diff --git a/lingvodoc/utils/search.py b/lingvodoc/utils/search.py
index 953d66840..b20f70510 100644
--- a/lingvodoc/utils/search.py
+++ b/lingvodoc/utils/search.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     PublishingEntity as dbPublishingEntity,
     Field as dbField,
     DBSession)
+from lingvodoc.utils.static_fields import fields_static
 
 #from lingvodoc.views.v2.translations import translationgist_contents
 
@@ -186,7 +187,9 @@ def find_all_tags(lexical_entry, field_client_id, field_object_id, accepted, pub
         return tags
 
 def get_id_to_field_dict():
-    with open('static_fields.txt') as f:
-        dict_with_lists = json.load(f)
-        dict_with_tuples = {k: tuple(v) for k, v in dict_with_lists.items()}
-        return dict_with_tuples
+    dict_with_tuples = {k: tuple(v) for k, v in fields_static.items()}
+    return dict_with_tuples
+    # with open('static_fields.py') as f:
+    #     dict_with_lists = json.load(f)
+    #     dict_with_tuples = {k: tuple(v) for k, v in dict_with_lists.items()}
+    #     return dict_with_tuples
diff --git a/lingvodoc/utils/static_fields.txt b/lingvodoc/utils/static_fields.py
similarity index 97%
rename from lingvodoc/utils/static_fields.txt
rename to lingvodoc/utils/static_fields.py
index cf7c25123..873c3b754 100644
--- a/lingvodoc/utils/static_fields.txt
+++ b/lingvodoc/utils/static_fields.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{
+fields_static = {
    "Transcription":[
       66,
       8