diff --git a/heroku_connect/contrib/heroku_connect_health_check/backends.py b/heroku_connect/contrib/heroku_connect_health_check/backends.py
index 8e54974c..a4d5f314 100644
--- a/heroku_connect/contrib/heroku_connect_health_check/backends.py
+++ b/heroku_connect/contrib/heroku_connect_health_check/backends.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import logging
 
 from ...conf import settings
-from ...utils import get_connections
+from ... import utils
 
 try:
     from health_check.backends import BaseHealthCheckBackend
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ def check_status(self):
         if not (settings.HEROKU_AUTH_TOKEN and settings.HEROKU_CONNECT_APP_NAME):
             raise ServiceUnavailable('Both App Name and Auth Token are required')
 
-        connections = get_connections(settings.HEROKU_CONNECT_APP_NAME)
+        connections = utils.get_connections(settings.HEROKU_CONNECT_APP_NAME)
         for connection in connections:
-            if connection['state'] != 'IDLE':
+            if connection['state'] not in utils.ConnectionStates.OK_STATES:
                 self.add_error(ServiceUnavailable(
                     "Connection state for '%s' is '%s'" % (
                         connection['name'], connection['state']
diff --git a/heroku_connect/utils.py b/heroku_connect/utils.py
index 00c0789c..7570f7d5 100644
--- a/heroku_connect/utils.py
+++ b/heroku_connect/utils.py
@@ -8,6 +8,18 @@
 from .conf import settings
 
 
+class ConnectionStates:
+    IDLE = 'IDLE'
+    POLLING_DB_CHANGES = 'POLLING_DB_CHANGES'
+    IMPORT_CONFIGURATION = 'IMPORT_CONFIGURATION'
+
+    OK_STATES = (
+        IDLE,
+        POLLING_DB_CHANGES,
+        IMPORT_CONFIGURATION,
+    )
+
+
 def get_mapping(version=1, exported_at=None):
     """
     Return Heroku Connect mapping for the entire project.