diff --git a/cocluto/SimpaDbUtil.py b/cocluto/SimpaDbUtil.py
index 35d8429..09a389d 100644
--- a/cocluto/SimpaDbUtil.py
+++ b/cocluto/SimpaDbUtil.py
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ class ISqlDatabaseBackend(object):
         """
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def get_last_insert_id(self) -> int:
+        """
+        :return: the id of the last inserted row
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def table_exists(self, table_name: str) -> bool:
         """returns true if the given table exists in the database
@@ -139,6 +146,12 @@ class RemoteMysqlDb(ISqlDatabaseBackend):
         rows = self._conn.store_result()
         return rows
 
+    def get_last_insert_id(self) -> int:
+        """
+        :return: the id of the last inserted row
+        """
+        return int(self.query("SELECT last_insert_id();")[0][0])
+
     def table_exists(self, table_name: str) -> bool:
         rows = self.query(f"SHOW TABLES LIKE '{table_name}';")
         assert len(rows) <= 1, f'Unexpected case: more than one ({len(rows)}) tables match the table name {table_name}.'
@@ -190,6 +203,12 @@ class SshAccessedMysqlDb(ISqlDatabaseBackend):
         rows = completed_process.stdout.decode('utf-8').split('\n')
         return rows
 
+    def get_last_insert_id(self) -> int:
+        """
+        :return: the id of the last inserted row
+        """
+        return int(self.query("SELECT last_insert_id();")[0][0])
+
     def table_exists(self, table_name: str) -> bool:
         rows = self.query(f"SHOW TABLES LIKE '{table_name}';")
         logging.debug('len(rows) = %d', len(rows))
@@ -274,6 +293,12 @@ class SqliteDb(ISqlDatabaseBackend):
         self._con.commit()
         return rows
 
+    def get_last_insert_id(self) -> int:
+        """
+        :return: the id of the last inserted row
+        """
+        return int(self.query("SELECT last_insert_rowid();")[0][0])
+
     def table_exists(self, table_name: str) -> bool:
         rows = self.query(f"SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='{table_name}';")
         assert len(rows) <= 1, f'Unexpected case: more than one ({len(rows)}) tables match the table name {table_name}.'
diff --git a/cocluto/quman.py b/cocluto/quman.py
index b4bc242..973dd67 100755
--- a/cocluto/quman.py
+++ b/cocluto/quman.py
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ class QueueManager:
         sql_query = f"INSERT INTO log (timestamp, user_id, host_fqdn, queue_machines, action, disable_id, reason) VALUES ('{timestamp}', '{userid}', '{host_fqdn}', '{','.join(queue_machines)}', '{action}', '{disable_id}', '{reason}');"
         self.db_backend.query(sql_query)
         # get the log id of the disable action that was just inserted
-        log_id = self.db_backend.query("SELECT last_insert_rowid();")[0][0]
+        log_id = self.db_backend.get_last_insert_id()
         return log_id
 
     def get_disable_requests(self, queue_machine: QueueMachineId) -> Dict[int, DisableRequest]:
diff --git a/cocluto/version.py b/cocluto/version.py
index 7aa46e9..8d2e3cb 100644
--- a/cocluto/version.py
+++ b/cocluto/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '1.0.21'
+__version__ = '1.0.22'
 
 
 class Version(object):