diff --git a/tko/db.py b/tko/db.py
index 1bb0afa..ed6350e 100644
--- a/tko/db.py
+++ b/tko/db.py
@@ -32,23 +32,12 @@
 		# if not present, insert statuses
 		self.status_idx = {}
 		self.status_word = {}
-		for s in ['NOSTATUS', 'ERROR', 'ABORT', 'FAIL', 'WARN', 'GOOD']:
-			idx = self.get_status(s)
-			if not idx:
-				self.insert('status', {'word' : s})
-				idx = self.get_status(s)
-			self.status_idx[s] = idx
-			self.status_word[idx] = s
+		status_rows = self.select('status_idx, word', 'status', None)
+		for s in status_rows:
+			self.status_idx[s[0]] = s[0]
+			self.status_word[s[0]] = s[1]
 		
 
-	def get_status(self, word):
-		rows = self.select('status_idx', 'status', {'word' : word})
-		if rows:
-			return rows[0][0]
-		else:
-			return None
-
-
 	def dprint(self, value):
 		if self.debug:
 			sys.stderr.write('SQL: ' + str(value) + '\n')