diff --git a/src/connection.py b/src/connection.py
index ec455124..16ed38bf 100644
--- a/src/connection.py
+++ b/src/connection.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # coding: utf-8
-import logging
-
 # we support both pg8000 and psycopg2
 try:
     import psycopg2 as pglib
@@ -106,16 +104,14 @@ def rollback(self):
 
     def execute(self, query, *args):
         self.cursor.execute(query, args)
-        try:
-            # pg8000 might return tuples
-            res = [tuple(t) for t in self.cursor.fetchall()]
-            return res
-        except ProgrammingError:
-            return None
-        except Exception as e:
-            logging.error("Error executing query: {}\n {}".format(repr(e), query))
+
+        if self.cursor.description is None:
             return None
 
+        # pg8000 might return tuples
+        res = [tuple(t) for t in self.cursor.fetchall()]
+        return res
+
     def close(self):
         self.cursor.close()
         self.connection.close()
diff --git a/tests/test_testgres_common.py b/tests/test_testgres_common.py
index 93effdb2..4aa52a9a 100644
--- a/tests/test_testgres_common.py
+++ b/tests/test_testgres_common.py
@@ -3343,6 +3343,30 @@ def test_node_app__make_empty_and_pgconf(self, node_svc: PostgresNodeService):
             assert node.status() == NodeStatus.Running
         return
 
+    def test_node_connection__execute(
+        self,
+        node_svc: PostgresNodeService,
+    ):
+        assert isinstance(node_svc, PostgresNodeService)
+
+        with __class__.helper__get_node(node_svc) as node:
+            node.init()
+            node.start()
+
+            with node.connect("postgres") as cn:
+                assert cn.execute("create table ttt (id integer);") is None
+                assert cn.execute("insert into ttt values(1);") is None
+                assert cn.execute("update ttt set id=2;") is None
+                assert cn.execute("select id from ttt;") == [(2, )]
+                assert cn.execute("select id from ttt where id=%s;", '2') == [(2, )]
+                assert cn.execute("select id from ttt where id=%s and (id + 1) = %s;", '2', 3) == [(2, )]
+                assert cn.execute("delete from ttt where id=2;") is None
+                assert cn.execute("select id from ttt;") == []
+                assert cn.execute("drop table ttt;") is None
+                pass
+            pass
+        return
+
     @staticmethod
     def helper__get_node(
         node_svc: PostgresNodeService,