diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index be9871c..148dc53 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,4 +28,7 @@ node_modules
 
 .nyc_output
 
-logfile
+# npm lock
+package-lock.json
+
+logfile
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dialects/mysql-client.js b/dialects/mysql-client.js
index d919e7d..dbc6f0e 100644
--- a/dialects/mysql-client.js
+++ b/dialects/mysql-client.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ var mysql = require('mysql')
 var url = require('url')
 var querystring = require('querystring')
 
-var connections = {}
+var connections = {};
 
 class MysqlClient {
   constructor (options) {
@@ -17,50 +17,199 @@ class MysqlClient {
         username: auth[0],
         password: auth[1],
         database: (info.pathname || '/').substring(1),
-        host: info.hostname, // host is 'localhost:port' hostname is just 'localhost'
-        port: port
+        host: info.hostname // host is 'localhost:port' hostname is just 'localhost'
       }, more)
     }
+
     this.options = Object.assign({
       user: options.username,
+      port: port,
       multipleStatements: true
     }, options)
     this.database = options.database
 
     var key = `${options.username}:${options.password}@${options.host}:${port}/${options.database}`
     var conn = connections[key]
+
     if (!conn) {
       conn = connections[key] = mysql.createConnection(this.options)
     }
     this.connection = conn
   }
 
-  dropTables () {
-    return this.find(`
-      SELECT concat('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ', table_name, ';') AS fullSQL
-      FROM information_schema.tables
-      WHERE table_schema = ?;
-    `, [this.options.database])
+  dropTables() {
+    const sql = `
+        SELECT concat('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ', table_name, ';') AS fullSQL
+        FROM information_schema.tables
+        WHERE table_schema = ?;`;
+    const params = [this.options.database];
+    return this.query(sql, params)
       .then((results) => {
-        var sql = results.map((result) => result.fullSQL).join(' ')
-        return sql && this.query(sql)
-      })
+        results = results.rows
+        var sql_result = results.map((result) => result.fullSQL).join(' ')
+        return sql_result && this.query(sql_result)
+      }).catch((reason) => {
+            console.error('dropTables failed ('+JSON.stringify(reason)+').');
+      });
   }
 
-  query (sql, params = []) {
+  /**
+   * connect - create a database connection
+   * resolve(threadId) -  returns threadId
+   * reject(err) - returns connection error
+   * @return {type}  Promise
+   */
+  connect() {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      var conn = mysql.createConnection(this.options);
+      this.connection = conn
+      this.connection.connect((err) => {
+        if (err) { return reject(err); }
+        return resolve(this.connection.threadId);
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * query - execute a sql query with the given parametrs
+   *
+   * @param  {type} sql         MySQL statment
+   * @param  {type} params = [] query paramenters
+   * @return {type}             Promise: resolve({ rows, fields }), reject(err)
+   */
+  _query(sql, params = []) {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       this.connection.query(sql, params, (err, rows, fields) => {
-        err ? reject(err) : resolve({ rows, fields })
+        if (err) return reject(err);
+        return resolve({ rows, fields });
       })
     })
   }
 
-  find (sql, params = []) {
-    return this.query(sql, params).then((result) => result.rows)
+  find(sql, params = []) {
+    return this.query(sql, params)
+      .then((result) => {
+        return result.rows
+      }).catch((reason) => {
+          console.error('find query failed ('+ JSON.stringify(reason)+').');
+    });
+  }
+
+  findOne(sql, params = []) {
+    // this is returning a Promise because this.query returns a promise
+    return this.query(sql, params)
+      .this((result) => {
+        return result.rows[0];
+      }).catch((error) => {
+        console.error('findOne query faild - ('+reason+').');
+      });
   }
 
-  findOne (sql, params = []) {
-    return this.query(sql, params).then((result) => result.rows[0])
+  /**
+   * query - executes a query and closes the connection
+   * resolve() is called when the query is executed (even with a connection close exception)
+   * reject() is called when the query can not be executed
+   * If there is a (connection error or a query error) and a close error, the close error is appended to the first error's supressed Array
+   * If there is a valid result and a close error, the close error is appended to the results supressed Array
+   * Result {"rows": {}, "fields": {}}
+   * @param  {type} sql         sql statment
+   * @param  {type} params = [] sql parameters
+   * @return {type}             Promise
+   */
+  query(sql, params = []) {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      this.connect().then((threadId) => {
+        // connected to the database
+        this._query(sql, params)
+          .then((queryResult) => {
+                // query returned a result, attempt to close the connection
+                this.close(null, queryResult)
+                  .then((result) => {
+                    // connection was closed
+                    resolve(result)
+                  }).catch((res) => {
+                    // could not close the connection
+                    if(res.supressed) console.error('db close error. ' + res.supressed);
+                    resolve(res)
+                  });
+            }).catch((error) => {
+                // there was an error with the query, attempt to close the connection
+                this.close(error, null)
+                  .then((err) => {
+                    // connection was closed
+                    return reject(err);
+                  }).catch((e) => {
+                    if(e.supressed) console.error('db close error. ' + e.supressed);
+                    // could not close the connection
+                    reject(e);
+                  })
+            });
+      }).catch((connError) => {
+        // could not connect to the database // might not need to attempt to close if you don't have a valid connection
+        this.close(connError, null)
+          .then((error) => {
+            // connection was closed
+            return reject(error);
+          }).catch((e) => {
+            // could not close the connection
+            reject(e);
+          });
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * close - close database connection
+   * If the connection is closed without errors, resolve() is called
+   * If the connection can not be closed, reject() is called
+   * If the connection can't be closed and a queryError or queryResult is provided, the close arrow is appended to the object as obj.supressed Array
+   * @param  {type} queryError  error returned from a query or null
+   * @param  {type} queryResult result returned from a query or null
+   * @return {type}             Promise
+   */
+  close(queryError , queryResult) {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      this.connection.end((dbError) => {
+        if(dbError && queryResult) { return reject(this._appendError(queryResult, dbError));} // db close error and query result. supress db error
+        if(dbError && queryError) {  return reject(this._appendError(queryError, dbError)); } // db error and query error. supress db error
+        if(dbError) { return reject(dbErr); } // only db error
+        if(queryError) { return resolve(queryError); } // only query error (resolve because db close was a success)
+        if(queryError === null && queryResult === null) { return resolve(); } // normal call to close() without a prior query
+        return resolve(queryResult); // pass up the query result
+        // its impossible to get a (queryError && queryResult)
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+
+
+  /**
+   * _appendError - appends an error onto an object as a .supressed attribute.
+   * Will not overwrite an existing .supressed attribute
+   *
+   * @param  {type} object description
+   * @param  {type} error  description
+   * @return {type}        description
+   */
+  _appendError(object, error){
+    let errors = [];
+    for (var prop in object) {
+      if(prop === 'supressed') {
+        if(Array.isArray(object[prop])){
+          var clone = object[prop].slice(0);
+          clone.push(error);
+          errors = clone;
+        }
+        else {
+          throw new Error('can not add to supressed. it already exsists and is not an array');
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    if (errors.length <= 0) errors = new Array(error);
+    // add supressed error as 1st object in array
+    object = Object.assign({supressed: errors}, object);
+    return object
   }
 }