diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/replication/action/status/ShardInfoResponse.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/replication/action/status/ShardInfoResponse.kt
index 9274d39c..4cadea82 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/replication/action/status/ShardInfoResponse.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/replication/action/status/ShardInfoResponse.kt
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ class ShardInfoResponse : BroadcastShardResponse, ToXContentObject {
 
     constructor(si: StreamInput) : super(si) {
         this.status = si.readString()
-        if (status.equals("SYNCING"))
+        if (status.equals(SYNCING))
             this.replayDetails = ReplayDetails(si)
-        if (status.equals("BOOTSTRAPPING"))
+        if (status.equals(BOOTSTRAPPING))
             this.restoreDetails = RestoreDetails(si)
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/replication/action/status/TranportShardsInfoAction.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/replication/action/status/TranportShardsInfoAction.kt
index ee5e359e..d3f542d8 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/replication/action/status/TranportShardsInfoAction.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/replication/action/status/TranportShardsInfoAction.kt
@@ -79,13 +79,13 @@ class TranportShardsInfoAction  @Inject constructor(clusterService: ClusterServi
         var indexState = indexShard.recoveryState().index
         if (indexShard.recoveryState().recoverySource.type.equals(RecoverySource.Type.SNAPSHOT) and
                 (indexState.recoveredBytesPercent() <100)) {
-            return ShardInfoResponse(shardRouting.shardId(),"BOOTSTRAPPING",
+            return ShardInfoResponse(shardRouting.shardId(),ShardInfoResponse.BOOTSTRAPPING,
                     RestoreDetails(indexState.totalBytes(), indexState.recoveredBytes(),
                             indexState.recoveredBytesPercent(), indexState.totalFileCount(), indexState.recoveredFileCount(),
                             indexState.recoveredFilesPercent(), indexState.startTime(), indexState.time()))
         }
         var seqNo = indexShard.localCheckpoint + 1
-        return ShardInfoResponse(shardRouting.shardId(),"SYNCING", ReplayDetails(indexShard.lastKnownGlobalCheckpoint,
+        return ShardInfoResponse(shardRouting.shardId(),ShardInfoResponse.SYNCING, ReplayDetails(indexShard.lastKnownGlobalCheckpoint,
                 indexShard.lastSyncedGlobalCheckpoint, seqNo))
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/replication/action/status/TransportReplicationStatusAction.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/replication/action/status/TransportReplicationStatusAction.kt
index 3e2e2dda..317fb621 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/replication/action/status/TransportReplicationStatusAction.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/replication/action/status/TransportReplicationStatusAction.kt
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class TransportReplicationStatusAction @Inject constructor(transportService: Tra
                     if (followerResponse.shardInfoResponse.size > 0) {
                         status =  followerResponse.shardInfoResponse.get(0).status 
                     }
-                    if (!status.equals("BOOTSTRAPPING")) {
+                    if (!status.equals(ShardInfoResponse.BOOTSTRAPPING)) {
                         var shardResponses = followerResponse.shardInfoResponse
                         leaderResponse.shardInfoResponse.listIterator().forEach {
                             val leaderShardName = it.shardId.toString()