diff --git a/Controllers/UserController.php b/Controllers/UserController.php
index dbdcbfc..a58cd1a 100644
--- a/Controllers/UserController.php
+++ b/Controllers/UserController.php
@@ -21,16 +21,10 @@ final class UserController
         }
     }
 
-    private function getOrDie($DICT, $key)
-    {
-        if (isset($DICT[$key])) return $DICT[$key];
-        else die("Key $key not present");
-    }
-
     public function signInAction(Array $A_urlParams = null, Array $A_postParams = null)
     {
-        $S_email = self::getOrDie($A_postParams, "email");
-        $S_password = self::getOrDie($A_postParams, "password");
+        $S_email = Utils::getOrDie($A_postParams, "email");
+        $S_password = Utils::getOrDie($A_postParams, "password");
 
         $O_userModel = new UserModel();
         $A_user = $O_userModel->getUserByEmail($S_email);
@@ -56,9 +50,9 @@ final class UserController
 
     public function signUpAction(Array $A_urlParams = null, Array $A_postParams = null)
     {
-        $S_email = self::getOrDie($A_postParams, "email");
-        $S_username = self::getOrDie($A_postParams, "username");
-        $S_password = self::getOrDie($A_postParams, "password");
+        $S_email = Utils::getOrDie($A_postParams, "email");
+        $S_username = Utils::getOrDie($A_postParams, "username");
+        $S_password = Utils::getOrDie($A_postParams, "password");
 
         $O_userModel = new UserModel();
 
diff --git a/Kernel/Utils.php b/Kernel/Utils.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27077a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Kernel/Utils.php
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+
+final class Utils
+{
+
+    public static function getOrDie($DICT, $key)
+    {
+        if (isset($DICT[$key])) return $DICT[$key];
+        else die("Key $key not present");
+    }
+
+}