diff --git a/db/create_test.go b/db/create_test.go
index 2b8a938d..011c30f4 100644
--- a/db/create_test.go
+++ b/db/create_test.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func TestCreate(t *testing.T) {
 		So(res, ShouldHaveLength, 3)
 		So(res[1].Result, ShouldHaveLength, 1)
 		So(res[2].Result, ShouldHaveLength, 0)
-		So(res[2].Status, ShouldEqual, "ERR_KV")
+		So(res[2].Status, ShouldEqual, "ERR_EX")
 		So(res[2].Detail, ShouldEqual, "Database record 'person:test' already exists")
 
 	})
@@ -272,15 +272,15 @@ func TestCreate(t *testing.T) {
 		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
 		So(res, ShouldHaveLength, 8)
 		So(res[1].Result, ShouldHaveLength, 1)
-		So(res[2].Status, ShouldEqual, "ERR_KV")
+		So(res[2].Status, ShouldEqual, "ERR_EX")
 		So(res[2].Detail, ShouldEqual, "Database record 'person:1' already exists")
-		So(res[3].Status, ShouldEqual, "ERR_KV")
+		So(res[3].Status, ShouldEqual, "ERR_EX")
 		So(res[3].Detail, ShouldEqual, "Database record 'person:1' already exists")
-		So(res[4].Status, ShouldEqual, "ERR_KV")
+		So(res[4].Status, ShouldEqual, "ERR_EX")
 		So(res[4].Detail, ShouldEqual, "Database record 'person:1' already exists")
-		So(res[5].Status, ShouldEqual, "ERR_KV")
+		So(res[5].Status, ShouldEqual, "ERR_EX")
 		So(res[5].Detail, ShouldEqual, "Database record 'person:1' already exists")
-		So(res[6].Status, ShouldEqual, "ERR_KV")
+		So(res[6].Status, ShouldEqual, "ERR_EX")
 		So(res[6].Detail, ShouldEqual, "Database record 'person:1' already exists")
 		So(res[7].Result, ShouldHaveLength, 1)
 
diff --git a/db/executor.go b/db/executor.go
index 0947000d..0f0e8519 100644
--- a/db/executor.go
+++ b/db/executor.go
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ func status(e error) (s string) {
 	case *PermsError:
 		return "ERR_PE"
 	case *ExistError:
-		return "ERR_KV"
+		return "ERR_EX"
 	case *FieldError:
 		return "ERR_FD"
 	case *IndexError:
diff --git a/db/insert_test.go b/db/insert_test.go
index 03a1bc0d..56e47205 100644
--- a/db/insert_test.go
+++ b/db/insert_test.go
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func TestInsert(t *testing.T) {
 		So(res[2].Result, ShouldHaveLength, 1)
 		So(data.Consume(res[2].Result[0]).Get("login").Data(), ShouldEqual, "joe")
 		So(data.Consume(res[2].Result[0]).Get("meta.id").Data(), ShouldEqual, 360)
-		So(res[3].Status, ShouldEqual, "ERR_KV")
+		So(res[3].Status, ShouldEqual, "ERR_EX")
 		So(res[3].Detail, ShouldEqual, "Database record 'users:360' already exists")
 		So(res[4].Result, ShouldHaveLength, 1)
 		So(data.Consume(res[4].Result[0]).Get("login").Data(), ShouldEqual, "joe")
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func TestInsert(t *testing.T) {
 		So(data.Consume(res[2].Result[1]).Get("meta.id").Data(), ShouldEqual, 200)
 		So(data.Consume(res[2].Result[2]).Get("login").Data(), ShouldEqual, "tester")
 		So(data.Consume(res[2].Result[2]).Get("meta.id").Data(), ShouldEqual, "test")
-		So(res[3].Status, ShouldEqual, "ERR_KV")
+		So(res[3].Status, ShouldEqual, "ERR_EX")
 		So(res[4].Result, ShouldHaveLength, 3)
 		So(data.Consume(res[4].Result[0]).Get("login").Data(), ShouldEqual, "mike")
 		So(data.Consume(res[4].Result[0]).Get("meta.id").Data(), ShouldEqual, 200)