diff --git a/src/helpers/constants.js b/src/helpers/constants.js
index ef86ae9..98c68b6 100644
--- a/src/helpers/constants.js
+++ b/src/helpers/constants.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-const constants = {
+export const jobStatuses = {
   JOB_STATUS_PENDING: 'pending',
   JOB_STATUS_PROCESSING: 'processing',
   JOB_STATUS_COMPLETED: 'completed',
   JOB_STATUS_FAILED: 'failed',
 };
 
-export default constants;
+export default Object.assign({}, jobStatuses);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/job.js b/src/job.js
index efe2203..873fe49 100644
--- a/src/job.js
+++ b/src/job.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import events from 'events';
 import { isPlainObject } from 'lodash';
 import logger from './helpers/logger';
-import { JOB_STATUS_PENDING } from './helpers/constants';
+import { jobStatuses } from './helpers/constants';
 import createIndex from './helpers/create_index';
 
 const debug = logger('job');
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export default class Job extends events.EventEmitter {
           created_at: new Date(),
           attempts: 0,
           max_attempts: this.maxAttempts,
-          status: JOB_STATUS_PENDING,
+          status: jobStatuses.JOB_STATUS_PENDING,
         }
       })
       .then((doc) => {