diff --git a/R/build-metadata.R b/R/build-metadata.R
index 1accb97..4e08791 100644
--- a/R/build-metadata.R
+++ b/R/build-metadata.R
@@ -45,12 +45,6 @@ store_build_metadata <- function(
     dbWriteTable(con, "single_builds", metadata, append = TRUE)
   }
 
-  # here we check if build_duration is empty and take this as an indicator that the build failed. I.e. we set error_occurred = TRUE
-  val <- dbGetQuery(con, sprintf("SELECT build_duration FROM single_builds WHERE package_name = '%s' and tag = '%s'", package_name, tag))
-  if (is.na(val)) {
-    dbExecute(con, sprintf("UPDATE single_builds SET error_occurred = TRUE WHERE package_name = '%s' and tag = '%s'", package_name, tag))
-  }
-
   # Close the SQLite connection
   dbDisconnect(con)
 
diff --git a/R/build_binaries.R b/R/build_binaries.R
index 60292b6..a4be691 100644
--- a/R/build_binaries.R
+++ b/R/build_binaries.R
@@ -90,6 +90,17 @@ build_binary_package <- function(package_name, tag = NULL, codename = NULL,
           p()
           store_build_metadata(x, y, platform, error_occurred = FALSE, force = force)
           dump <- build_single_tag(x, y, dir_out_bin, local_clone_dir, platform = platform, debug = debug)
+
+          con <- DBI::dbConnect(RPostgres::Postgres(),
+            dbname = "build_metadata", host = "postgres-arm-binaries-r.devxy.io",
+            port = 15432, user = "arm_binaries", password = Sys.getenv("PGPASS")
+          )
+          # here we check if build_duration is empty and take this as an indicator that the build failed. I.e. we set error_occurred = TRUE
+          val <- dbGetQuery(con, sprintf("SELECT build_duration FROM single_builds WHERE package_name = '%s' and tag = '%s'", x, y))
+          if (is.na(val)) {
+            dbExecute(con, sprintf("UPDATE single_builds SET error_occurred = TRUE WHERE package_name = '%s' and tag = '%s'", x, y))
+          }
+          dbDisconnect(con)
         },
         error = function(e) {
           message(sprintf("Error in processing package %s with tag %s: %s", x, y, e))