diff --git a/acs.coffee b/acs.coffee
index 5a078e1..589667f 100644
--- a/acs.coffee
+++ b/acs.coffee
@@ -244,8 +244,7 @@ else
             nextTask(currentRequest, cookies)
           else if reqParams.fault?
             util.log("#{currentRequest.deviceId}: Fault response for task #{task._id}")
-            task.fault = reqParams.fault
-            db.saveTask(task, (err) ->
+            db.tasksCollection.update({_id : db.mongo.ObjectID(String(task._id))}, {$set : {fault : reqParams.fault}}, (err) ->
               # Faulty task. No more work to do until task is deleted.
               res = tr069.response(currentRequest.sessionId, resParams, cookies)
               writeResponse(currentRequest, res)
diff --git a/db.coffee b/db.coffee
index fdc05af..bf18b17 100644
--- a/db.coffee
+++ b/db.coffee
@@ -56,15 +56,7 @@ updateTask = (task, callback) ->
   )
 
 
-saveTask = (task, callback) ->
-  task._id = mongo.ObjectID(String(task._id))
-  tasksCollection.save(task, (err) ->
-    callback(err)
-  )
-
-
 exports.mongo = mongo
 exports.memcached = memcached
 exports.getTask = getTask
 exports.updateTask = updateTask
-exports.saveTask = saveTask