diff --git a/.github/workflows/ui-release-trigger.yml b/.github/workflows/ui-release-trigger.yml
index 02e107c99..10683ba54 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ui-release-trigger.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ui-release-trigger.yml
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ jobs:
           echo "Triggering release with a TAG ${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}"
 
           curl -u ${{ secrets.CIRCLE_TOKEN }}: -X POST --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
-          -d '{ "branch": "main", "parameters": {"TAG": "${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" }}' \
+          -d '{ "branch": "main", "parameters": {"TAG": "'${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}'" }}' \
           https://circleci.com/api/v2/project/github/hashicorp/boundary-ui-releases/pipeline
diff --git a/ui/desktop/CHANGELOG.md b/ui/desktop/CHANGELOG.md
index e34a1edd7..e2e21e111 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/ui/desktop/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Canonical reference for changes, improvements, and bugfixes for Boundary Desktop
 
 ### New & Improved
 
+- Changes to targets (like adding, removing) are rapidly reflected in Boundary Desktop. ([PR](https://github.com/hashicorp/boundary-ui/pull/487))
 - Scrolling now occurs within columns individually so that sidebar and header remain visible when scrolling the application body.  ([PR](https://github.com/hashicorp/boundary-ui/pull/482))
 
 ### Changes/Deprecations
diff --git a/ui/desktop/app/controllers/scopes/scope/projects/sessions/index.js b/ui/desktop/app/controllers/scopes/scope/projects/sessions/index.js
index 7b1d3cc3f..439dc78c7 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/app/controllers/scopes/scope/projects/sessions/index.js
+++ b/ui/desktop/app/controllers/scopes/scope/projects/sessions/index.js
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 import Controller from '@ember/controller';
-import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
 
 export default class ScopesScopeProjectsSessionsIndexController extends Controller {
-  // =sessions
-
-  @service session;
-
   // =attributes
 
   /**
@@ -14,11 +9,8 @@ export default class ScopesScopeProjectsSessionsIndexController extends Controll
    * @type {SessionModel[]}
    */
   get sorted() {
-    const userId = this.session.data.authenticated.user_id;
     const sessions = this.model;
     const sortedSessions = sessions
-      // filter sessions by current user
-      .filter((session) => session.user_id === userId)
       // sort by created time
       .sortBy('session.created_time')
       .reverse();
diff --git a/ui/desktop/app/routes/scopes/scope/projects/sessions.js b/ui/desktop/app/routes/scopes/scope/projects/sessions.js
index 91973bf27..272cf0672 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/app/routes/scopes/scope/projects/sessions.js
+++ b/ui/desktop/app/routes/scopes/scope/projects/sessions.js
@@ -49,8 +49,13 @@ export default class ScopesScopeProjectsSessionsRoute extends Route {
    */
   async model() {
     const { id: scope_id } = this.modelFor('scopes.scope');
+    const { user_id } = this.session.data.authenticated;
     await this.store.query('target', { recursive: true, scope_id });
-    return await this.store.query('session', { recursive: true, scope_id });
+    return await this.store.query('session', {
+      filter: `"/item/user_id" == "${user_id}"`,
+      recursive: true,
+      scope_id
+    });
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/ui/desktop/app/routes/scopes/scope/projects/targets.js b/ui/desktop/app/routes/scopes/scope/projects/targets.js
index 6913852eb..dca07f657 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/app/routes/scopes/scope/projects/targets.js
+++ b/ui/desktop/app/routes/scopes/scope/projects/targets.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export default class ScopesScopeProjectsTargetsRoute extends Route {
   @task(function * () {
     while(true) {
       yield timeout(POLL_TIMEOUT_SECONDS * 1000);
-      yield this.refreshSessions();
+      yield this.refresh();
     }
   /* eslint-disable-next-line prettier/prettier */
   }).drop() poller;
@@ -52,18 +52,17 @@ export default class ScopesScopeProjectsTargetsRoute extends Route {
    */
   async model() {
     const { id: scope_id } = this.modelFor('scopes.scope');
-    await this.refreshSessions();
-    return this.store.query('target', { recursive: true, scope_id });
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Loads all sessions for all scopes in order to prime the store.
-   * Targets peek into the store to determine if they are active.
-   * TODO:  query only for sessions associated with the current user.
-   */
-  async refreshSessions() {
-    const { id: scope_id } = this.modelFor('scopes.scope');
-    await this.store.query('session', { recursive: true, scope_id });
+    const { user_id } = this.session.data.authenticated;
+    await this.store.query('session', {
+      filter: `"/item/user_id" == "${user_id}"`,
+      recursive: true,
+      scope_id
+    });
+    return this.store.query('target', {
+      filter: '"authorize-session" in "/item/authorized_actions"',
+      recursive: true,
+      scope_id
+    });
   }
 
   /**
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ export default class ScopesScopeProjectsTargetsRoute extends Route {
    */
   @action
   async connect(model, host) {
-    // TODO: Connect: Refactor into an addon
+    // TODO: Connect: move this logic into the target model
     try {
       // Check for CLI
       const cliExists = await this.ipc.invoke('cliExists');
diff --git a/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/boundary-cli.js b/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/boundary-cli.js
index 24083493b..453a959df 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/boundary-cli.js
+++ b/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/boundary-cli.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const escapeAndValidateBase62 = (str) => {
 module.exports = {
   // Check boundary cli existence
   exists: () => Boolean(cliPath()),
+
   // Initiate connection and return output
   connect: (target_id, token, host_id) => {
     const addr = origin.origin;
@@ -34,12 +35,12 @@ module.exports = {
       `-token=${sanitized.token}`,
       `-addr=${addr}`,
       '-format=json',
-      '--output-json-errors',
     ];
 
     if (host_id) command.push(`-host-id=${sanitized.host_id}`);
     return spawnAsyncJSONPromise(command);
   },
+
   // Returns JSON-formatted version information from the CLI
   version: () => {
     const command = ['-v'];
diff --git a/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/spawn-promise.js b/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/spawn-promise.js
index d9f44c7a8..d73390f02 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/spawn-promise.js
+++ b/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/spawn-promise.js
@@ -51,8 +51,10 @@ module.exports = {
       childProcess.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
         errorStream += data.toString();
         const jsonData = jsonify(errorStream);
-        const error = jsonData ? jsonData.error : undefined;
-        if (jsonData) reject(new Error(error));
+        if (jsonData) {
+          const error = jsonData.api_error || jsonData.error;
+          reject(new Error(error));
+        }
       });
     });
   },