diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b7c2a77c01c1d93e19509ebf4f88c991d6590f85..09c4747f27a7c17bf6dfc1d6fab3f9996c420a16 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ version 0.9.6 -- unreleased
 	 . make deleted maildirs record the date they were deleted
 	 . add destid_file configuration option to enable you to specify an alternate
 	   ssh public key authentication file (defaulting to /root/.ssh/id_rsa)
+	pgsql, mysql, svn:
+	 . use new vservers_running function from lib/vserver (factorization++)
 	sys:
 	 . update for 2.6 kernels: use /proc/kallsyms instead of /proc/ksyms
 	   (Closes: Trac#39)
diff --git a/handlers/mysql.in b/handlers/mysql.in
index defb72aa8aeb98713d807024a5a488bcbca43cdd..fe1e7832f32ee43c090cf5e17d6e985e040f8376 100644
--- a/handlers/mysql.in
+++ b/handlers/mysql.in
@@ -31,10 +31,7 @@ if [ $vservers_are_available = yes ]; then
          fatal "The vserver given in vsname ($vsname) does not exist."
       fi
       # is it running ?
-      $VSERVERINFO -q $vsname RUNNING
-      if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-         fatal "The vserver $vsname is not running."
-      fi
+      vservers_running $vsname || fatal "The vserver $vsname is not running."
       # everything ok
       info "Using vserver '$vsname'."
       usevserver=yes
diff --git a/handlers/pgsql.in b/handlers/pgsql.in
index 1b4a45215aad73a559cc2b2c02cc11c103c91bf7..f334bf2fffedbee12148b2a29e55c75f6b62d189 100644
--- a/handlers/pgsql.in
+++ b/handlers/pgsql.in
@@ -21,10 +21,7 @@ if [ $vservers_are_available = yes ]; then
          fatal "The vserver given in vsname ($vsname) does not exist."
       fi
       # is it running ?
-      $VSERVERINFO -q $vsname RUNNING
-      if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-         fatal "The vserver $vsname is not running."
-      fi
+      vservers_running $vsname || fatal "The vserver $vsname is not running."
       # everything ok
       info "Using vserver '$vsname'."
       usevserver=yes
diff --git a/handlers/svn.in b/handlers/svn.in
index 377d71c6de57533af0bc81f259fab62d56930f05..d19b0b8c403b785cc595e4134011b5d1deccc973 100644
--- a/handlers/svn.in
+++ b/handlers/svn.in
@@ -22,10 +22,7 @@ if [ $vservers_are_available = yes ]; then
          fatal "The vserver given in vsname ($vsname) does not exist."
       fi
       # is it running ?
-      $VSERVERINFO -q $vsname RUNNING
-      if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-         fatal "The vserver $vsname is not running."
-      fi
+      vservers_running $vsname || fatal "The vserver $vsname is not running."
       # everything ok
       info "Using vserver '$vsname'."
       usevserver=yes