diff --git a/bolt-driver/src/main/java/org/neo4j/ogm/drivers/bolt/request/BoltRequest.java b/bolt-driver/src/main/java/org/neo4j/ogm/drivers/bolt/request/BoltRequest.java
index 91dc04fe56..7cb433a735 100644
--- a/bolt-driver/src/main/java/org/neo4j/ogm/drivers/bolt/request/BoltRequest.java
+++ b/bolt-driver/src/main/java/org/neo4j/ogm/drivers/bolt/request/BoltRequest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import org.neo4j.driver.v1.StatementResult;
 import org.neo4j.driver.v1.exceptions.ClientException;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 import org.neo4j.ogm.config.ObjectMapperFactory;
 import org.neo4j.ogm.drivers.bolt.response.GraphModelResponse;
 import org.neo4j.ogm.drivers.bolt.response.GraphRowModelResponse;
@@ -35,12 +38,16 @@
 import org.neo4j.ogm.model.GraphRowListModel;
 import org.neo4j.ogm.model.RestModel;
 import org.neo4j.ogm.model.RowModel;
-import org.neo4j.ogm.request.*;
+import org.neo4j.ogm.request.DefaultRequest;
+import org.neo4j.ogm.request.GraphModelRequest;
+import org.neo4j.ogm.request.GraphRowListModelRequest;
+import org.neo4j.ogm.request.Request;
+import org.neo4j.ogm.request.RestModelRequest;
+import org.neo4j.ogm.request.RowModelRequest;
+import org.neo4j.ogm.request.Statement;
 import org.neo4j.ogm.response.EmptyResponse;
 import org.neo4j.ogm.response.Response;
 import org.neo4j.ogm.transaction.TransactionManager;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * @author vince
@@ -85,15 +92,14 @@ public Response<RowModel> execute(DefaultRequest query) {
         String[] columns = null;
         for (Statement statement : query.getStatements()) {
             StatementResult result = executeRequest(statement);
-            if (columns == null) {
-                List<String> columnSet = result.keys();
-                columns = columnSet.toArray(new String[columnSet.size()]);
-            }
             RowModelResponse rowModelResponse = new RowModelResponse(result, transactionManager);
             RowModel model;
             while ((model = rowModelResponse.next()) != null) {
                 rowmodels.add(model);
             }
+            if (columns == null) {
+                columns = rowModelResponse.columns();
+            }
             result.consume();
         }
 
diff --git a/bolt-driver/src/main/java/org/neo4j/ogm/drivers/bolt/response/BoltResponse.java b/bolt-driver/src/main/java/org/neo4j/ogm/drivers/bolt/response/BoltResponse.java
index 0b68c0092b..0b4be06c97 100644
--- a/bolt-driver/src/main/java/org/neo4j/ogm/drivers/bolt/response/BoltResponse.java
+++ b/bolt-driver/src/main/java/org/neo4j/ogm/drivers/bolt/response/BoltResponse.java
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@
 import org.neo4j.driver.v1.Record;
 import org.neo4j.driver.v1.StatementResult;
 import org.neo4j.driver.v1.exceptions.ClientException;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 import org.neo4j.ogm.drivers.bolt.transaction.BoltTransaction;
 import org.neo4j.ogm.exception.CypherException;
 import org.neo4j.ogm.response.Response;
 import org.neo4j.ogm.transaction.TransactionManager;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * @author Luanne Misquitta
@@ -69,13 +70,25 @@ public void close() {
 
     @Override
     public String[] columns() {
-        if (result.hasNext()) {
-            Record record = result.peek();
-            if (record != null) {
-                Set<String> columns = result.peek().asMap().keySet();
-                return columns.toArray(new String[columns.size()]);
+        try {
+            if (result.hasNext()) {
+                Record record = result.peek();
+                if (record != null) {
+                    Set<String> columns = result.peek().asMap().keySet();
+                    return columns.toArray(new String[columns.size()]);
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (ClientException ce) {
+            // exception may occur if records has not been fetched yet
+            // should we catch other things than ClientException ?
+            BoltTransaction tx = (BoltTransaction) transactionManager.getCurrentTransaction();
+            if (tx != null) {
+                tx.rollback();
             }
+            LOGGER.debug("Error executing Cypher: {}, {}", ce.code(), ce.getMessage());
+            throw new CypherException("Error executing Cypher", ce, ce.code(), ce.getMessage());
         }
+
         return new String[0];
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/neo4j/ogm/session/request/RequestExecutor.java b/core/src/main/java/org/neo4j/ogm/session/request/RequestExecutor.java
index 275e058558..88de2a531d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/neo4j/ogm/session/request/RequestExecutor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/neo4j/ogm/session/request/RequestExecutor.java
@@ -19,12 +19,16 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 import org.neo4j.ogm.annotation.RelationshipEntity;
 import org.neo4j.ogm.context.MappedRelationship;
 import org.neo4j.ogm.context.MappingContext;
 import org.neo4j.ogm.context.TransientRelationship;
 import org.neo4j.ogm.cypher.compiler.CompileContext;
 import org.neo4j.ogm.cypher.compiler.Compiler;
+import org.neo4j.ogm.exception.CypherException;
 import org.neo4j.ogm.metadata.ClassInfo;
 import org.neo4j.ogm.metadata.FieldInfo;
 import org.neo4j.ogm.model.RowModel;
@@ -34,8 +38,6 @@
 import org.neo4j.ogm.session.Session;
 import org.neo4j.ogm.transaction.AbstractTransaction;
 import org.neo4j.ogm.transaction.Transaction;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * Plans request execution and processes the response.
@@ -289,18 +291,22 @@ private void executeSave(CompileContext context, boolean transactionRequired) {
                     }
                 }
             }
-
-            if (transactionRequired && newTransaction) {
-                tx.commit();
-                tx.close();
-            }
-        } catch (Exception e) {
+        } catch (CypherException e) {
+            // all tx management logic should be here in case of error. At the moment it is
+            // split in various parts of the drivers. Needs to be refactored in next major version.
+            // This is intended to fix #393. Replacing previous workaround to make HTTP work
             if (transactionRequired && newTransaction) {
                 tx.rollback();
                 tx.close();
+                throw e;
             }
         }
 
+        if (transactionRequired && newTransaction) {
+            tx.commit();
+            tx.close();
+        }
+
         //Update the mapping context now that the request is successful
         updateNodeEntities(context, session, entityReferenceMappings);
         updateRelationshipEntities(context, session, relReferenceMappings);