diff --git a/database/cassandra/cassandra.go b/database/cassandra/cassandra.go
index 68d2954..6bb4f3a 100644
--- a/database/cassandra/cassandra.go
+++ b/database/cassandra/cassandra.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ var (
 	ErrNilConfig     = fmt.Errorf("no config")
 	ErrNoKeyspace    = fmt.Errorf("no keyspace provided")
 	ErrDatabaseDirty = fmt.Errorf("database is dirty")
+	ErrClosedSession = fmt.Errorf("session is closed")
 )
 
 type Config struct {
@@ -39,7 +40,29 @@ type Cassandra struct {
 	config *Config
 }
 
-func (p *Cassandra) Open(url string) (database.Driver, error) {
+func WithSession(session *gocql.Session, config *Config) (database.Driver, error) {
+	if config == nil {
+		return nil, ErrNilConfig
+	} else if isClosed := session.Closed(); isClosed {
+		return nil, ErrClosedSession
+	} else if len(config.KeyspaceName) == 0 {
+		return nil, ErrNoKeyspace
+	}
+
+	if len(config.MigrationsTable) == 0 {
+		config.MigrationsTable = DefaultMigrationsTable
+	}
+	c := &Cassandra{
+		session: session,
+		config:  config,
+	}
+	if err := c.ensureVersionTable(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return c, nil
+}
+
+func (c *Cassandra) Open(url string) (database.Driver, error) {
 	u, err := nurl.Parse(url)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -55,7 +78,7 @@ func (p *Cassandra) Open(url string) (database.Driver, error) {
 		migrationsTable = DefaultMigrationsTable
 	}
 
-	p.config = &Config{
+	c.config = &Config{
 		KeyspaceName:    u.Path,
 		MigrationsTable: migrationsTable,
 	}
@@ -100,25 +123,25 @@ func (p *Cassandra) Open(url string) (database.Driver, error) {
 		cluster.Timeout = timeout
 	}
 
-	p.session, err = cluster.CreateSession()
+	c.session, err = cluster.CreateSession()
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if err := p.ensureVersionTable(); err != nil {
+	if err := c.ensureVersionTable(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return p, nil
+	return c, nil
 }
 
-func (p *Cassandra) Close() error {
-	p.session.Close()
+func (c *Cassandra) Close() error {
+	c.session.Close()
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (p *Cassandra) Lock() error {
+func (c *Cassandra) Lock() error {
 	if dbLocked {
 		return database.ErrLocked
 	}
@@ -126,19 +149,19 @@ func (p *Cassandra) Lock() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (p *Cassandra) Unlock() error {
+func (c *Cassandra) Unlock() error {
 	dbLocked = false
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (p *Cassandra) Run(migration io.Reader) error {
+func (c *Cassandra) Run(migration io.Reader) error {
 	migr, err := ioutil.ReadAll(migration)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	// run migration
 	query := string(migr[:])
-	if err := p.session.Query(query).Exec(); err != nil {
+	if err := c.session.Query(query).Exec(); err != nil {
 		// TODO: cast to Cassandra error and get line number
 		return database.Error{OrigErr: err, Err: "migration failed", Query: migr}
 	}
@@ -146,14 +169,14 @@ func (p *Cassandra) Run(migration io.Reader) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (p *Cassandra) SetVersion(version int, dirty bool) error {
-	query := `TRUNCATE "` + p.config.MigrationsTable + `"`
-	if err := p.session.Query(query).Exec(); err != nil {
+func (c *Cassandra) SetVersion(version int, dirty bool) error {
+	query := `TRUNCATE "` + c.config.MigrationsTable + `"`
+	if err := c.session.Query(query).Exec(); err != nil {
 		return &database.Error{OrigErr: err, Query: []byte(query)}
 	}
 	if version >= 0 {
-		query = `INSERT INTO "` + p.config.MigrationsTable + `" (version, dirty) VALUES (?, ?)`
-		if err := p.session.Query(query, version, dirty).Exec(); err != nil {
+		query = `INSERT INTO "` + c.config.MigrationsTable + `" (version, dirty) VALUES (?, ?)`
+		if err := c.session.Query(query, version, dirty).Exec(); err != nil {
 			return &database.Error{OrigErr: err, Query: []byte(query)}
 		}
 	}
@@ -162,9 +185,9 @@ func (p *Cassandra) SetVersion(version int, dirty bool) error {
 }
 
 // Return current keyspace version
-func (p *Cassandra) Version() (version int, dirty bool, err error) {
-	query := `SELECT version, dirty FROM "` + p.config.MigrationsTable + `" LIMIT 1`
-	err = p.session.Query(query).Scan(&version, &dirty)
+func (c *Cassandra) Version() (version int, dirty bool, err error) {
+	query := `SELECT version, dirty FROM "` + c.config.MigrationsTable + `" LIMIT 1`
+	err = c.session.Query(query).Scan(&version, &dirty)
 	switch {
 	case err == gocql.ErrNotFound:
 		return database.NilVersion, false, nil
@@ -180,31 +203,31 @@ func (p *Cassandra) Version() (version int, dirty bool, err error) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (p *Cassandra) Drop() error {
+func (c *Cassandra) Drop() error {
 	// select all tables in current schema
-	query := fmt.Sprintf(`SELECT table_name from system_schema.tables WHERE keyspace_name='%s'`, p.config.KeyspaceName[1:]) // Skip '/' character
-	iter := p.session.Query(query).Iter()
+	query := fmt.Sprintf(`SELECT table_name from system_schema.tables WHERE keyspace_name='%s'`, c.config.KeyspaceName[1:]) // Skip '/' character
+	iter := c.session.Query(query).Iter()
 	var tableName string
 	for iter.Scan(&tableName) {
-		err := p.session.Query(fmt.Sprintf(`DROP TABLE %s`, tableName)).Exec()
+		err := c.session.Query(fmt.Sprintf(`DROP TABLE %s`, tableName)).Exec()
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
 	// Re-create the version table
-	if err := p.ensureVersionTable(); err != nil {
+	if err := c.ensureVersionTable(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
 // Ensure version table exists
-func (p *Cassandra) ensureVersionTable() error {
-	err := p.session.Query(fmt.Sprintf("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS %s (version bigint, dirty boolean, PRIMARY KEY(version))", p.config.MigrationsTable)).Exec()
+func (c *Cassandra) ensureVersionTable() error {
+	err := c.session.Query(fmt.Sprintf("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS %s (version bigint, dirty boolean, PRIMARY KEY(version))", c.config.MigrationsTable)).Exec()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if _, _, err = p.Version(); err != nil {
+	if _, _, err = c.Version(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil