diff --git a/src/main/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/booking/item/BookingItemCreatedEventEntity.java b/src/main/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/booking/item/BookingItemCreatedEventEntity.java
index 03b39d88..4a97dddf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/booking/item/BookingItemCreatedEventEntity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/booking/item/BookingItemCreatedEventEntity.java
@@ -43,14 +43,6 @@ public class BookingItemCreatedEventEntity {
     @Column(name = "statusmessage")
     private String statusMessage;
 
-    @Setter
-    @Column
-    private boolean completed;
-
-    public void setBookingItem(HsBookingItemRealEntity bookingItem) {
-        this.bookingItem = bookingItem;
-    }
-
     public BookingItemCreatedEventEntity(
             @NotNull final HsBookingItemRealEntity newBookingItem,
             final String assetJson) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/hosting/asset/factories/HsBookingItemCreatedListener.java b/src/main/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/hosting/asset/factories/HsBookingItemCreatedListener.java
index 3143c841..3f63c50f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/hosting/asset/factories/HsBookingItemCreatedListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/hosting/asset/factories/HsBookingItemCreatedListener.java
@@ -33,8 +33,12 @@ public class HsBookingItemCreatedListener implements ApplicationListener<Booking
             case DOMAIN_SETUP -> new DomainSetupHostingAssetFactory(emw, newBookingItemRealEntity, asset, standardMapper);
         };
         if (factory != null) {
-            event.getEntity().setStatusMessage(factory.performSaveProcess());
-            emw.persist(event.getEntity()); // TODO.impl: once we implement retry, we might need merge
+            final var statusMessage = factory.performSaveProcess();
+            // TODO.impl: once we implement retry, we need to amend this code (persist/merge/delete)
+            if (statusMessage != null) {
+                event.getEntity().setStatusMessage(statusMessage);
+                emw.persist(event.getEntity());
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/db/changelog/6-hs-booking/630-booking-item/6300-hs-booking-item.sql b/src/main/resources/db/changelog/6-hs-booking/630-booking-item/6300-hs-booking-item.sql
index 5a3cc9d4..4c145652 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/db/changelog/6-hs-booking/630-booking-item/6300-hs-booking-item.sql
+++ b/src/main/resources/db/changelog/6-hs-booking/630-booking-item/6300-hs-booking-item.sql
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ create table if not exists hs_booking.item_created_event
     bookingItemUuid     uuid unique references hs_booking.item (uuid),
     version             int not null default 0,
     assetJson           text,
-    statusMessage       text,
-    completed           boolean not null default false
+    statusMessage       text
 );
 --//
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/booking/item/HsBookingItemControllerAcceptanceTest.java b/src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/booking/item/HsBookingItemControllerAcceptanceTest.java
index f7d616aa..db62357a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/booking/item/HsBookingItemControllerAcceptanceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/booking/item/HsBookingItemControllerAcceptanceTest.java
@@ -264,8 +264,7 @@ class HsBookingItemControllerAcceptanceTest extends ContextBasedTestWithCleanup
                     .map(HsHostingAsset::getParentAsset)
                     .isEqualTo(domainSetupHostingAsset);
             final var event = bookingItemCreationEventRepo.findByBookingItem(newBookingItem);
-            assertThat(event.isCompleted());
-
+            assertThat(event).isNull();
         }
 
         @Test