diff --git a/src/warden-server/bin/getStatus.pl b/src/warden-server/bin/getStatus.pl
index 1121b5a74d2c445b68442e774ba205600573fc58..fac320dcfb59134fe60c4a1b185d530a7fea05ba 100755
--- a/src/warden-server/bin/getStatus.pl
+++ b/src/warden-server/bin/getStatus.pl
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ if ($WardenCommon::SYSLOG_VERBOSE == 1) {
 
 # size of database events
 my $sth = $DBH->prepare("SELECT data_length + index_length FROM information_schema.TABLES WHERE table_schema = ? AND TABLE_NAME = ?") or die "Cannot prepare statement: " . $DBH->errstr;
-$sth->execute('warden', 'events') or die "Cannot execute statement: " . $sth->errstr;
+$sth->execute($WardenCommon::DB_NAME, 'events') or die "Cannot execute statement: " . $sth->errstr;
 my $size = $sth->fetchrow();
 my $db_size = defined $size ? Format::Human::Bytes::base10($size) : "none";