diff --git a/graphql/resolvers.test.js b/graphql/resolvers.test.js
index 03d001832..c4cf0c3f0 100644
--- a/graphql/resolvers.test.js
+++ b/graphql/resolvers.test.js
@@ -1,10 +1,49 @@
 import resolvers from '../graphql/resolvers'
 import db from '../helpers/dbload'
 
-describe('resolvers', () => {
+describe('GraphQL resolvers', () => {
   const { Lesson } = db
   test('lessons should return an empty array', async () => {
     Lesson.findAll = jest.fn().mockReturnValue([])
     expect(resolvers.Query.lessons()).toEqual([])
   })
 })
+
+describe('Session resolver', () => {
+  test('should return null if no userId', async () => {
+    const req = { session: null }
+
+    return expect(await resolvers.Query.session({}, {}, { req })).toEqual(null)
+  })
+
+  test('should return user null if no user found', async () => {
+    const { User, Submission, UserLesson } = db
+    const req = { session: { userId: 2 } }
+    User.findOne = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(null)
+    Submission.findAll = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(null)
+    UserLesson.findAll = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(null)
+
+    return expect(await resolvers.Query.session({}, {}, { req })).toEqual(null)
+  })
+
+  test('should return user including submissions and lessonStatus', async () => {
+    const { User, Submission, UserLesson } = db
+    const req = { session: { userId: 2 } }
+
+    const result = {
+      user: { username: 'test' },
+      submissions: [{ id: '1' }],
+      lessonStatus: [{ id: '1' }]
+    }
+
+    User.findOne = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(result.user)
+    Submission.findAll = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(result.submissions)
+    UserLesson.findAll = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(result.lessonStatus)
+
+    const returnValue = await resolvers.Query.session({}, {}, { req })
+
+    expect(returnValue.user).toEqual(result.user)
+    expect(returnValue.submissions).toEqual(result.submissions)
+    expect(returnValue.lessonStatus).toEqual(result.lessonStatus)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/graphql/resolvers.ts b/graphql/resolvers.ts
index a294fcbc2..9a05aad59 100644
--- a/graphql/resolvers.ts
+++ b/graphql/resolvers.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,42 @@
-import { login, logout, signup } from '../helpers/controllers/authController'
+import { Request } from 'express'
 import db from '../helpers/dbload'
+import { login, logout, signup } from '../helpers/controllers/authController'
+import _ from 'lodash'
 
-const { Lesson, User } = db
+const { User, Submission, Lesson, UserLesson } = db
 
 export default {
   Query: {
     lessons() {
       return Lesson.findAll({
-        include: [
-          'challenges',
-          {
-            model: User,
-            through: {
-              attributes: ['isPassed', 'isTeaching', 'isEnrolled']
-            }
-          }
-        ],
+        include: ['challenges'],
         order: [['order', 'ASC']]
       })
+    },
+    async session(_parent: void, _args: void, context: { req: Request }) {
+      const userId = _.get(context, 'req.session.userId', false)
+
+      if (!userId) {
+        return null
+      }
+
+      // FYI: The reason we are querying with parallelized promises:
+      // https://github.com/garageScript/c0d3-app/wiki/Sequelize-Query-Performance
+      const [user, submissions, lessonStatus] = await Promise.all([
+        User.findOne({ where: { id: userId } }),
+        Submission.findAll({ where: { userId } }),
+        UserLesson.findAll({ where: { userId } })
+      ])
+
+      if (!user) {
+        return null
+      }
+
+      return {
+        user,
+        submissions,
+        lessonStatus
+      }
     }
   },
 
diff --git a/graphql/typeDefs.ts b/graphql/typeDefs.ts
index 7f92fa9db..926ed489a 100644
--- a/graphql/typeDefs.ts
+++ b/graphql/typeDefs.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { gql } from 'apollo-boost'
 export default gql`
   type Query {
     lessons: [Lesson]
+    session: Session
   }
 
   type Mutation {
@@ -51,6 +52,12 @@ export default gql`
     isAdmin: Boolean
   }
 
+  type Session {
+    user: User
+    submissions: [Submission]
+    lessonStatus: [UserLesson]
+  }
+
   type UserLesson {
     id: String
     userId: String
diff --git a/helpers/dbload.ts b/helpers/dbload.ts
index fab66a6a9..fac2521f8 100644
--- a/helpers/dbload.ts
+++ b/helpers/dbload.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ User.belongsToMany(Lesson, {
   through: { model: UserLesson }
 })
 
+User.hasMany(Submission, {
+  foreignKey: 'userId'
+})
+
+User.hasMany(UserLesson, {
+  foreignKey: 'userId'
+})
+
 sequelize.sync({ alter: false }) // We do not want this affect to production at the moment.
 
 export default {
diff --git a/pages/api/graphql.ts b/pages/api/graphql.ts
index b96577715..cfe2425b1 100644
--- a/pages/api/graphql.ts
+++ b/pages/api/graphql.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ handler
       resave: false,
       saveUninitialized: false,
       cookie: {
-        domain: process.env.DB_HOST,
         maxAge: ONE_WEEK
       }
     })
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d8f2aefbd..fd036af19 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2585,6 +2585,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/prettier/-/prettier-1.19.1.tgz#33509849f8e679e4add158959fdb086440e9553f"
   integrity sha512-5qOlnZscTn4xxM5MeGXAMOsIOIKIbh9e85zJWfBRVPlRMEVawzoPhINYbRGkBZCI8LxvBe7tJCdWiarA99OZfQ==
 
+"@types/prismjs@^1.16.0":
+  version "1.16.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/prismjs/-/prismjs-1.16.0.tgz#4328c9f65698e59f4feade8f4e5d928c748fd643"
+  integrity sha512-mEyuziLrfDCQ4juQP1k706BUU/c8OGn/ZFl69AXXY6dStHClKX4P+N8+rhqpul1vRDA2VOygzMRSJJZHyDEOfw==
+
 "@types/prop-types@*":
   version "15.7.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/prop-types/-/prop-types-15.7.3.tgz#2ab0d5da2e5815f94b0b9d4b95d1e5f243ab2ca7"
@@ -7022,6 +7027,11 @@ getpass@^0.1.1:
   dependencies:
     assert-plus "^1.0.0"
 
+gitdiff-parser@^0.2.2:
+  version "0.2.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/gitdiff-parser/-/gitdiff-parser-0.2.2.tgz#c393ce9caf385860d005ce758a5e03221a7fc6be"
+  integrity sha512-iUE5gWohbUm+hogg9c1Gg/pDoDyGlC15hTdsnW7AqZw9+F9mYAxfnMNDstFxuF+qjiZot2s+3L+K9CLdw1ttvA==
+
 glob-base@^0.3.0:
   version "0.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/glob-base/-/glob-base-0.3.0.tgz#dbb164f6221b1c0b1ccf82aea328b497df0ea3c4"
@@ -11140,7 +11150,7 @@ pretty-hrtime@^1.0.3:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pretty-hrtime/-/pretty-hrtime-1.0.3.tgz#b7e3ea42435a4c9b2759d99e0f201eb195802ee1"
   integrity sha1-t+PqQkNaTJsnWdmeDyAesZWALuE=
 
-prismjs@^1.8.4:
+prismjs@^1.20.0, prismjs@^1.8.4:
   version "1.20.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/prismjs/-/prismjs-1.20.0.tgz#9b685fc480a3514ee7198eac6a3bf5024319ff03"
   integrity sha512-AEDjSrVNkynnw6A+B1DsFkd6AVdTnp+/WoUixFRULlCLZVRZlVQMVWio/16jv7G1FscUxQxOQhWwApgbnxr6kQ==