diff --git a/packages/doorman-api/src/functions/api/door/info.ts b/packages/doorman-api/src/functions/api/door/info.ts
index a23992a..66b1e56 100644
--- a/packages/doorman-api/src/functions/api/door/info.ts
+++ b/packages/doorman-api/src/functions/api/door/info.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 
 import { ServerlessEventObject, ServerlessFunctionSignature } from "@twilio-labs/serverless-runtime-types/types";
 import { TwilioContext } from "../../../types/TwilioContext";
-import { createDDBClient, createDynaBridgeClient, ddbItemToJSON, getDoorAliasCommand, getDoorConfigCommand, getLockStatusCommand, isLockOpen } from "../../../utils/ddb";
+import { createDynaBridgeClient } from "../../../utils/ddb";
 import { DoorStatus } from "../../../types/DoorStatus";
 import { getDoorConfigID } from "../../../schema/DoorConfig";
 import { getDoorAliasID } from "../../../schema/DoorAlias";
+import { getLockStatusID, isLockOpen } from "../../../schema/LockStatus";
 
 export interface InfoRequest extends ServerlessEventObject {
   door?: string;
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ export const handler: ServerlessFunctionSignature<TwilioContext, InfoRequest> =
     return callback(null, response);
   }
 
-  const client = createDDBClient(context);
   const db = createDynaBridgeClient(context);
 
   if (buzzer) {
@@ -77,36 +77,31 @@ export const handler: ServerlessFunctionSignature<TwilioContext, InfoRequest> =
             discordUsers: config.discordUsers,
           });
       } else {
-        await client.send(getLockStatusCommand(door))
-          .then(async (lock) => {
-            const status = isLockOpen(lock) ? DoorStatus.OPEN: DoorStatus.CLOSED;
+        const lock = await db.entities.lockStatus.findById(getLockStatusID(door));
+        const status = isLockOpen(lock) ? DoorStatus.OPEN: DoorStatus.CLOSED;
       
-            // respond to UI
-            response
-              .setStatusCode(200)
-              .appendHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json')
-              .setBody({ 
-                id: door, 
-                timeout: config.timeout,
-                buzzer: config.buzzer,
-                status, 
-                buzzerCode: config.buzzerCode,
-                fallbackNumbers: config.fallbackNumbers,
-                pressKey: config.pressKey,
-                discordUsers: config.discordUsers,
-                greeting: config.greeting || "",
-              });
-      
-          }).catch((e) => {
-            console.log(e);
-            response
-              .setStatusCode(500)
-              .appendHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json')
-              .setBody({ err: e });
+        // respond to UI
+        response
+          .setStatusCode(200)
+          .appendHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json')
+          .setBody({ 
+            id: door, 
+            timeout: config.timeout,
+            buzzer: config.buzzer,
+            status, 
+            buzzerCode: config.buzzerCode,
+            fallbackNumbers: config.fallbackNumbers,
+            pressKey: config.pressKey,
+            discordUsers: config.discordUsers,
+            greeting: config.greeting || "",
           });
       }
     }
   }
-  await client.destroy();
+
+  // destroy the internal client after
+  // @ts-ignore
+  db.ddbClient.destroy();
+
   return callback(null, response);
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/doorman-api/src/schema/DoorAlias.ts b/packages/doorman-api/src/schema/DoorAlias.ts
index 047aa71..d0affa8 100644
--- a/packages/doorman-api/src/schema/DoorAlias.ts
+++ b/packages/doorman-api/src/schema/DoorAlias.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { z } from "zod";
-import { DynaBridge, DynaBridgeEntity } from 'dynabridge';
+import { DynaBridgeEntity } from 'dynabridge';
 
 export const DOOR_ALIAS_SK = "alias";
 
diff --git a/packages/doorman-api/src/schema/DoorConfig.ts b/packages/doorman-api/src/schema/DoorConfig.ts
index 7643506..277b907 100644
--- a/packages/doorman-api/src/schema/DoorConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/doorman-api/src/schema/DoorConfig.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { z } from "zod";
-import { DynaBridge, DynaBridgeEntity } from 'dynabridge';
+import { DynaBridgeEntity } from 'dynabridge';
 
 export const DOOR_CONFIG_SK = "config";
 export const EDIT_DOOR_CONFIG_SK = "config-update";
diff --git a/packages/doorman-api/src/schema/LockStatus.ts b/packages/doorman-api/src/schema/LockStatus.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..682646c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/doorman-api/src/schema/LockStatus.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { z } from "zod";
+import { DynaBridgeEntity } from 'dynabridge';
+
+export const LOCK_STATUS_SK = "lock";
+
+export const LockStatusSchema = z.object({
+  // keys
+  PK: z.string(), // phone number (buzzer number)
+  SK: z.literal(LOCK_STATUS_SK).default(LOCK_STATUS_SK),
+  TTL: z.number(),
+  fingerprint: z.string(),
+});
+
+export const getLockStatusID = (buzzer: string): string[] => {
+  return [buzzer, LOCK_STATUS_SK];
+}
+
+export type LockStatus = z.infer<typeof LockStatusSchema>;
+
+export const LockStatusEntity: DynaBridgeEntity<LockStatus> = {
+  tableName: "doorman",
+  id: ["PK", "SK"],
+};
+
+export const isLockOpen = (lock?: LockStatus) => {
+  // ttl is a UTC ms time for how long it is unlocked
+  const ttl = lock?.TTL || 0;
+
+  return parseInt("" + ttl) > Date.now();
+};
diff --git a/packages/doorman-api/src/utils/ddb.ts b/packages/doorman-api/src/utils/ddb.ts
index 2eafd2d..b72345d 100644
--- a/packages/doorman-api/src/utils/ddb.ts
+++ b/packages/doorman-api/src/utils/ddb.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { DoorConfig } from "../types/DoorConfig";
 import { DynaBridge } from "dynabridge";
 import { DoorConfigEntity, EditDoorConfigEntity } from "../schema/DoorConfig";
 import { DoorAliasEntity } from "../schema/DoorAlias";
+import { LockStatusEntity } from "../schema/LockStatus";
 
 export const createDDBClient = (context: TwilioContext) => {
   return new DynamoDBClient({ 
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ export const createDynaBridgeClient = (context: TwilioContext) => {
     doorConfig: DoorConfigEntity,
     editDoorConfig: EditDoorConfigEntity,
     doorAlias: DoorAliasEntity,
+    lockStatus: LockStatusEntity,
   }, {
     serialize: (entity) => entity,
     deserialize: (entity) => {