diff --git a/src/database.c b/src/database.c
index f91135b..05d6b38 100644
--- a/src/database.c
+++ b/src/database.c
@@ -149,28 +149,20 @@ simdb_close(simdb_t *db) {
 
 const char *
 simdb_error(int error) {
-  if (error == SIMDB_SUCCESS) {
-    return "success";
-  } else if (error == SIMDB_ERR_SYSTEM) {
-    return strerror(errno);
-  } else if (error == SIMDB_ERR_OOM) {
-    return "can't allocate memory";
-  } else if (error == SIMDB_ERR_CORRUPTDB) {
-    return "database corrupted";
-  } else if (error == SIMDB_ERR_WRONGVERS) {
-    return "database version differs from library version";
-  } else if (error == SIMDB_ERR_READONLY) {
-    return "database opened in read-only mode";
-  } else if (error == SIMDB_ERR_NXRECORD) {
-    return "no such record in database";
-  } else if (error == SIMDB_ERR_USAGE) {
-    return "wrong parameters passed to finction";
-  } else if (error == SIMDB_ERR_SAMPLER) {
-    return "given file not an image, damaged or has unsupported format";
-  } else if (error == SIMDB_ERR_LOCK) {
-    return "can't add lock on database file";
+  const char *errstr = NULL;
+  switch (error) {
+    case SIMDB_SUCCESS        : errstr = "success"; break;
+    case SIMDB_ERR_SYSTEM     : errstr = strerror(errno); break;
+    case SIMDB_ERR_OOM        : errstr = "can't allocate memory"; break;
+    case SIMDB_ERR_CORRUPTDB  : errstr = "database corrupted"; break;
+    case SIMDB_ERR_WRONGVERS  : errstr = "database version differs from library version"; break;
+    case SIMDB_ERR_READONLY   : errstr = "database opened in read-only mode"; break;
+    case SIMDB_ERR_NXRECORD   : errstr = "no such record in database"; break;
+    case SIMDB_ERR_USAGE      : errstr = "wrong parameters passed to finction"; break;
+    case SIMDB_ERR_LOCK       : errstr = "can't add lock on database file"; break;
+    default                   : errstr = "unknown error"; break;
   }
-  return "unknown error";
+  return errstr;
 }
 
 int