+		}
 	}
 
-	return sess, sess.Expired()
+	if err := sess.Expired(); err != nil {
+		// todo(leodido) > do we want to return session also if expired?
+		return sess, &platform.Error{
+			Err: err,
+			Op:  op,
+		}
+	}
+	return sess, nil
 }
 
-func (c *Client) findSession(ctx context.Context, tx *bolt.Tx, key string) (*platform.Session, error) {
+func (c *Client) findSession(ctx context.Context, tx *bolt.Tx, key string) (*platform.Session, *platform.Error) {
 	v := tx.Bucket(sessionBucket).Get([]byte(key))
 	if len(v) == 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("session not found")
+		return nil, &platform.Error{
+			Code: platform.ENotFound,
+			Msg:  platform.ErrSessionNotFound,
+		}
 	}
 
 	s := &platform.Session{}
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(v, s); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, &platform.Error{
+			Err: err,
+		}
 	}
 
 	// TODO(desa): these values should be cached so it's not so expensive to lookup each time.
 	f := platform.UserResourceMappingFilter{UserID: s.UserID}
 	mappings, err := c.findUserResourceMappings(ctx, tx, f)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, &platform.Error{
+			Err: err,
+		}
 	}
 
 	ps := make([]platform.Permission, 0, len(mappings))
@@ -73,17 +89,24 @@ func (c *Client) findSession(ctx context.Context, tx *bolt.Tx, key string) (*pla
 // PutSession puts the session at key.
 func (c *Client) PutSession(ctx context.Context, s *platform.Session) error {
 	return c.db.Update(func(tx *bolt.Tx) error {
-		return c.putSession(ctx, tx, s)
+		if err := c.putSession(ctx, tx, s); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
 	})
 }
 
-func (c *Client) putSession(ctx context.Context, tx *bolt.Tx, s *platform.Session) error {
+func (c *Client) putSession(ctx context.Context, tx *bolt.Tx, s *platform.Session) *platform.Error {
 	v, err := json.Marshal(s)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return &platform.Error{
+			Err: err,
+		}
 	}
 	if err := tx.Bucket(sessionBucket).Put([]byte(s.Key), v); err != nil {
-		return err
+		return &platform.Error{
+			Err: err,
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -98,7 +121,10 @@ func (c *Client) ExpireSession(ctx context.Context, key string) error {
 
 		s.ExpiresAt = time.Now()
 
-		return c.putSession(ctx, tx, s)
+		if err := c.putSession(ctx, tx, s); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
 	})
 }
 
@@ -123,7 +149,7 @@ func (c *Client) CreateSession(ctx context.Context, user string) (*platform.Sess
 	return sess, nil
 }
 
-func (c *Client) createSession(ctx context.Context, tx *bolt.Tx, user string) (*platform.Session, error) {
+func (c *Client) createSession(ctx context.Context, tx *bolt.Tx, user string) (*platform.Session, *platform.Error) {
 	u, pe := c.findUserByName(ctx, tx, user)
 	if pe != nil {
 		return nil, pe
@@ -133,7 +159,9 @@ func (c *Client) createSession(ctx context.Context, tx *bolt.Tx, user string) (*
 	s.ID = c.IDGenerator.ID()
 	k, err := c.TokenGenerator.Token()
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, &platform.Error{
+			Err: err,
+		}
 	}
 	s.Key = k
 	s.UserID = u.ID
diff --git a/bolt/session_test.go b/bolt/session_test.go
index fbc3ee13f4..cfe25921bf 100644
--- a/bolt/session_test.go
+++ b/bolt/session_test.go
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/platform"
+	"github.com/influxdata/platform/bolt"
 	platformtesting "github.com/influxdata/platform/testing"
 )
 
-func initSessionService(f platformtesting.SessionFields, t *testing.T) (platform.SessionService, func()) {
+func initSessionService(f platformtesting.SessionFields, t *testing.T) (platform.SessionService, string, func()) {
 	c, closeFn, err := NewTestClient()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to create new bolt client: %v", err)
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ func initSessionService(f platformtesting.SessionFields, t *testing.T) (platform
 			t.Fatalf("failed to populate sessions")
 		}
 	}
-	return c, func() {
+	return c, bolt.OpPrefix, func() {
 		defer closeFn()
 		for _, u := range f.Users {
 			if err := c.DeleteUser(ctx, u.ID); err != nil {