diff --git a/internal/repository/job.go b/internal/repository/job.go
index e1a997a9..db022837 100644
--- a/internal/repository/job.go
+++ b/internal/repository/job.go
@@ -223,8 +223,8 @@ func (r *JobRepository) UpdateMetadata(job *schema.Job, key, val string) (err er
 func (r *JobRepository) Find(
 	jobId *int64,
 	cluster *string,
-	startTime *int64) (*schema.Job, error) {
-
+	startTime *int64,
+) (*schema.Job, error) {
 	start := time.Now()
 	q := sq.Select(jobColumns...).From("job").
 		Where("job.job_id = ?", *jobId)
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ func (r *JobRepository) Find(
 func (r *JobRepository) FindAll(
 	jobId *int64,
 	cluster *string,
-	startTime *int64) ([]*schema.Job, error) {
-
+	startTime *int64,
+) ([]*schema.Job, error) {
 	start := time.Now()
 	q := sq.Select(jobColumns...).From("job").
 		Where("job.job_id = ?", *jobId)
@@ -292,7 +292,8 @@ func (r *JobRepository) FindById(jobId int64) (*schema.Job, error) {
 
 func (r *JobRepository) FindConcurrentJobs(
 	ctx context.Context,
-	job *schema.Job) (*model.JobLinkResultList, error) {
+	job *schema.Job,
+) (*model.JobLinkResultList, error) {
 	if job == nil {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
@@ -420,8 +421,8 @@ func (r *JobRepository) Stop(
 	jobId int64,
 	duration int32,
 	state schema.JobState,
-	monitoringStatus int32) (err error) {
-
+	monitoringStatus int32,
+) (err error) {
 	stmt := sq.Update("job").
 		Set("job_state", state).
 		Set("duration", duration).
@@ -434,11 +435,14 @@ func (r *JobRepository) Stop(
 
 func (r *JobRepository) DeleteJobsBefore(startTime int64) (int, error) {
 	var cnt int
-	qs := fmt.Sprintf("SELECT count(*) FROM job WHERE job.start_time < %d", startTime)
-	err := r.DB.Get(&cnt, qs) //ignore error as it will also occur in delete statement
-	_, err = r.DB.Exec(`DELETE FROM job WHERE job.start_time < ?`, startTime)
+	q := sq.Select("count(*)").From("job").Where("job.start_time < ?", startTime)
+	q.RunWith(r.DB).QueryRow().Scan(cnt)
+	qd := sq.Delete("job").Where("job.start_time < ?", startTime)
+	_, err := qd.RunWith(r.DB).Exec()
+
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf(" DeleteJobsBefore(%d): error %#v", startTime, err)
+		s, _, _ := qd.ToSql()
+		log.Errorf(" DeleteJobsBefore(%d) with %s: error %#v", startTime, s, err)
 	} else {
 		log.Debugf("DeleteJobsBefore(%d): Deleted %d jobs", startTime, cnt)
 	}
@@ -446,9 +450,12 @@ func (r *JobRepository) DeleteJobsBefore(startTime int64) (int, error) {
 }
 
 func (r *JobRepository) DeleteJobById(id int64) error {
-	_, err := r.DB.Exec(`DELETE FROM job WHERE job.id = ?`, id)
+	qd := sq.Delete("job").Where("job.id = ?", id)
+	_, err := qd.RunWith(r.DB).Exec()
+
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("DeleteJobById(%d): error %#v", id, err)
+		s, _, _ := qd.ToSql()
+		log.Errorf("DeleteJobById(%d) with %s : error %#v", id, s, err)
 	} else {
 		log.Debugf("DeleteJobById(%d): Success", id)
 	}
@@ -468,8 +475,8 @@ func (r *JobRepository) UpdateMonitoringStatus(job int64, monitoringStatus int32
 func (r *JobRepository) MarkArchived(
 	jobId int64,
 	monitoringStatus int32,
-	metricStats map[string]schema.JobStatistics) error {
-
+	metricStats map[string]schema.JobStatistics,
+) error {
 	stmt := sq.Update("job").
 		Set("monitoring_status", monitoringStatus).
 		Where("job.id = ?", jobId)
@@ -578,8 +585,10 @@ func (r *JobRepository) FindUserOrProjectOrJobname(user *schema.User, searchterm
 	}
 }
 
-var ErrNotFound = errors.New("no such jobname, project or user")
-var ErrForbidden = errors.New("not authorized")
+var (
+	ErrNotFound  = errors.New("no such jobname, project or user")
+	ErrForbidden = errors.New("not authorized")
+)
 
 func (r *JobRepository) FindColumnValue(user *schema.User, searchterm string, table string, selectColumn string, whereColumn string, isLike bool) (result string, err error) {
 	compareStr := " = ?"
@@ -663,7 +672,6 @@ func (r *JobRepository) Partitions(cluster string) ([]string, error) {
 // AllocatedNodes returns a map of all subclusters to a map of hostnames to the amount of jobs running on that host.
 // Hosts with zero jobs running on them will not show up!
 func (r *JobRepository) AllocatedNodes(cluster string) (map[string]map[string]int, error) {
-
 	start := time.Now()
 	subclusters := make(map[string]map[string]int)
 	rows, err := sq.Select("resources", "subcluster").From("job").
@@ -706,7 +714,6 @@ func (r *JobRepository) AllocatedNodes(cluster string) (map[string]map[string]in
 }
 
 func (r *JobRepository) StopJobsExceedingWalltimeBy(seconds int) error {
-
 	start := time.Now()
 	res, err := sq.Update("job").
 		Set("monitoring_status", schema.MonitoringStatusArchivingFailed).
@@ -735,7 +742,6 @@ func (r *JobRepository) StopJobsExceedingWalltimeBy(seconds int) error {
 }
 
 func (r *JobRepository) FindJobsBetween(startTimeBegin int64, startTimeEnd int64) ([]*schema.Job, error) {
-
 	var query sq.SelectBuilder
 
 	if startTimeBegin == startTimeEnd || startTimeBegin > startTimeEnd {