diff --git a/invokeai/app/cli_app.py b/invokeai/app/cli_app.py
index 721760b222..9dc1429d92 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/cli_app.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/cli_app.py
@@ -102,6 +102,29 @@ def generate_matching_edges(
     return edges
 
 
+class SessionError(Exception):
+    """Raised when a session error has occurred"""
+    pass
+
+
+def invoke_all(context: CliContext):
+    """Runs all invocations in the specified session"""
+    context.invoker.invoke(context.session, invoke_all=True)
+    while not context.session.is_complete():
+        # Wait some time
+        session = context.get_session()
+        time.sleep(0.1)
+
+    # Print any errors
+    if context.session.has_error():
+        for n in context.session.errors:
+            print(
+                f"Error in node {n} (source node {context.session.prepared_source_mapping[n]}): {session.errors[n]}"
+            )
+        
+        raise SessionError()
+
+
 def invoke_cli():
     args = Args()
     config = args.parse_args()
@@ -134,7 +157,6 @@ def invoke_cli():
 
     invoker = Invoker(services)
     session: GraphExecutionState = invoker.create_execution_state()
-
     parser = get_command_parser()
 
     # Uncomment to print out previous sessions at startup
@@ -151,8 +173,7 @@ def invoke_cli():
 
         try:
             # Refresh the state of the session
-            session = invoker.services.graph_execution_manager.get(session.id)
-            history = list(get_graph_execution_history(session))
+            history = list(get_graph_execution_history(context.session))
 
             # Split the command for piping
             cmds = cmd_input.split("|")
@@ -164,7 +185,7 @@ def invoke_cli():
                     raise InvalidArgs("Empty command")
 
                 # Parse args to create invocation
-                args = vars(parser.parse_args(shlex.split(cmd.strip())))
+                args = vars(context.parser.parse_args(shlex.split(cmd.strip())))
 
                 # Override defaults
                 for field_name, field_default in context.defaults.items():
@@ -176,11 +197,11 @@ def invoke_cli():
                 command = CliCommand(command=args)
 
                 # Run any CLI commands immediately
-                # TODO: this won't behave as expected if piping and using e.g. history,
-                # since invocations are gathered and then run together at the end.
-                # This is more efficient if the CLI is running against a distributed
-                # backend, so it's preferable not to change that behavior.
                 if isinstance(command.command, BaseCommand):
+                    # Invoke all current nodes to preserve operation order
+                    invoke_all(context)
+
+                    # Run the command
                     command.command.run(context)
                     continue
 
@@ -193,7 +214,7 @@ def invoke_cli():
                     from_node = (
                         next(filter(lambda n: n[0].id == from_id, new_invocations))[0]
                         if current_id != start_id
-                        else session.graph.get_node(from_id)
+                        else context.session.graph.get_node(from_id)
                     )
                     matching_edges = generate_matching_edges(
                         from_node, command.command
@@ -203,7 +224,7 @@ def invoke_cli():
                 # Parse provided links
                 if "link_node" in args and args["link_node"]:
                     for link in args["link_node"]:
-                        link_node = session.graph.get_node(link)
+                        link_node = context.session.graph.get_node(link)
                         matching_edges = generate_matching_edges(
                             link_node, command.command
                         )
@@ -227,37 +248,24 @@ def invoke_cli():
 
                 current_id = current_id + 1
 
-            # Command line was parsed successfully
-            # Add the invocations to the session
-            for invocation in new_invocations:
-                session.add_node(invocation[0])
-                for edge in invocation[1]:
+                # Add the node to the session
+                context.session.add_node(command.command)
+                for edge in edges:
                     print(edge)
-                    session.add_edge(edge)
+                    context.session.add_edge(edge)
 
-            # Execute all available invocations
-            invoker.invoke(session, invoke_all=True)
-            while not session.is_complete():
-                # Wait some time
-                session = context.get_session()
-                time.sleep(0.1)
-
-            # Print any errors
-            if session.has_error():
-                for n in session.errors:
-                    print(
-                        f"Error in node {n} (source node {session.prepared_source_mapping[n]}): {session.errors[n]}"
-                    )
-
-                # Start a new session
-                print("Creating a new session")
-                session = invoker.create_execution_state()
-                context.session = session
+            # Execute all remaining nodes
+            invoke_all(context)
 
         except InvalidArgs:
             print('Invalid command, use "help" to list commands')
             continue
 
+        except SessionError:
+            # Start a new session
+            print("Session error: creating a new session")
+            context.session = context.invoker.create_execution_state()
+
         except ExitCli:
             break