diff --git a/community/bolt/src/main/java/org/neo4j/bolt/v1/runtime/internal/CypherStatementRunner.java b/community/bolt/src/main/java/org/neo4j/bolt/v1/runtime/internal/CypherStatementRunner.java
index 89e3599482a6..d42be3b4308a 100644
--- a/community/bolt/src/main/java/org/neo4j/bolt/v1/runtime/internal/CypherStatementRunner.java
+++ b/community/bolt/src/main/java/org/neo4j/bolt/v1/runtime/internal/CypherStatementRunner.java
@@ -23,24 +23,22 @@
 
 import org.neo4j.bolt.v1.runtime.spi.RecordStream;
 import org.neo4j.bolt.v1.runtime.spi.StatementRunner;
-import org.neo4j.graphdb.GraphDatabaseService;
 import org.neo4j.kernel.api.exceptions.KernelException;
 import org.neo4j.kernel.impl.query.QueryExecutionEngine;
+import org.neo4j.kernel.impl.query.QuerySession;
 
 public class CypherStatementRunner implements StatementRunner
 {
-    private final GraphDatabaseService db;
     private final QueryExecutionEngine queryExecutionEngine;
 
-    public CypherStatementRunner( GraphDatabaseService db, QueryExecutionEngine queryExecutionEngine )
+    public CypherStatementRunner( QueryExecutionEngine queryExecutionEngine )
     {
-        this.db = db;
         this.queryExecutionEngine = queryExecutionEngine;
     }
 
     @Override
-    public RecordStream run( final SessionState ctx, final String statement,
-            final Map<String,Object> params ) throws KernelException
+    public RecordStream run( final SessionState ctx, final String statement, final Map<String,Object> params )
+            throws KernelException
     {
         // Temporary until we move parsing to cypher, or run a parser up here
         if ( statement.equalsIgnoreCase( "begin" ) )
@@ -60,15 +58,24 @@ else if ( statement.equalsIgnoreCase( "rollback" ) )
         }
         else
         {
-            if ( ctx.hasTransaction() || queryExecutionEngine.isPeriodicCommit( statement ) )
-            {
-                return new CypherAdapterStream( db.execute( statement, params ) );
-            }
-            else
+            // begin transaction if there is no open transaction,
+            // but avoid opening it for the special case of periodic commit
+            if ( !ctx.hasTransaction() && !queryExecutionEngine.isPeriodicCommit( statement ) )
             {
                 ctx.beginImplicitTransaction();
-                return new CypherAdapterStream( db.execute( statement, params ) );
             }
+
+            return new CypherAdapterStream(
+                    queryExecutionEngine.executeQuery( statement, params, new BoltQuerySession() ) );
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class BoltQuerySession extends QuerySession
+    {
+        @Override
+        public String toString()
+        {
+            return "bolt";
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/community/bolt/src/main/java/org/neo4j/bolt/v1/runtime/internal/StandardSessions.java b/community/bolt/src/main/java/org/neo4j/bolt/v1/runtime/internal/StandardSessions.java
index 65dbad4d2800..3eef257bbe69 100644
--- a/community/bolt/src/main/java/org/neo4j/bolt/v1/runtime/internal/StandardSessions.java
+++ b/community/bolt/src/main/java/org/neo4j/bolt/v1/runtime/internal/StandardSessions.java
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ public void init() throws Throwable
     @Override
     public void start() throws Throwable
     {
-        QueryExecutionEngine engine =
+        QueryExecutionEngine queryExecutionEngine =
                 gds.getDependencyResolver().resolveDependency( QueryExecutionEngine.class );
-        statementRunner = new CypherStatementRunner( gds, engine );
+        statementRunner = new CypherStatementRunner( queryExecutionEngine );
         life.start();
     }
 
diff --git a/community/bolt/src/test/java/org/neo4j/bolt/v1/runtime/internal/CypherStatementRunnerTest.java b/community/bolt/src/test/java/org/neo4j/bolt/v1/runtime/internal/CypherStatementRunnerTest.java
index 98cfeb463fd5..77ff399932a0 100644
--- a/community/bolt/src/test/java/org/neo4j/bolt/v1/runtime/internal/CypherStatementRunnerTest.java
+++ b/community/bolt/src/test/java/org/neo4j/bolt/v1/runtime/internal/CypherStatementRunnerTest.java
@@ -20,14 +20,16 @@
 package org.neo4j.bolt.v1.runtime.internal;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.neo4j.graphdb.GraphDatabaseService;
+
+import org.neo4j.bolt.v1.runtime.internal.CypherStatementRunner.BoltQuerySession;
 import org.neo4j.graphdb.Result;
 import org.neo4j.kernel.impl.query.QueryExecutionEngine;
 
 import static java.util.Collections.EMPTY_MAP;
-
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Matchers.anyMap;
 import static org.mockito.Matchers.anyString;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
@@ -35,7 +37,6 @@
 
 public class CypherStatementRunnerTest
 {
-    private final GraphDatabaseService db = mock( GraphDatabaseService.class );
     private final QueryExecutionEngine engine = mock( QueryExecutionEngine.class );
     private final SessionStateMachine ctx = mock( SessionStateMachine.class );
 
@@ -44,11 +45,11 @@ public class CypherStatementRunnerTest
     public void shouldCreateImplicitTxIfNoneExists() throws Exception
     {
         // Given
-        when( db.execute( anyString(), anyMap() ) ).thenReturn( mock( Result.class ) );
+        when( engine.executeQuery( anyString(), anyMap(), any( BoltQuerySession.class ) ) ).thenReturn( mock( Result.class ) );
         when( engine.isPeriodicCommit( anyString() ) ).thenReturn( false );
         when( ctx.hasTransaction() ).thenReturn( false );
 
-        CypherStatementRunner cypherRunner = new CypherStatementRunner( db, engine );
+        CypherStatementRunner cypherRunner = new CypherStatementRunner( engine );
 
         // When
         cypherRunner.run( ctx, "<query>", EMPTY_MAP );
@@ -57,8 +58,8 @@ public void shouldCreateImplicitTxIfNoneExists() throws Exception
         verify( ctx ).hasTransaction();
         verify( engine ).isPeriodicCommit( "<query>" );
         verify( ctx ).beginImplicitTransaction();
-        verify( db ).execute( "<query>", EMPTY_MAP );
-        verifyNoMoreInteractions( db, engine, ctx );
+        verify( engine ).executeQuery( eq( "<query>" ), eq( EMPTY_MAP ), any( BoltQuerySession.class ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( engine, ctx );
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -66,11 +67,11 @@ public void shouldCreateImplicitTxIfNoneExists() throws Exception
     public void shouldNotCreateImplicitTxIfUsingPeriodicCommit() throws Exception
     {
         // Given
-        when( db.execute( anyString(), anyMap() ) ).thenReturn( mock( Result.class ) );
+        when( engine.executeQuery( anyString(), anyMap(), any( BoltQuerySession.class ) ) ).thenReturn( mock( Result.class ) );
         when( engine.isPeriodicCommit( anyString() ) ).thenReturn( true );
         when( ctx.hasTransaction() ).thenReturn( false );
 
-        CypherStatementRunner cypherRunner = new CypherStatementRunner( db, engine );
+        CypherStatementRunner cypherRunner = new CypherStatementRunner( engine );
 
         // When
         cypherRunner.run( ctx, "<query>", EMPTY_MAP );
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ public void shouldNotCreateImplicitTxIfUsingPeriodicCommit() throws Exception
         // Then
         verify( ctx ).hasTransaction();
         verify( engine ).isPeriodicCommit( "<query>" );
-        verify( db ).execute( "<query>", EMPTY_MAP );
-        verifyNoMoreInteractions( db, engine, ctx );
+        verify( engine ).executeQuery( eq( "<query>" ), eq( EMPTY_MAP ), any( BoltQuerySession.class ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( engine, ctx );
     }
 }