diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 5997cf4ef..7403a7680 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa/internal"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 // ClientOptions represents the configuration for a InternalHTTPClient
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func NewInternalHTTPClient(host string, remoteClient *http.Client) (*InternalHTT
 
 	uri, err := NewURIFromAddress(host)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "getting URI")
 	}
 
 	client := NewInternalHTTPClientFromURI(uri, remoteClient)
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) maxSliceByIndex(ctx context.Context, inverse bool)
 	// Build request.
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", u.String(), nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "creating request")
 	}
 
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "pilosa/"+Version)
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) maxSliceByIndex(ctx context.Context, inverse bool)
 	// Execute request.
 	resp, err := c.HTTPClient.Do(req.WithContext(ctx))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "executing request")
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) Schema(ctx context.Context) ([]*IndexInfo, error) {
 	// Build request.
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", u, nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "creating request")
 	}
 
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "pilosa/"+Version)
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) Schema(ctx context.Context) ([]*IndexInfo, error) {
 	// Execute request.
 	resp, err := c.HTTPClient.Do(req.WithContext(ctx))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "executing request")
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
@@ -154,14 +154,14 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) CreateIndex(ctx context.Context, index string, opt
 		Options: opt,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "encoding request")
 	}
 
 	// Create URL & HTTP request.
 	u := uriPathToURL(c.defaultURI, fmt.Sprintf("/index/%s", index))
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", u.String(), bytes.NewReader(buf))
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "creating request")
 	}
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Length", strconv.Itoa(len(buf)))
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
@@ -171,14 +171,14 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) CreateIndex(ctx context.Context, index string, opt
 	// Execute request against the host.
 	resp, err := c.HTTPClient.Do(req.WithContext(ctx))
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "executing request")
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 	// Read body.
 	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "reading")
 	}
 
 	// Handle response based on status code.
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) FragmentNodes(ctx context.Context, index string, sl
 	// Build request.
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", u.String(), nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "creating request")
 	}
 
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "pilosa/"+Version)
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) FragmentNodes(ctx context.Context, index string, sl
 	// Execute request.
 	resp, err := c.HTTPClient.Do(req.WithContext(ctx))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "executing request")
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
@@ -239,14 +239,14 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) QueryNode(ctx context.Context, uri *URI, index stri
 	// Encode request object.
 	buf, err := proto.Marshal(queryRequest)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "marshaling")
 	}
 
 	// Create HTTP request.
 	u := uri.Path(fmt.Sprintf("/index/%s/query", index))
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", u, bytes.NewReader(buf))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "creating request")
 	}
 
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Length", strconv.Itoa(len(buf)))
@@ -257,14 +257,14 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) QueryNode(ctx context.Context, uri *URI, index stri
 	// Execute request against the host.
 	resp, err := c.HTTPClient.Do(req.WithContext(ctx))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "executing request")
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 	// Read body and unmarshal response.
 	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "reading")
 	} else if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 		return nil, errors.New(string(body))
 	}
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) importNode(ctx context.Context, node *Node, buf []b
 	u := nodePathToURL(node, "/import")
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", u.String(), bytes.NewReader(buf))
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "creating request")
 	}
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Length", strconv.Itoa(len(buf)))
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/x-protobuf")
@@ -408,14 +408,14 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) importNode(ctx context.Context, node *Node, buf []b
 	// Execute request against the host.
 	resp, err := c.HTTPClient.Do(req.WithContext(ctx))
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "executing request")
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 	// Read body and unmarshal response.
 	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "reading")
 	} else if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 		return errors.New(string(body))
 	}
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) importValueNode(ctx context.Context, node *Node, bu
 	u := nodePathToURL(node, "/import-value")
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", u.String(), bytes.NewReader(buf))
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "creating request")
 	}
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Length", strconv.Itoa(len(buf)))
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/x-protobuf")
@@ -496,14 +496,14 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) importValueNode(ctx context.Context, node *Node, bu
 	// Execute request against the host.
 	resp, err := c.HTTPClient.Do(req.WithContext(ctx))
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "executing request")
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 	// Read body and unmarshal response.
 	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "reading")
 	} else if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 		return errors.New(string(body))
 	}
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) exportNodeCSV(ctx context.Context, node *Node, inde
 	// Generate HTTP request.
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", u.String(), nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "creating request")
 	}
 	req.Header.Set("Accept", "text/csv")
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "pilosa/"+Version)
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) exportNodeCSV(ctx context.Context, node *Node, inde
 	// Execute request against the host.
 	resp, err := c.HTTPClient.Do(req.WithContext(ctx))
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "executing request")
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) exportNodeCSV(ctx context.Context, node *Node, inde
 
 	// Copy body to writer.
 	if _, err := io.Copy(w, resp.Body); err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "copying")
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -618,13 +618,13 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) BackupTo(ctx context.Context, w io.Writer, index, f
 	// Backup every slice to the tar file.
 	for i := uint64(0); i <= maxSlices[index]; i++ {
 		if err := c.backupSliceTo(ctx, tw, index, frame, view, i); err != nil {
-			return err
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "backing up slice")
 		}
 	}
 
 	// Close tar file.
 	if err := tw.Close(); err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "closing")
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -644,9 +644,9 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) backupSliceTo(ctx context.Context, tw *tar.Writer,
 	// Read entire buffer to determine file size.
 	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "reading")
 	} else if err := r.Close(); err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "closing")
 	}
 
 	// Write slice file header.
@@ -656,12 +656,12 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) backupSliceTo(ctx context.Context, tw *tar.Writer,
 		Size:    int64(len(data)),
 		ModTime: time.Now(),
 	}); err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "writing header")
 	}
 
 	// Write buffer to file.
 	if _, err := tw.Write(data); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("write buffer: %s", err)
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "writing buffer")
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) backupSliceNode(ctx context.Context, index, frame,
 	// Build request.
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", u.String(), nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "creating request")
 	}
 
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "pilosa/"+Version)
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) backupSliceNode(ctx context.Context, index, frame,
 	// Execute request.
 	resp, err := c.HTTPClient.Do(req.WithContext(ctx))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "executing request")
 	}
 
 	// Return error if status is not OK.
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) RestoreFrom(ctx context.Context, r io.Reader, index
 		if err == io.EOF {
 			return nil
 		} else if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "opening")
 		}
 
 		// Parse slice from entry name.
@@ -763,12 +763,12 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) RestoreFrom(ctx context.Context, r io.Reader, index
 		// Read file into buffer.
 		var buf bytes.Buffer
 		if _, err := io.CopyN(&buf, tr, hdr.Size); err != nil {
-			return err
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "copying")
 		}
 
 		// Restore file to all nodes that own it.
 		if err := c.restoreSliceFrom(ctx, buf.Bytes(), index, frame, view, slice); err != nil {
-			return err
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "restoring")
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -794,14 +794,14 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) restoreSliceFrom(ctx context.Context, buf []byte, i
 		// Build request.
 		req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", u.String(), bytes.NewReader(buf))
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "creating request")
 		}
 		req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream")
 		req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "pilosa/"+Version)
 
 		resp, err := c.HTTPClient.Do(req.WithContext(ctx))
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "executing request")
 		}
 		resp.Body.Close()
 
@@ -825,14 +825,14 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) CreateFrame(ctx context.Context, index, frame strin
 		Options: opt,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "marshaling")
 	}
 
 	// Create URL & HTTP request.
 	u := uriPathToURL(c.defaultURI, fmt.Sprintf("/index/%s/frame/%s", index, frame))
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", u.String(), bytes.NewReader(buf))
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "creating request")
 	}
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Length", strconv.Itoa(len(buf)))
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
@@ -842,14 +842,14 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) CreateFrame(ctx context.Context, index, frame strin
 	// Execute request against the host.
 	resp, err := c.HTTPClient.Do(req.WithContext(ctx))
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "executing request")
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 	// Read body.
 	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "reading")
 	}
 
 	// Handle response based on status code.
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) RestoreFrame(ctx context.Context, host, index, fram
 	// Build request.
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", u.String(), nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "creating request")
 	}
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream")
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "pilosa/"+Version)
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) RestoreFrame(ctx context.Context, host, index, fram
 	// Execute request.
 	resp, err := c.HTTPClient.Do(req.WithContext(ctx))
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "executing request")
 	}
 	resp.Body.Close()
 
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) FrameViews(ctx context.Context, index, frame string
 	u := uriPathToURL(c.defaultURI, fmt.Sprintf("/index/%s/frame/%s/views", index, frame))
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", u.String(), nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "creating request")
 	}
 	req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "pilosa/"+Version)
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) FrameViews(ctx context.Context, index, frame string
 	// Execute request against the host.
 	resp, err := c.HTTPClient.Do(req.WithContext(ctx))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "executing request")
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) FrameViews(ctx context.Context, index, frame string
 	// Decode response.
 	var rsp getFrameViewsResponse
 	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&rsp); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "decoding")
 	}
 	return rsp.Views, nil
 }
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) FragmentBlocks(ctx context.Context, index, frame, v
 	// Build request.
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", u.String(), nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "creating request")
 	}
 
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "pilosa/"+Version)
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) FragmentBlocks(ctx context.Context, index, frame, v
 	// Execute request.
 	resp, err := c.HTTPClient.Do(req.WithContext(ctx))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "executing request")
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) FragmentBlocks(ctx context.Context, index, frame, v
 	// Decode response object.
 	var rsp getFragmentBlocksResponse
 	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&rsp); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "decoding")
 	}
 	return rsp.Blocks, nil
 }
@@ -982,13 +982,13 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) BlockData(ctx context.Context, index, frame, view s
 		Block: uint64(block),
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
+		return nil, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "marshaling")
 	}
 
 	u := uriPathToURL(c.defaultURI, "/fragment/block/data")
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", u.String(), bytes.NewReader(buf))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
+		return nil, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "creating request")
 	}
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/protobuf")
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Length", strconv.Itoa(len(buf)))
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) BlockData(ctx context.Context, index, frame, view s
 
 	resp, err := c.HTTPClient.Do(req.WithContext(ctx))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
+		return nil, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "executing request")
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
@@ -1013,9 +1013,9 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) BlockData(ctx context.Context, index, frame, view s
 	// Decode response object.
 	var rsp internal.BlockDataResponse
 	if body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body); err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
+		return nil, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "reading")
 	} else if err := proto.Unmarshal(body, &rsp); err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
+		return nil, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "unmarhsaling")
 	}
 	return rsp.RowIDs, rsp.ColumnIDs, nil
 }
@@ -1027,13 +1027,13 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) ColumnAttrDiff(ctx context.Context, index string, b
 	// Encode request.
 	buf, err := json.Marshal(postIndexAttrDiffRequest{Blocks: blks})
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "marshaling")
 	}
 
 	// Build request.
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", u.String(), bytes.NewReader(buf))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "creating request")
 	}
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "pilosa/"+Version)
@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) ColumnAttrDiff(ctx context.Context, index string, b
 	// Execute request.
 	resp, err := c.HTTPClient.Do(req.WithContext(ctx))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "executing request")
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) ColumnAttrDiff(ctx context.Context, index string, b
 	// Decode response object.
 	var rsp postIndexAttrDiffResponse
 	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&rsp); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "decoding")
 	}
 	return rsp.Attrs, nil
 }
@@ -1067,13 +1067,13 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) RowAttrDiff(ctx context.Context, index, frame strin
 	// Encode request.
 	buf, err := json.Marshal(postFrameAttrDiffRequest{Blocks: blks})
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "marshaling")
 	}
 
 	// Build request.
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", u.String(), bytes.NewReader(buf))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "creating request")
 	}
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "pilosa/"+Version)
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) RowAttrDiff(ctx context.Context, index, frame strin
 	// Execute request.
 	resp, err := c.HTTPClient.Do(req.WithContext(ctx))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "executing request")
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ func (c *InternalHTTPClient) RowAttrDiff(ctx context.Context, index, frame strin
 	// Decode response object.
 	var rsp postFrameAttrDiffResponse
 	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&rsp); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "decoding")
 	}
 	return rsp.Attrs, nil
 }