diff --git a/repository/job.go b/repository/job.go
index 16a4291..98710a2 100644
--- a/repository/job.go
+++ b/repository/job.go
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ package repository
 import (
 	"context"
 	"database/sql"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"strconv"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/auth"
 	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/graph/model"
@@ -15,12 +17,43 @@ import (
 
 type JobRepository struct {
 	DB *sqlx.DB
+
+	stmtCache *sq.StmtCache
 }
 
 func (r *JobRepository) Init() error {
+	r.stmtCache = sq.NewStmtCache(r.DB)
 	return nil
 }
 
+var jobColumns []string = []string{
+	"job.id", "job.job_id", "job.user", "job.project", "job.cluster", "job.start_time", "job.partition", "job.array_job_id",
+	"job.num_nodes", "job.num_hwthreads", "job.num_acc", "job.exclusive", "job.monitoring_status", "job.smt", "job.job_state",
+	"job.duration", "job.resources", "job.meta_data",
+}
+
+func scanJob(row interface{ Scan(...interface{}) error }) (*schema.Job, error) {
+	job := &schema.Job{}
+	if err := row.Scan(
+		&job.ID, &job.JobID, &job.User, &job.Project, &job.Cluster, &job.StartTimeUnix, &job.Partition, &job.ArrayJobId,
+		&job.NumNodes, &job.NumHWThreads, &job.NumAcc, &job.Exclusive, &job.MonitoringStatus, &job.SMT, &job.State,
+		&job.Duration, &job.RawResources, &job.MetaData); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(job.RawResources, &job.Resources); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	job.StartTime = time.Unix(job.StartTimeUnix, 0)
+	if job.Duration == 0 && job.State == schema.JobStateRunning {
+		job.Duration = int32(time.Since(job.StartTime).Seconds())
+	}
+
+	job.RawResources = nil
+	return job, nil
+}
+
 // Find executes a SQL query to find a specific batch job.
 // The job is queried using the batch job id, the cluster name,
 // and the start time of the job in UNIX epoch time seconds.
@@ -31,22 +64,17 @@ func (r *JobRepository) Find(
 	cluster *string,
 	startTime *int64) (*schema.Job, error) {
 
-	qb := sq.Select(schema.JobColumns...).From("job").
+	q := sq.Select(jobColumns...).From("job").
 		Where("job.job_id = ?", jobId)
 
 	if cluster != nil {
-		qb = qb.Where("job.cluster = ?", *cluster)
+		q = q.Where("job.cluster = ?", *cluster)
 	}
 	if startTime != nil {
-		qb = qb.Where("job.start_time = ?", *startTime)
+		q = q.Where("job.start_time = ?", *startTime)
 	}
 
-	sqlQuery, args, err := qb.ToSql()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return schema.ScanJob(r.DB.QueryRowx(sqlQuery, args...))
+	return scanJob(q.RunWith(r.stmtCache).QueryRow())
 }
 
 // FindById executes a SQL query to find a specific batch job.
@@ -55,13 +83,9 @@ func (r *JobRepository) Find(
 // To check if no job was found test err == sql.ErrNoRows
 func (r *JobRepository) FindById(
 	jobId int64) (*schema.Job, error) {
-	sqlQuery, args, err := sq.Select(schema.JobColumns...).
-		From("job").Where("job.id = ?", jobId).ToSql()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return schema.ScanJob(r.DB.QueryRowx(sqlQuery, args...))
+	q := sq.Select(jobColumns...).
+		From("job").Where("job.id = ?", jobId)
+	return scanJob(q.RunWith(r.stmtCache).QueryRow())
 }
 
 // Start inserts a new job in the table, returning the unique job ID.
@@ -94,7 +118,7 @@ func (r *JobRepository) Stop(
 		Set("monitoring_status", monitoringStatus).
 		Where("job.id = ?", jobId)
 
-	_, err = stmt.RunWith(r.DB).Exec()
+	_, err = stmt.RunWith(r.stmtCache).Exec()
 	return
 }
 
@@ -136,7 +160,7 @@ func (r *JobRepository) UpdateMonitoringStatus(job int64, monitoringStatus int32
 		Set("monitoring_status", monitoringStatus).
 		Where("job.id = ?", job)
 
-	_, err = stmt.RunWith(r.DB).Exec()
+	_, err = stmt.RunWith(r.stmtCache).Exec()
 	return
 }
 
@@ -167,7 +191,7 @@ func (r *JobRepository) Archive(
 		}
 	}
 
-	if _, err := stmt.RunWith(r.DB).Exec(); err != nil {
+	if _, err := stmt.RunWith(r.stmtCache).Exec(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -186,7 +210,7 @@ func (r *JobRepository) FindJobOrUser(ctx context.Context, searchterm string) (j
 			qb = qb.Where("job.user = ?", user.Username)
 		}
 
-		err := qb.RunWith(r.DB).QueryRow().Scan(&job)
+		err := qb.RunWith(r.stmtCache).QueryRow().Scan(&job)
 		if err != nil && err != sql.ErrNoRows {
 			return 0, "", err
 		} else if err == nil {
@@ -197,7 +221,7 @@ func (r *JobRepository) FindJobOrUser(ctx context.Context, searchterm string) (j
 	if user == nil || user.HasRole(auth.RoleAdmin) {
 		err := sq.Select("job.user").Distinct().From("job").
 			Where("job.user = ?", searchterm).
-			RunWith(r.DB).QueryRow().Scan(&username)
+			RunWith(r.stmtCache).QueryRow().Scan(&username)
 		if err != nil && err != sql.ErrNoRows {
 			return 0, "", err
 		} else if err == nil {
diff --git a/repository/query.go b/repository/query.go
index 6213eaa..dc9a5d8 100644
--- a/repository/query.go
+++ b/repository/query.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func (r *JobRepository) QueryJobs(
 	page *model.PageRequest,
 	order *model.OrderByInput) ([]*schema.Job, error) {
 
-	query := sq.Select(schema.JobColumns...).From("job")
+	query := sq.Select(jobColumns...).From("job")
 	query = SecurityCheck(ctx, query)
 
 	if order != nil {
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ func (r *JobRepository) QueryJobs(
 	}
 
 	log.Debugf("SQL query: `%s`, args: %#v", sql, args)
-	rows, err := r.DB.Queryx(sql, args...)
+	rows, err := query.RunWith(r.stmtCache).Query()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	jobs := make([]*schema.Job, 0, 50)
 	for rows.Next() {
-		job, err := schema.ScanJob(rows)
+		job, err := scanJob(rows)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/repository/tags.go b/repository/tags.go
index 7a26814..79b1575 100644
--- a/repository/tags.go
+++ b/repository/tags.go
@@ -9,19 +9,19 @@ import (
 
 // Add the tag with id `tagId` to the job with the database id `jobId`.
 func (r *JobRepository) AddTag(jobId int64, tagId int64) error {
-	_, err := r.DB.Exec(`INSERT INTO jobtag (job_id, tag_id) VALUES ($1, $2)`, jobId, tagId)
+	_, err := r.stmtCache.Exec(`INSERT INTO jobtag (job_id, tag_id) VALUES ($1, $2)`, jobId, tagId)
 	return err
 }
 
 // Removes a tag from a job
 func (r *JobRepository) RemoveTag(job, tag int64) error {
-	_, err := r.DB.Exec("DELETE FROM jobtag WHERE jobtag.job_id = $1 AND jobtag.tag_id = $2", job, tag)
+	_, err := r.stmtCache.Exec("DELETE FROM jobtag WHERE jobtag.job_id = $1 AND jobtag.tag_id = $2", job, tag)
 	return err
 }
 
 // CreateTag creates a new tag with the specified type and name and returns its database id.
 func (r *JobRepository) CreateTag(tagType string, tagName string) (tagId int64, err error) {
-	res, err := r.DB.Exec("INSERT INTO tag (tag_type, tag_name) VALUES ($1, $2)", tagType, tagName)
+	res, err := r.stmtCache.Exec("INSERT INTO tag (tag_type, tag_name) VALUES ($1, $2)", tagType, tagName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
@@ -52,13 +52,12 @@ func (r *JobRepository) CountTags(user *string) (tags []schema.Tag, counts map[s
 		q = q.Where("jt.job_id IN (SELECT id FROM job WHERE job.user = ?)", *user)
 	}
 
-	rows, err := q.RunWith(r.DB).Query()
+	rows, err := q.RunWith(r.stmtCache).Query()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 
 	counts = make(map[string]int)
-
 	for rows.Next() {
 		var tagName string
 		var count int
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ func (r *JobRepository) TagId(tagType string, tagName string) (tagId int64, exis
 	exists = true
 	if err := sq.Select("id").From("tag").
 		Where("tag.tag_type = ?", tagType).Where("tag.tag_name = ?", tagName).
-		RunWith(r.DB).QueryRow().Scan(&tagId); err != nil {
+		RunWith(r.stmtCache).QueryRow().Scan(&tagId); err != nil {
 		exists = false
 	}
 	return
@@ -105,14 +104,18 @@ func (r *JobRepository) GetTags(job *int64) ([]*schema.Tag, error) {
 		q = q.Join("jobtag ON jobtag.tag_id = tag.id").Where("jobtag.job_id = ?", *job)
 	}
 
-	sql, args, err := q.ToSql()
+	rows, err := q.RunWith(r.stmtCache).Query()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	tags := make([]*schema.Tag, 0)
-	if err := r.DB.Select(&tags, sql, args...); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	for rows.Next() {
+		tag := &schema.Tag{}
+		if err := rows.Scan(&tag.ID, &tag.Type, &tag.Name); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		tags = append(tags, tag)
 	}
 
 	return tags, nil
diff --git a/schema/job.go b/schema/job.go
index 8fe8dc4..6b2610b 100644
--- a/schema/job.go
+++ b/schema/job.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package schema
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -52,6 +51,7 @@ type Job struct {
 // This is why there is this struct, which contains all fields from the regular job struct, but "overwrites"
 // the StartTime field with one of type int64.
 type JobMeta struct {
+	ID *int64 `json:"id,omitempty"` // never used in the job-archive, only available via REST-API
 	BaseJob
 	StartTime  int64                    `json:"startTime" db:"start_time"`
 	Statistics map[string]JobStatistics `json:"statistics,omitempty"`
@@ -67,37 +67,6 @@ const (
 var JobDefaults BaseJob = BaseJob{
 	Exclusive:        1,
 	MonitoringStatus: MonitoringStatusRunningOrArchiving,
-	MetaData:         "",
-}
-
-var JobColumns []string = []string{
-	"job.id", "job.job_id", "job.user", "job.project", "job.cluster", "job.start_time", "job.partition", "job.array_job_id", "job.num_nodes",
-	"job.num_hwthreads", "job.num_acc", "job.exclusive", "job.monitoring_status", "job.smt", "job.job_state",
-	"job.duration", "job.resources", "job.meta_data",
-}
-
-type Scannable interface {
-	StructScan(dest interface{}) error
-}
-
-// Helper function for scanning jobs with the `jobTableCols` columns selected.
-func ScanJob(row Scannable) (*Job, error) {
-	job := &Job{BaseJob: JobDefaults}
-	if err := row.StructScan(job); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(job.RawResources, &job.Resources); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	job.StartTime = time.Unix(job.StartTimeUnix, 0)
-	if job.Duration == 0 && job.State == JobStateRunning {
-		job.Duration = int32(time.Since(job.StartTime).Seconds())
-	}
-
-	job.RawResources = nil
-	return job, nil
 }
 
 type JobStatistics struct {