diff --git a/chdb/dbapi/connections.py b/chdb/dbapi/connections.py
index 5fca50dc209..0d719894fe3 100644
--- a/chdb/dbapi/connections.py
+++ b/chdb/dbapi/connections.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class Connection(object):
     """
 
     _closed = False
+    _session = None
 
     def __init__(self, cursorclass=Cursor):
 
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ def __init__(self, cursorclass=Cursor):
         self.connect()
 
     def connect(self):
+        from chdb import session as chs
+        self._session = chs.Session()
         self._closed = False
         self._execute_command("select 1;")
         self._read_query_result()
@@ -55,6 +58,7 @@ def close(self):
         if self._closed:
             raise err.Error("Already closed")
         self._closed = True
+        self._session = None
 
     @property
     def open(self):
@@ -119,8 +123,7 @@ def _execute_command(self, sql):
         if DEBUG:
             print("DEBUG: query:", sql)
         try:
-            import chdb
-            self._resp = chdb.query(sql, output_format="JSON").data()
+            self._resp = self._session.query(sql, fmt="JSON").data()
         except Exception as error:
             raise err.InterfaceError("query err: %s" % error)
 
@@ -181,6 +184,10 @@ def __init__(self, connection):
         self.has_next = None
 
     def read(self):
+        # Handle empty responses (for instance from CREATE TABLE)
+        if self.connection.resp is None:
+            return
+
         try:
             data = json.loads(self.connection.resp)
         except Exception as error:
diff --git a/tests/test_dbapi.py b/tests/test_dbapi.py
index fbc4cb98158..898cfaf2ea8 100644
--- a/tests/test_dbapi.py
+++ b/tests/test_dbapi.py
@@ -24,6 +24,26 @@ def test_select_version(self):
         print(data)
         self.assertRegex(data[0], expected_clickhouse_version_pattern)
 
+    def test_insert_and_read_data(self):
+        conn = dbapi.connect()
+        cur = conn.cursor()
+        cur.execute("CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS test_db ENGINE = Atomic")
+        cur.execute("USE test_db")
+        cur.execute("""
+        CREATE TABLE rate (
+            day Date,
+            value Int32
+        ) ENGINE = Log""")
+
+        # Insert values
+        cur.execute("INSERT INTO rate VALUES ('2024-01-01', 24)")
+        cur.execute("INSERT INTO rate VALUES ('2024-01-02', 72)")
+
+        # Read values
+        cur.execute("SELECT value FROM rate ORDER BY day DESC")
+        rows = cur.fetchall()
+        self.assertEqual(rows, ((72,), (24,)))
+
     def test_select_chdb_version(self):
         ver = dbapi.get_client_info()  # chDB version liek '0.12.0'
         ver_tuple = dbapi.chdb_version  # chDB version tuple like ('0', '12', '0')