diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/API.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/API.pm
index dfde7b30..45cecfea 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/API.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/API.pm
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ sub latestbuilds : Chained('api') PathPart('latestbuilds') Args(0) {
 sub jobsetToHash {
     my ($jobset) = @_;
     return {
-        project => $jobset->project->name,
+        project => $jobset->get_column('project'),
         name => $jobset->name,
         nrscheduled => $jobset->get_column("nrscheduled"),
         nrsucceeded => $jobset->get_column("nrsucceeded"),
@@ -206,12 +206,12 @@ sub scmdiff : Path('/api/scmdiff') Args(0) {
 
 sub triggerJobset {
     my ($self, $c, $jobset, $force) = @_;
-    print STDERR "triggering jobset ", $jobset->project->name . ":" . $jobset->name, "\n";
+    print STDERR "triggering jobset ", $jobset->get_column('project') . ":" . $jobset->name, "\n";
     txn_do($c->model('DB')->schema, sub {
         $jobset->update({ triggertime => time });
         $jobset->update({ forceeval => 1 }) if $force;
     });
-    push @{$c->{stash}->{json}->{jobsetsTriggered}}, $jobset->project->name . ":" . $jobset->name;
+    push @{$c->{stash}->{json}->{jobsetsTriggered}}, $jobset->get_column('project') . ":" . $jobset->name;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/JobsetEval.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/JobsetEval.pm
index 12af29c2..77a4385f 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/JobsetEval.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/JobsetEval.pm
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ sub release : Chained('evalChain') PathPart('release') Args(0) {
     $releaseName ||= $_->releasename foreach @builds;
 
     # If no release name has been defined by any of the builds, compose one of the project name and evaluation id
-    $releaseName = $eval->project->name."-".$eval->id unless defined $releaseName;
+    $releaseName = $eval->get_column('project') . "-" . $eval->id unless defined $releaseName;
 
     my $release;
 
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/CatalystUtils.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/CatalystUtils.pm
index a6401676..b9019638 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/CatalystUtils.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/CatalystUtils.pm
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ sub getNextBuild {
     (my $nextBuild) = $c->model('DB::Builds')->search(
       { finished => 1
       , system => $build->system
-      , project => $build->project->name
-      , jobset => $build->jobset->name
-      , job => $build->job->name
+      , project => $build->get_column('project')
+      , jobset => $build->get_column('jobset')
+      , job => $build->get_column('job')
       , 'me.id' =>  { '>' => $build->id }
       }, {rows => 1, order_by => "me.id ASC"});
 
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ sub getPreviousSuccessfulBuild {
     (my $prevBuild) = $c->model('DB::Builds')->search(
       { finished => 1
       , system => $build->system
-      , project => $build->project->name
-      , jobset => $build->jobset->name
-      , job => $build->job->name
+      , project => $build->get_column('project')
+      , jobset => $build->get_column('jobset')
+      , job => $build->get_column('job')
       , buildstatus => 0
       , 'me.id' =>  { '<' => $build->id }
       }, {rows => 1, order_by => "me.id DESC"});
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ sub parseJobsetName {
 
 sub showJobName {
     my ($build) = @_;
-    return $build->project->name . ":" . $build->jobset->name . ":" . $build->job->name;
+    return $build->get_column('project') . ":" . $build->get_column('jobset') . ":" . $build->get_column('job');
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Plugin/EmailNotification.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Plugin/EmailNotification.pm
index 9c2639d1..33935069 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Plugin/EmailNotification.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Plugin/EmailNotification.pm
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ sub buildFinished {
             , dependents => [grep { $_->id != $build->id } @builds]
             , baseurl => getBaseUrl($self->{config})
             , showJobName => \&showJobName, showStatus => \&showStatus
-            , showSystem => index($build->job->name, $build->system) == -1
+            , showSystem => index($build->get_column('job'), $build->system) == -1
             , nrCommits => $nrCommits
             , authorList => $authorList
             };
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ sub buildFinished {
 
         sendEmail(
             $self->{config}, $to, $subject, $body,
-            [ 'X-Hydra-Project'  => $build->project->name,
-            , 'X-Hydra-Jobset'   => $build->jobset->name,
-            , 'X-Hydra-Job'      => $build->job->name,
+            [ 'X-Hydra-Project'  => $build->get_column('project'),
+            , 'X-Hydra-Jobset'   => $build->get_column('jobset'),
+            , 'X-Hydra-Job'      => $build->get_column('job'),
             , 'X-Hydra-System'   => $build->system
             ]);
     }
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Plugin/GitlabStatus.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Plugin/GitlabStatus.pm
index 55c01472..0c9c36ba 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Plugin/GitlabStatus.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Plugin/GitlabStatus.pm
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ sub common {
                 state => $state,
                 target_url => "$baseurl/build/" . $b->id,
                 description => "Hydra build #" . $b->id . " of $jobName",
-                name => "Hydra " . $b->job->name,
+                name => "Hydra " . $b->get_column('job'),
             });
         while (my $eval = $evals->next) {
             my $gitlabstatusInput = $eval->jobsetevalinputs->find({ name => "gitlab_status_repo" });
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Plugin/HipChatNotification.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Plugin/HipChatNotification.pm
index 7df39593..e4d1b74f 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Plugin/HipChatNotification.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Plugin/HipChatNotification.pm
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ sub buildFinished {
 
         my $msg = "";
         $msg .= "<img src='$img'/> ";
-        $msg .= "Job <a href='$baseurl/job/${\$build->project->name}/${\$build->jobset->name}/${\$build->job->name}'>${\showJobName($build)}</a>";
+        $msg .= "Job <a href='$baseurl/job/${\$build->get_column('project')}/${\$build->get_column('jobset')}/${\$build->get_column('job')}'>${\showJobName($build)}</a>";
         $msg .= " (and ${\scalar @deps} others)" if scalar @deps > 0;
         $msg .= ": <a href='$baseurl/build/${\$build->id}'>" . showStatus($build) . "</a>";
 
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Plugin/InfluxDBNotification.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Plugin/InfluxDBNotification.pm
index 89732e3b..3b653201 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Plugin/InfluxDBNotification.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Plugin/InfluxDBNotification.pm
@@ -104,10 +104,10 @@ sub buildFinished {
         my $tagSet = {
             status  => toBuildStatusClass($b->buildstatus),
             result  => toBuildStatusDetailed($b->buildstatus),
-            project => $b->project->name,
-            jobset  => $b->jobset->name,
-            repo    => ($b->jobset->name =~ /^(.*)\.pr-/) ? $1 : $b->jobset->name,
-            job     => $b->job->name,
+            project => $b->get_column('project'),
+            jobset  => $b->get_column('jobset'),
+            repo    => ($b->get_column('jobset') =~ /^(.*)\.pr-/) ? $1 : $b->get_column('jobset'),
+            job     => $b->get_column('job'),
             system  => $b->system,
             cached  => $b->iscachedbuild ? "true" : "false",
         };
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Plugin/SlackNotification.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Plugin/SlackNotification.pm
index 6ee249c8..96933c51 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Plugin/SlackNotification.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Plugin/SlackNotification.pm
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ sub buildFinished {
             "danger";
 
         my $text = "";
-        $text .= "Job <$baseurl/job/${\$build->project->name}/${\$build->jobset->name}/${\$build->job->name}|${\showJobName($build)}>";
+        $text .= "Job <$baseurl/job/${\$build->get_column('project')}/${\$build->get_column('jobset')}/${\$build->get_column('job')}|${\showJobName($build)}>";
         $text .= " (and ${\scalar @deps} others)" if scalar @deps > 0;
         $text .= ": <$baseurl/build/${\$build->id}|" . showStatus($build) . ">". " in " . renderDuration($build);
 
diff --git a/src/script/hydra-eval-jobset b/src/script/hydra-eval-jobset
index 5b31c735..2049fe24 100755
--- a/src/script/hydra-eval-jobset
+++ b/src/script/hydra-eval-jobset
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ sub checkBuild {
                 # semantically unnecessary (because they're implied by
                 # the eval), but they give a factor 1000 speedup on
                 # the Nixpkgs jobset with PostgreSQL.
-                { project => $jobset->project->name, jobset => $jobset->name, job => $jobName,
+                { project => $jobset->get_column('project'), jobset => $jobset->name, job => $jobName,
                   name => $firstOutputName, path => $firstOutputPath },
                 { rows => 1, columns => ['id'], join => ['buildoutputs'] });
             if (defined $prevBuild) {
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ sub checkBuild {
         $buildMap->{$build->id} = { id => $build->id, jobName => $jobName, new => 1, drvPath => $drvPath };
         $$jobOutPathMap{$jobName . "\t" . $firstOutputPath} = $build->id;
 
-        print STDERR "added build ${\$build->id} (${\$jobset->project->name}:${\$jobset->name}:$jobName)\n";
+        print STDERR "added build ${\$build->id} (${\$jobset->get_column('project')}:${\$jobset->name}:$jobName)\n";
     });
 
     return $build;
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ sub sendJobsetErrorNotification() {
     return if $jobset->project->owner->emailonerror == 0;
     return if $errorMsg eq "";
 
-    my $projectName = $jobset->project->name;
+    my $projectName = $jobset->get_column('project');
     my $jobsetName = $jobset->name;
     my $body = "Hi,\n"
         . "\n"