diff --git a/Classes/Utility/DatabaseUtility.php b/Classes/Utility/DatabaseUtility.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa209d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Classes/Utility/DatabaseUtility.php
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<?php
+namespace Cjel\TemplatesAide\Utility;
+
+/***
+ *
+ * This file is part of the "Templates Aide" Extension for TYPO3 CMS.
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please read the
+ * LICENSE.txt file that was distributed with this source code.
+ *
+ *  (c) 2022 Philipp Dieter
+ *
+ ***/
+
+use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Database\ConnectionPool;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Object\ObjectManager;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Persistence\Generic\Mapper\DataMapper;
+
+/**
+ * Holds functions to help with database interactions
+ */
+class DatabaseUtility
+{
+
+    /**
+     * Mysql date format
+     */
+    const MYSQL_DATE_FORMAT = 'Y-m-d H:i:s';
+
+    /**
+     * Returns table name by model
+     *
+     * @param $model object model
+     * @return string table name
+     */
+    public static function getTableNameFromModelClass($class)
+    {
+        $objectManager = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ObjectManager::class);
+        $dataMapper = $objectManager->get(DataMapper::class);
+        return $dataMapper->getDataMap($class)->getTableName();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new query builder and returns it
+     *
+     * @param $tablename string table name
+     * @return object queryBuilder
+     */
+    public static function getQueryBuilderFromTableName($tableName)
+    {
+        $queryBuilder = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ConnectionPool::class)
+            ->getConnectionForTable($tableName)
+            ->createQueryBuilder();
+        return $queryBuilder;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ext_tables.php b/ext_tables.php
index 389b9e0..4bf828b 100644
--- a/ext_tables.php
+++ b/ext_tables.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ call_user_func(
                 'EXT:templates_aide/Resources/Public/Css/backend/production-stage';
         }
 
-        $GLOBALS['TBE_STYLES']['skins']['backend']['stylesheetDirectories']['default'] =
+        $GLOBALS['TBE_STYLES']['skins']['backend']['stylesheetDirectories']['templates_aide_default'] =
             'EXT:templates_aide/Resources/Public/Css/backend/default';
 
         \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\ExtensionManagementUtility::registerPageTSConfigFile(