diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 51a6be0..5245f73 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+## v1.0.2 07/19/2022
+* Adds an access_mode setting to cypher queries
+
 ## v1.0.1 05/24/2022
 * Expand documentation configuration settings
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index a8500b8..87d2d90 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    neo4j-http (1.0.1)
+    neo4j-http (1.0.2)
       activesupport (>= 5.2)
       faraday (< 2)
       faraday-retry
       faraday_middleware
+      pry
 
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    activesupport (7.0.3)
+    activesupport (7.0.3.1)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
       i18n (>= 1.6, < 2)
       minitest (>= 5.1)
@@ -35,8 +36,8 @@ GEM
     faraday-em_synchrony (1.0.0)
     faraday-excon (1.1.0)
     faraday-httpclient (1.0.1)
-    faraday-multipart (1.0.3)
-      multipart-post (>= 1.2, < 3)
+    faraday-multipart (1.0.4)
+      multipart-post (~> 2)
     faraday-net_http (1.0.1)
     faraday-net_http_persistent (1.2.0)
     faraday-patron (1.0.0)
@@ -44,11 +45,11 @@ GEM
     faraday-retry (1.0.3)
     faraday_middleware (1.2.0)
       faraday (~> 1.0)
-    i18n (1.10.0)
+    i18n (1.12.0)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     method_source (1.0.0)
-    minitest (5.15.0)
-    multipart-post (2.1.1)
+    minitest (5.16.2)
+    multipart-post (2.2.3)
     parallel (1.22.1)
     parser (3.1.1.0)
       ast (~> 2.4.1)
@@ -100,7 +101,6 @@ PLATFORMS
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   neo4j-http!
-  pry
   rake (~> 12.0)
   rspec (~> 3.0)
   standard
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index db48843..6ffb6a7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ The client is configured by default via a set of environment variables from [Neo
 * `NEO4J_DATABASE` - The database name to be used when connecting.  By default this will be `nil`.
 * `NEO4J_HTTP_USER_AGENT` - The user agent name provided in the request - defaults to `"Ruby Neo4j Http Client"`
 * `NEO4J_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS` - The number of seconds for the http request to time out if provided - defaults to `nil`
+* `ACCESS_MODE` - "WRITE", or "READ" for read only instances of Neo4j clients - defaults to `"WRITE"`
 
 These configuration values can also be set during initalization, and take precedence over the environment variables:
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ Neo4j::Http.configure do |config|
   config.database_name = nil
   config.user_agent = "Ruby Neo4j Http Client"
   config.request_timeout_in_seconds = nil
+  config.access_mode = "WRITE"
 end
 ```
 
diff --git a/lib/neo4j/http/configuration.rb b/lib/neo4j/http/configuration.rb
index d1a71c5..f4f946b 100644
--- a/lib/neo4j/http/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/neo4j/http/configuration.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class Configuration
       attr_accessor :uri
       attr_accessor :user
       attr_accessor :user_agent
+      attr_accessor :access_mode
 
       def initialize(options = ENV)
         @uri = options.fetch("NEO4J_URL", "http://localhost:7474")
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ def initialize(options = ENV)
         @database_name = options.fetch("NEO4J_DATABASE", nil)
         @user_agent = options.fetch("NEO4J_HTTP_USER_AGENT", "Ruby Neo4j Http Client")
         @request_timeout_in_seconds = options.fetch("NEO4J_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS", nil)
+        @access_mode = options.fetch("NEO4J_ACCESS_MODE", "WRITE")
       end
 
       # https://neo4j.com/developer/manage-multiple-databases/
diff --git a/lib/neo4j/http/cypher_client.rb b/lib/neo4j/http/cypher_client.rb
index ac37f69..cad3935 100644
--- a/lib/neo4j/http/cypher_client.rb
+++ b/lib/neo4j/http/cypher_client.rb
@@ -12,26 +12,36 @@ def self.default
         @default ||= new(Neo4j::Http.config)
       end
 
-      def initialize(configuration)
+      def initialize(configuration, injected_connection = nil)
         @configuration = configuration
+        @injected_connection = injected_connection
       end
 
+      # Executes a cypher query, passing in the cypher statement, with parameters as an optional hash
+      # e.g. Neo4j::Http::Cypherclient.execute_cypher("MATCH (n { foo: $foo }) LIMIT 1 RETURN n", { foo: "bar" })
       def execute_cypher(cypher, parameters = {})
+        # By default the access mode is set to "WRITE", but can be set to "READ"
+        # for improved routing performance on read only queries
+        access_mode = parameters.delete(:access_mode) || @configuration.access_mode
+
         request_body = {
           statements: [
-            {statement: cypher,
-             parameters: parameters.as_json}
+            {
+              statement: cypher,
+              parameters: parameters.as_json
+            }
           ]
         }
 
-        response = connection.post(transaction_path, request_body)
+        @connection = @injected_connection || connection(access_mode)
+        response = @connection.post(transaction_path, request_body)
         results = check_errors!(cypher, response, parameters)
 
         Neo4j::Http::Results.parse(results&.first || {})
       end
 
-      def connection
-        build_connection
+      def connection(access_mode)
+        build_connection(access_mode)
       end
 
       protected
@@ -39,6 +49,10 @@ def connection
       delegate :auth_token, :transaction_path, to: :@configuration
       def check_errors!(cypher, response, parameters)
         raise Neo4j::Http::Errors::InvalidConnectionUrl, response.status if response.status == 404
+        if response.body["errors"].any? { |error| error["message"][/Routing WRITE queries is not supported/] }
+          raise Neo4j::Http::Errors::ReadOnlyError
+        end
+
         body = response.body || {}
         errors = body.fetch("errors", [])
         return body.fetch("results", {}) unless errors.present?
@@ -61,8 +75,10 @@ def find_error_class(code)
         Neo4j::Http::Errors::Neo4jCodedError
       end
 
-      def build_connection
-        Faraday.new(url: @configuration.uri, headers: build_http_headers, request: build_request_options) do |f|
+      def build_connection(access_mode)
+        # https://neo4j.com/docs/http-api/current/actions/transaction-configuration/
+        headers = build_http_headers.merge({"access-mode" => access_mode})
+        Faraday.new(url: @configuration.uri, headers: headers, request: build_request_options) do |f|
           f.request :json # encode req bodies as JSON
           f.request :retry # retry transient failures
           f.response :json # decode response bodies as JSON
diff --git a/lib/neo4j/http/errors.rb b/lib/neo4j/http/errors.rb
index 1ce4d77..f96ce97 100644
--- a/lib/neo4j/http/errors.rb
+++ b/lib/neo4j/http/errors.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ module Errors
       Neo4jError = Class.new(StandardError)
       InvalidConnectionUrl = Class.new(Neo4jError)
       Neo4jCodedError = Class.new(Neo4jError)
+      ReadOnlyError = Class.new(Neo4jError)
 
       # These are specific Errors Neo4j can raise
       module Neo
diff --git a/lib/neo4j/http/node_client.rb b/lib/neo4j/http/node_client.rb
index e0d75b4..33003bd 100644
--- a/lib/neo4j/http/node_client.rb
+++ b/lib/neo4j/http/node_client.rb
@@ -41,15 +41,16 @@ def delete_node(node)
       def find_node_by(label:, **attributes)
         selectors = attributes.map { |key, value| "#{key}: $attributes.#{key}" }.join(", ")
         cypher = "MATCH (node:#{label} { #{selectors} }) RETURN node LIMIT 1"
-        results = @cypher_client.execute_cypher(cypher, attributes: attributes)
+        results = @cypher_client.execute_cypher(cypher, attributes: attributes.merge(access_mode: "READ"))
         return if results.empty?
+
         results.first&.fetch("node")
       end
 
       def find_nodes_by(label:, attributes:, limit: 100)
         selectors = build_selectors(attributes)
         cypher = "MATCH (node:#{label}) where #{selectors} RETURN node LIMIT #{limit}"
-        results = @cypher_client.execute_cypher(cypher, attributes: attributes)
+        results = @cypher_client.execute_cypher(cypher, attributes: attributes.merge(access_mode: "READ"))
         results.map { |result| result["node"] }
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/neo4j/http/relationship_client.rb b/lib/neo4j/http/relationship_client.rb
index 9d52bb4..1b52531 100644
--- a/lib/neo4j/http/relationship_client.rb
+++ b/lib/neo4j/http/relationship_client.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,13 @@ def find_relationship(from:, relationship:, to:)
           RETURN from, to, relationship
         CYPHER
 
-        results = @cypher_client.execute_cypher(cypher, from: from, to: to, relationship: relationship)
+        results = @cypher_client.execute_cypher(
+          cypher,
+          from: from,
+          to: to,
+          relationship: relationship,
+          access_mode: "READ"
+        )
         results&.first
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/neo4j/http/results.rb b/lib/neo4j/http/results.rb
index ef72777..5f152bd 100644
--- a/lib/neo4j/http/results.rb
+++ b/lib/neo4j/http/results.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ module Neo4j
   module Http
     class Results
       # Example result set:
-      # [{"columns"=>["n"], "data"=>[{"row"=>[{"name"=>"Foo", "uuid"=>"8c7dcfda-d848-4937-a91a-2e6debad2dd6"}], "meta"=>[{"id"=>242, "type"=>"node", "deleted"=>false}]}]}]
+      # [{"columns"=>["n"],
+      # "data"=>
+      # [{"row"=>[{"name"=>"Foo", "uuid"=>"8c7dcfda-d848-4937-a91a-2e6debad2dd6"}],
+      #   "meta"=>[{"id"=>242, "type"=>"node", "deleted"=>false}]}]}]
       #
       def self.parse(results)
         columns = results["columns"]
diff --git a/lib/neo4j/http/version.rb b/lib/neo4j/http/version.rb
index 68bbc03..9aa62ae 100644
--- a/lib/neo4j/http/version.rb
+++ b/lib/neo4j/http/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Neo4j
   module Http
-    VERSION = "1.0.1"
+    VERSION = "1.0.2"
   end
 end
diff --git a/neo4j-http.gemspec b/neo4j-http.gemspec
index 34983d3..0a3628f 100644
--- a/neo4j-http.gemspec
+++ b/neo4j-http.gemspec
@@ -26,6 +26,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "faraday", "< 2"
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "faraday_middleware"
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "faraday-retry"
-
-  spec.add_development_dependency "pry"
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency "pry"
 end
diff --git a/spec/neo4j/http/cypher_client_spec.rb b/spec/neo4j/http/cypher_client_spec.rb
index ac22bc6..ebc1147 100644
--- a/spec/neo4j/http/cypher_client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/neo4j/http/cypher_client_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 require "spec_helper"
+require "faraday"
 
 RSpec.describe Neo4j::Http::CypherClient, type: :uses_neo4j do
   subject(:client) { described_class.default }
@@ -10,11 +11,11 @@
       config = Neo4j::Http::Configuration.new
       config.request_timeout_in_seconds = 42
       client = described_class.new(config)
-      expect(client.connection.options.timeout).to eq(42)
+      expect(client.connection("READ").options.timeout).to eq(42)
     end
 
     it "defaults to having no request timeout" do
-      expect(client.connection.options.timeout).to be_nil
+      expect(client.connection("READ").options.timeout).to be_nil
     end
   end
 
@@ -49,5 +50,38 @@
       results = client.execute_cypher("MATCH (node:Test {uuid: 'Uuid1'}) return node")
       expect(results.length).to eq(0)
     end
+
+    describe "with injected connection" do
+      let(:stubs) { Faraday::Adapter::Test::Stubs.new }
+      let(:injected_connection) do
+        Faraday.new do |f|
+          f.adapter(:test, stubs)
+          f.response :json
+        end
+      end
+      let(:client) { described_class.new(Neo4j::Http.config, injected_connection) }
+
+      it "raises a ReadOnlyError when access control is set to read" do
+        stubs.post("/db/data/transaction/commit") do
+          [
+            200,
+            {"Content-Type": "application/json"},
+            '{
+              "results": [],
+              "errors": [
+                {
+                  "code": "Neo.ClientError.Request.Invalid",
+                  "message": "Routing WRITE queries is not supported in clusters where Server-Side Routing is disabled."
+                }
+              ]
+            }'
+          ]
+        end
+
+        expect { client.execute_cypher("CREATE (n) RETURN n", access_mode: "READ") }
+          .to raise_error(Neo4j::Http::Errors::ReadOnlyError)
+        stubs.verify_stubbed_calls
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/neo4j/http/relationship_client_spec.rb b/spec/neo4j/http/relationship_client_spec.rb
index dbc2a64..07bea74 100644
--- a/spec/neo4j/http/relationship_client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/neo4j/http/relationship_client_spec.rb
@@ -100,7 +100,12 @@
   end
 
   def verify_relationship(from, relationship, to)
-    results = Neo4j::Http::CypherClient.default.execute_cypher("MATCH (from:Bot {uuid: $from})-[relationship:#{relationship}]-(to:Bot {uuid: $to}) RETURN from, to, relationship", from: from.key_value, to: to.key_value)
+    results = Neo4j::Http::CypherClient.default.execute_cypher(
+      "MATCH (from:Bot {uuid: $from})-[relationship:#{relationship}]-(to:Bot {uuid: $to})
+      RETURN from, to, relationship",
+      from: from.key_value,
+      to: to.key_value
+    )
     result = results.first
 
     expect(result.keys).to eq(%w[from to relationship])
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