diff --git a/administrator/components/com_patchtester/PatchTester/Controller/ResetController.php b/administrator/components/com_patchtester/PatchTester/Controller/ResetController.php
index c0b2fda..074c35f 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_patchtester/PatchTester/Controller/ResetController.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_patchtester/PatchTester/Controller/ResetController.php
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ use Joomla\CMS\Filesystem\Folder;
 use Joomla\CMS\Language\Text;
 use Joomla\CMS\Router\Route;
 use Joomla\Filesystem\File;
-use PatchTester\Helper;
 use PatchTester\Model\PullModel;
 use PatchTester\Model\PullsModel;
 use PatchTester\Model\TestsModel;
@@ -42,25 +41,10 @@ class ResetController extends AbstractController
 			$pullsModel = new PullsModel($this->context, null, Factory::getDbo());
 			$testsModel = new TestsModel(null, Factory::getDbo());
 
-			// Get the CIServer Registry
-			$ciSettings = Helper::initializeCISettings();
-
-			// Get PatchChain as array, remove any EOL set by php
-			$patchChainPath = $ciSettings->get('folder.backups') . '/' . $ciSettings->get('zip.chain.name');
-			$patchChain     = array_reverse(json_decode(file_get_contents($patchChainPath)));
-
 			// Check the applied patches in the database first
-			$appliedPatches = $testsModel->getAppliedPatches();
+			$appliedPatches = $pullModel->getPatchesDividedInProcs();
 
-			if (count($patchChain) && count($appliedPatches))
-			{
-				// Get only the pull_id and remove all occurrences with patchChain
-				$appliedPatches = array_map(function($patch) { return $patch->id; }, $appliedPatches);
-				$patchChain = array_map(function($patch) { return $patch->id; }, $patchChain);
-				$appliedPatches = array_diff($appliedPatches, $patchChain);
-			}
-
-			if (count($appliedPatches))
+			if (count($appliedPatches[0]))
 			{
 				$revertErrored = false;
 
@@ -69,7 +53,7 @@ class ResetController extends AbstractController
 				{
 					try
 					{
-						$pullModel->revertWithGitHub($patch);
+						$pullModel->revertWithGitHub($patch->id);
 					}
 					catch (\RuntimeException $e)
 					{
@@ -78,16 +62,16 @@ class ResetController extends AbstractController
 				}
 			}
 
-			if (count($patchChain))
+			if (count($appliedPatches[1]))
 			{
 				$revertErrored = false;
 
 				// Let's try to cleanly revert all applied patches with ci
-				foreach ($patchChain as $patch)
+				foreach ($appliedPatches as $patch)
 				{
 					try
 					{
-						$pullModel->revertWithCIServer($patch);
+						$pullModel->revertWithCIServer($patch->id);
 					}
 					catch (\RuntimeException $e)
 					{
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_patchtester/PatchTester/Model/PullModel.php b/administrator/components/com_patchtester/PatchTester/Model/PullModel.php
index 04b97ad..cb3b832 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_patchtester/PatchTester/Model/PullModel.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_patchtester/PatchTester/Model/PullModel.php
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ class PullModel extends AbstractModel
 		$tempPath                 = $ciSettings->get('folder.temp') . "/$id";
 		$backupsPath              = $ciSettings->get('folder.backups') . "/$id";
 
-		$patchChainPath           = $ciSettings->get('folder.backups') . '/' . $ciSettings->get('zip.chain.name');
 		$delLogPath               = $tempPath . '/' . $ciSettings->get('zip.log.name');
 		$zipPath                  = $tempPath . '/' . $ciSettings->get('zip.name');
 
@@ -319,17 +318,7 @@ class PullModel extends AbstractModel
 		$lastInserted = $this->saveAppliedPatch($id, $files, $sha);
 
 		// Write or create patch chain for correct order of patching
-		if (!file_exists($patchChainPath) || filesize($patchChainPath) === 0)
-		{
-			File::write($patchChainPath, json_encode([["id" => $lastInserted, "pull_id" => $id]]));
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			// Remove any from php set EOL in log file, add id and rewrite file
-			$patchChain = json_decode(file_get_contents($patchChainPath));
-			$patchChain[] = ["id" => $lastInserted, "pull_id" => $id];
-			File::write($patchChainPath, json_encode($patchChain));
-		}
+		$this->appendPatchChain($lastInserted, $id);
 
 		// Change the media version
 		$version = new Version;
@@ -626,18 +615,16 @@ class PullModel extends AbstractModel
 		$testRecord = $this->getTestRecord($id);
 
 		// Get PatchChain as array, remove any EOL set by php
-		$patchChainPath = $ciSettings->get('folder.backups') . '/' . $ciSettings->get('zip.chain.name');
-		$patchChain     = array_reverse(json_decode(file_get_contents($patchChainPath)));
+		$patchChain = $this->getLastChain();
 
 		// Allow only reverts in order of the patch chain
-		if ($patchChain[0]->id != $id)
+		if ($patchChain[0]->insert_id != $id)
 		{
 			throw new \RuntimeException(Text::sprintf('COM_PATCHTESTER_NOT_IN_ORDER_OF_PATCHCHAIN', $patchChain[0]->pull_id));
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			array_shift($patchChain);
-			File::write($patchChainPath, json_encode(array_reverse($patchChain)));
+			$this->removeLastChain($patchChain[0]->insert_id);
 		}
 
 		// We don't want to restore files from an older version
@@ -867,4 +854,112 @@ class PullModel extends AbstractModel
 				->where('id = ' . (int) $id)
 		)->loadObject();
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieves a list of patches in chain
+	 *
+	 * @return  mixed
+	 *
+	 * @since   3.0
+	 */
+	private function getPatchChain()
+	{
+		$db = $this->getDb();
+
+		$db->setQuery(
+			$db->getQuery(true)
+				->select('*')
+				->from($db->quoteName('#__patchtester_chain'))
+				->order('id DESC')
+		);
+
+		return $db->loadObjectList('pull_id');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the last value of the ci patch chain
+	 *
+	 * @return  stdClass $chain  last chain of the table
+	 *
+	 * @since   3.0.0
+	 */
+	private function getLastChain()
+	{
+		$db = $this->getDb();
+
+		return $db->setQuery(
+			$db->getQuery(true)
+				->select('*')
+				->from('#__patchtester_chain')
+				->order('id DESC'), 0, 1
+		)->loadObject();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns a two dimensional array with applied patches
+	 * by the github or ci procedure
+	 *
+	 * @return  array   two-dimensional array with github patches
+	 *                  and ci patches
+	 *
+	 * @since   3.0.0
+	 */
+	public function getPatchesDividedInProcs()
+	{
+		$db = $this->getDb();
+
+		$appliedByGit = $db->setQuery(
+			$db->getQuery(true)
+				->select('pulls.id, pulls.pull_id')
+				->from('#__patchtester_chain chain')
+				->leftJoin('#__patchtester_pulls pulls', 'chain.id != pulls.id')
+		)->loadObject();
+
+		$appliedByCI = $this->getPatchChain();
+
+		return [$appliedByGit, $appliedByCI];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Adds a value to the patch chain in the database
+	 *
+	 * @param   integer  $insertId  ID of the patch in the database
+	 * @param   integer  $pullId    ID of the pull request
+	 *
+	 * @return  integer  $insertId  last inserted element
+	 *
+	 * @since   3.0.0
+	 */
+	private function appendPatchChain($insertId, $pullId)
+	{
+		$record = (object) array(
+			'insert_id'       => $insertId,
+			'pull_id'         => $pullId,
+		);
+
+		$db = $this->getDb();
+
+		$db->insertObject('#__patchtester_chain', $record);
+		return $db->insertid();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Removes the last value of the chain
+	 *
+	 * @param   integer  $insertId  ID of the patch in the database
+	 *
+	 * @return  void
+	 *
+	 * @since   3.0.0
+	 */
+	private function removeLastChain($insertId)
+	{
+		$db = $this->getDb();
+
+		$db->setQuery(
+			$db->getQuery(true)
+				->delete('#__patchtester_chain')
+				->where('insert_id = ' . (int) $insertId)
+		)->execute();
+	}
 }
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/mysql/install.sql b/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/mysql/install.sql
index 2210654..a76d520 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/mysql/install.sql
+++ b/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/mysql/install.sql
@@ -19,3 +19,10 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `#__patchtester_tests` (
   `applied_version` varchar(25) NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 DEFAULT COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `#__patchtester_chain` (
+  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+  `insert_id` int(11) NOT NULL
+  `pull_id` int(11) NOT NULL
+  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 DEFAULT COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/mysql/uninstall.sql b/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/mysql/uninstall.sql
index 3c1bf05..8f9a6b6 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/mysql/uninstall.sql
+++ b/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/mysql/uninstall.sql
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `#__patchtester_pulls`;
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `#__patchtester_tests`;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `#__patchtester_chain`;
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/postgresql/install.sql b/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/postgresql/install.sql
index 45c96ad..f000ca0 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/postgresql/install.sql
+++ b/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/postgresql/install.sql
@@ -19,3 +19,10 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "#__patchtester_tests" (
   "applied_version" character varying(25) NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY ("id")
 );
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "#__patchtester_chain" (
+  "id" serial NOT NULL,
+  "insert_id" bigint NOT NULL,
+  "pull_id" bigint NOT NULL
+  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
+);
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/postgresql/uninstall.sql b/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/postgresql/uninstall.sql
index 9fcc3f6..a972c22 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/postgresql/uninstall.sql
+++ b/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/postgresql/uninstall.sql
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS "#__patchtester_pulls";
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS "#__patchtester_tests";
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS "#__patchtester_chain";
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/sqlsrv/install.sql b/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/sqlsrv/install.sql
index ae89443..a6d5998 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/sqlsrv/install.sql
+++ b/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/sqlsrv/install.sql
@@ -25,3 +25,13 @@ CREATE TABLE [#__patchtester_tests](
   [id] ASC
 ) WITH (STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE  = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF)
 );
+
+CREATE TABLE [#__patchtester_chain] (
+  [id] [bigint] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
+  [insert_id] [bigint] NOT NULL
+  [pull_id] [bigint] NOT NULL
+  CONSTRAINT [PK_#__patchtester_chain] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
+(
+  [id] ASC
+) WITH (STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE  = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF)
+);
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/sqlsrv/uninstall.sql b/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/sqlsrv/uninstall.sql
index f396275..53c9b4e 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/sqlsrv/uninstall.sql
+++ b/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/sqlsrv/uninstall.sql
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DROP TABLE [#__patchtester_pulls];
 DROP TABLE [#__patchtester_tests];
+DROP TABLE [#__patchtester_chain];
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/updates/mysql/4.0.0.sql b/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/updates/mysql/4.0.0.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a92d4e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/updates/mysql/4.0.0.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `#__patchtester_chain` (
+  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+  `insert_id` int(11) NOT NULL
+  `pull_id` int(11) NOT NULL
+  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 DEFAULT COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/updates/postgresql/4.0.0.sql b/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/updates/postgresql/4.0.0.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83a2e6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/updates/postgresql/4.0.0.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "#__patchtester_chain" (
+  "id" serial NOT NULL,
+  "insert_id" bigint NOT NULL,
+  "pull_id" bigint NOT NULL
+  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
+);
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/updates/sqlsrv/4.0.0.sql b/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/updates/sqlsrv/4.0.0.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35049c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/administrator/components/com_patchtester/install/sql/updates/sqlsrv/4.0.0.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+CREATE TABLE [#__patchtester_chain] (
+  [id] [bigint] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
+  [insert_id] [bigint] NOT NULL
+  [pull_id] [bigint] NOT NULL
+  CONSTRAINT [PK_#__patchtester_chain] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
+(
+  [id] ASC
+) WITH (STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE  = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF)
+);