diff --git a/netbox_dns_bridge/catalog_zone_manager.py b/netbox_dns_bridge/catalog_zone_manager.py
index 4e2d439..1670133 100644
--- a/netbox_dns_bridge/catalog_zone_manager.py
+++ b/netbox_dns_bridge/catalog_zone_manager.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import dns.rdatatype
 import dns.rdataclass
 from .logger import get_logger
 from netbox_dns.models import Zone
-from netbox_dns.choices import ZoneStatusChoices
 from netbox_dns_bridge.models import IntegerKeyValueSetting, CatalogZoneMemberIdentifier
 from uuid import uuid4
 from base64 import b32encode
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ def create_zone(name, view_name) -> dns.zone.Zone:
 
     # get zones from netbox
     nb_zones = Zone.objects.filter(
-        view__name=view_name, status=ZoneStatusChoices.STATUS_ACTIVE
+        view__name=view_name, active=True
     ).select_related("catz_identifier")
 
     ptr_base = dns.name.from_text("zones", origin)
diff --git a/netbox_dns_bridge/request_handler.py b/netbox_dns_bridge/request_handler.py
index 24e472f..9995b52 100644
--- a/netbox_dns_bridge/request_handler.py
+++ b/netbox_dns_bridge/request_handler.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import dns.renderer
 from .logger import get_logger
 from django.utils import timezone
 from netbox_dns.models import Zone, Record
-from netbox_dns.choices import ZoneStatusChoices, RecordStatusChoices
 from netbox_dns_bridge import catalog_zone_manager as catzm
 from .models import SeenTransferClients
 
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ class DNSBaseRequestHandler(socketserver.BaseRequestHandler):
             nb_zone = Zone.objects.get(
                 name=zone_name,
                 view__name=view_name,
-                status=ZoneStatusChoices.STATUS_ACTIVE,
+                active=True,
             )
         except Zone.DoesNotExist:
             return None
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ class DNSBaseRequestHandler(socketserver.BaseRequestHandler):
         zone.rdclass = dns.rdataclass.IN
 
         nb_records = Record.objects.filter(
-            zone=nb_zone, status=RecordStatusChoices.STATUS_ACTIVE
+            zone=nb_zone, active=True
         )
 
         rdatasets_dict = {}