diff --git a/Classes/Controller/BackendController.php b/Classes/Controller/BackendController.php
index ba3e6955fa39c1a74ac77777e0d1a4f028672469..4bf0ffb94ac61222916f1fedcd0fef5a449bb47b 100644
--- a/Classes/Controller/BackendController.php
+++ b/Classes/Controller/BackendController.php
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ namespace SGalinski\SgNews\Controller;
  ***************************************************************/
 
 use In2code\Powermail\Utility\LocalizationUtility;
-use SGalinski\SgNews\Service\BackendNewsUtility;
 use SGalinski\SgNews\Service\LicensingService;
+use SGalinski\SgNews\Utility\BackendNewsUtility;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Clipboard\Clipboard;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Template\Components\ButtonBar;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Template\Components\DocHeaderComponent;
diff --git a/Classes/Hooks/EditDocumentController.php b/Classes/Hooks/EditDocumentController.php
index 879bdeefd40130bee329774d5436d01734d9c3bc..20dde30e5c4adfd8e1422439933843e525923bfe 100644
--- a/Classes/Hooks/EditDocumentController.php
+++ b/Classes/Hooks/EditDocumentController.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace SGalinski\SgNews\Hooks;
  *  This copyright notice MUST APPEAR in all copies of the script!
  ***************************************************************/
 
-use SGalinski\SgNews\Service\BackendNewsUtility;
+use SGalinski\SgNews\Utility\BackendNewsUtility;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Utility\BackendUtility;
 
 /**
diff --git a/Classes/Service/BackendNewsUtility.php b/Classes/Utility/BackendNewsUtility.php
similarity index 97%
rename from Classes/Service/BackendNewsUtility.php
rename to Classes/Utility/BackendNewsUtility.php
index a2eade64dc67d3b5639c2d0ae6d435da030dcd6c..b4e71980a37c9567455489c4aa85489522f3de51 100644
--- a/Classes/Service/BackendNewsUtility.php
+++ b/Classes/Utility/BackendNewsUtility.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-namespace SGalinski\SgNews\Service;
+namespace SGalinski\SgNews\Utility;
 
 /***************************************************************
  *  Copyright notice
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Authentication\BackendUserAuthentication;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Database\DatabaseConnection;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Database\QueryGenerator;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\VersionNumberUtility;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Object\ObjectManager;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Persistence\QueryInterface;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Utility\LocalizationUtility;
@@ -390,8 +391,12 @@ class BackendNewsUtility {
 		];
 		/** @var DatabaseConnection $databaseConnection */
 		$databaseConnection = $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB'];
+		$orderBy = '';
+		if (VersionNumberUtility::convertVersionNumberToInteger(TYPO3_version) >= 8000000) {
+			$orderBy = 'sorting';
+		}
 		$languageRows = $databaseConnection->exec_SELECTgetRows(
-			'uid, title, flag', 'sys_language', 'hidden = 0', '', 'sorting'
+			'uid, title, flag', 'sys_language', 'hidden = 0', '', $orderBy
 		);
 		if ($languageRows) {
 			/** @var BackendUserAuthentication $backendUser */
diff --git a/Classes/ViewHelpers/Backend/EditOnClickViewHelper.php b/Classes/ViewHelpers/Backend/EditOnClickViewHelper.php
index fb6cda9d73f2f5d26870bccadc0c5ee6ade2ff43..7ef98501e7387700e64277e24e1f1eb6a2fbc259 100644
--- a/Classes/ViewHelpers/Backend/EditOnClickViewHelper.php
+++ b/Classes/ViewHelpers/Backend/EditOnClickViewHelper.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace SGalinski\SgNews\ViewHelpers\Backend;
  *  This copyright notice MUST APPEAR in all copies of the script!
  ***************************************************************/
 
-use SGalinski\SgNews\Service\BackendNewsUtility;
+use SGalinski\SgNews\Utility\BackendNewsUtility;
 use SGalinski\SgNews\ViewHelpers\AbstractViewHelper;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Utility\BackendUtility;
 
diff --git a/Classes/ViewHelpers/Backend/TranslationLinksViewHelper.php b/Classes/ViewHelpers/Backend/TranslationLinksViewHelper.php
index bf9f22d3de8ab6b0cbd1f77dbd7d50727addaffb..d6708130743e0b8c499dd52164d645d937b90490 100644
--- a/Classes/ViewHelpers/Backend/TranslationLinksViewHelper.php
+++ b/Classes/ViewHelpers/Backend/TranslationLinksViewHelper.php
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ namespace SGalinski\SgNews\ViewHelpers\Backend;
  *  This copyright notice MUST APPEAR in all copies of the script!
  ***************************************************************/
 
-use SGalinski\SgNews\Service\BackendNewsUtility;
 use SGalinski\SgNews\Service\LicensingService;
+use SGalinski\SgNews\Utility\BackendNewsUtility;
 use SGalinski\SgNews\ViewHelpers\AbstractViewHelper;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Utility\BackendUtility;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Imaging\Icon;