diff --git a/internal/importer/initDB.go b/internal/importer/initDB.go
index 7e9fed5..5f06f36 100644
--- a/internal/importer/initDB.go
+++ b/internal/importer/initDB.go
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/pkg/schema"
 )
 
+const (
+	addTagQuery = "INSERT INTO tag (tag_name, tag_type) VALUES (?, ?)"
+	setTagQuery = "INSERT INTO jobtag (job_id, tag_id) VALUES (?, ?)"
+)
+
 // Delete the tables "job", "tag" and "jobtag" from the database and
 // repopulate them using the jobs found in `archive`.
 func InitDB() error {
@@ -27,7 +32,7 @@ func InitDB() error {
 	starttime := time.Now()
 	log.Print("Building job table...")
 
-	t, err := r.TransactionInit(repository.NamedJobInsert)
+	t, err := r.TransactionInit()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Warn("Error while initializing SQL transactions")
 		return err
@@ -105,7 +110,8 @@ func InitDB() error {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		id, err := r.TransactionAdd(t, job)
+		id, err := r.TransactionAddNamed(t,
+			repository.NamedJobInsert, job)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("repository initDB(): %v", err)
 			errorOccured++
@@ -116,7 +122,9 @@ func InitDB() error {
 			tagstr := tag.Name + ":" + tag.Type
 			tagId, ok := tags[tagstr]
 			if !ok {
-				tagId, err = r.TransactionAddTag(t, tag)
+				tagId, err = r.TransactionAdd(t,
+					addTagQuery,
+					tag.Name, tag.Type)
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Errorf("Error adding tag: %v", err)
 					errorOccured++
@@ -125,7 +133,9 @@ func InitDB() error {
 				tags[tagstr] = tagId
 			}
 
-			r.TransactionSetTag(t, id, tagId)
+			r.TransactionAdd(t,
+				setTagQuery,
+				id, tagId)
 		}
 
 		if err == nil {
diff --git a/internal/repository/transaction.go b/internal/repository/transaction.go
index 992b423..8c5d357 100644
--- a/internal/repository/transaction.go
+++ b/internal/repository/transaction.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ package repository
 
 import (
 	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/pkg/log"
-	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/pkg/schema"
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
 )
 
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ type Transaction struct {
 	stmt *sqlx.NamedStmt
 }
 
-func (r *JobRepository) TransactionInit(sqlStmt string) (*Transaction, error) {
+func (r *JobRepository) TransactionInit() (*Transaction, error) {
 	var err error
 	t := new(Transaction)
 
@@ -24,13 +23,6 @@ func (r *JobRepository) TransactionInit(sqlStmt string) (*Transaction, error) {
 		log.Warn("Error while bundling transactions")
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
-	t.stmt, err = t.tx.PrepareNamed(sqlStmt)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Warn("Error while preparing SQL statement in transaction")
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	return t, nil
 }
 
@@ -49,7 +41,6 @@ func (r *JobRepository) TransactionCommit(t *Transaction) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	t.stmt = t.tx.NamedStmt(t.stmt)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -62,10 +53,14 @@ func (r *JobRepository) TransactionEnd(t *Transaction) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (r *JobRepository) TransactionAdd(t *Transaction, obj interface{}) (int64, error) {
-	res, err := t.stmt.Exec(obj)
+func (r *JobRepository) TransactionAddNamed(
+	t *Transaction,
+	query string,
+	args ...interface{},
+) (int64, error) {
+	res, err := t.tx.NamedExec(query, args)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("repository initDB(): %v", err)
+		log.Errorf("Named Exec failed: %v", err)
 		return 0, err
 	}
 
@@ -78,26 +73,14 @@ func (r *JobRepository) TransactionAdd(t *Transaction, obj interface{}) (int64,
 	return id, nil
 }
 
-func (r *JobRepository) TransactionAddTag(t *Transaction, tag *schema.Tag) (int64, error) {
-	res, err := t.tx.Exec(`INSERT INTO tag (tag_name, tag_type) VALUES (?, ?)`, tag.Name, tag.Type)
+func (r *JobRepository) TransactionAdd(t *Transaction, query string, args ...interface{}) (int64, error) {
+	res := t.tx.MustExec(query, args)
+
+	id, err := res.LastInsertId()
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("Error while inserting tag into tag table: %v (Type %v)", tag.Name, tag.Type)
-		return 0, err
-	}
-	tagId, err := res.LastInsertId()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Warn("Error while getting last insert ID")
+		log.Errorf("repository initDB(): %v", err)
 		return 0, err
 	}
 
-	return tagId, nil
-}
-
-func (r *JobRepository) TransactionSetTag(t *Transaction, jobId int64, tagId int64) error {
-	if _, err := t.tx.Exec(`INSERT INTO jobtag (job_id, tag_id) VALUES (?, ?)`, jobId, tagId); err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("Error while inserting jobtag into jobtag table: %v (TagID %v)", jobId, tagId)
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
+	return id, nil
 }