diff --git a/application/controllers/ajax.php b/application/controllers/ajax.php
index 6b4f6c9..344c9f1 100644
--- a/application/controllers/ajax.php
+++ b/application/controllers/ajax.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class Ajax extends MY_Controller {
 				$experiment = anchor('experiments/detail/' . $job['experiment_id'], $job['experiment_name']);
 				$project = anchor('projects/detail/' . $job['project_id'], $job['project_name']);
 
-				$this->messages->add(sprintf(_('The job for %s in project %s is ready.'), $experiment, $project), 'success');
+				$this->messages->add(sprintf(_('The job for %s in project %s just finished.'), $experiment, $project), 'success');
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/application/controllers/api.php b/application/controllers/api.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 2def42e..0000000
--- a/application/controllers/api.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-<?php defined('BASEPATH') || exit('No direct script access allowed');
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2011 Karsten Heiken, Eike Foken
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
- * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
- * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
- * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
- * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
- * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
- * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
- * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
- * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
- * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
- * THE SOFTWARE.
- */
-
-/**
- * Simple RPC class to handle requests from calculation servers.
- *
- * @author Karsten Heiken <karsten@disposed.de>
- */
-class Api extends CI_Controller {
-
-	/**
-	 * Unloads the session library.
-	 */
-	public function __construct() {
-		parent::__construct();
-
-		$this->session->sess_destroy();
-		unset($this->session);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Update the state of a given job.
-	 *
-	 * Because we do not want any access from servers we do not trust,
-	 * we need a special secret to authenticate the servers.
-	 *
-	 * @param type $secret The secret to authenticate the server.
-	 * @param type $job_id The job id that is running on the server.
-	 * @param type $state The state of the job.
-	 */
-	public function update_job() {
-		$this->load->model('job');
-
-		$query = $this->db->get_where('servers', array('secret' => $secret));
-
-		// if we are in production mode, we do not want to tell the evil hacker
-		// that he used a wrong secret. That just encourages him.
-		if($query->num_rows() < 1 && ENVIRONMENT != 'production') {
-			die("Unauthorized access.");
-		}
-
-		$this->job->update($job_id, $progress);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Update the workload of the server.
-	 */
-	public function update_workload() {
-		$this->load->model('server');
-		$query = $this->db->get_where('servers', array('secret' => $secret));
-
-		// if we are in production mode, we do not want to tell the evil hacker
-		// that he used a wrong secret. That just encourages him.
-		if($query->num_rows() < 1 && ENVIRONMENT != 'production') {
-			die("Unauthorized access.");
-		}
-
-		$this->server->updateWorkload($secret, $workload);
-	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/application/controllers/xmlrpc.php b/application/controllers/xmlrpc.php
index c6ed96f..dfaf765 100644
--- a/application/controllers/xmlrpc.php
+++ b/application/controllers/xmlrpc.php
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ class Xmlrpc extends MY_Controller {
 		$this->load->model('server');
 
 		$this->session->sess_destroy();
-		unset($this->session); // unload sessions
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/application/models/job.php b/application/models/job.php
index 78b7dbf..5b89bfe 100644
--- a/application/models/job.php
+++ b/application/models/job.php
@@ -108,6 +108,23 @@ class Job extends CI_Model {
 		return $query->row_array();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Gets a job by its id.
+	 */
+	public function getById($job_id) {
+		$job = $this->db->get_where('jobs', array('id' => $job_id))->row_array();
+		return array_map(function($var) {
+			if ($var['started_at'] == '0000-00-00 00:00:00') {
+				$var['status'] = 'pending';
+			} else if ($var['finished_at'] == '0000-00-00 00:00:00') {
+				$var['status'] = 'running';
+			} else {
+				$var['status'] = 'complete';
+			}
+			return $var;
+		}, $job);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Gets a list of recent jobs.
 	 *