diff --git a/Classes/Domain/Model/Category.php b/Classes/Domain/Model/Category.php
index eee4ad6..6de9a7f 100644
--- a/Classes/Domain/Model/Category.php
+++ b/Classes/Domain/Model/Category.php
@@ -100,10 +100,12 @@ public function getHasPages()
         foreach($children as $child) {
             $uids[] = $child->getUid();
         }
-        $where = '  tablenames = "pages"
-                    AND fieldname = "categories"
-                    AND uid_local IN (' . implode(',', $uids) . ')';
-        $result = $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->exec_SELECTcountRows('uid_local', 'sys_category_record_mm', $where);
+        $where = '  sys_category_record_mm.tablenames = "pages"
+                    AND sys_category_record_mm.fieldname = "categories"
+                    AND sys_category_record_mm.uid_foreign = pages.uid 
+                    AND sys_category_record_mm.uid_local IN (' . implode(',', $uids) . ')
+                    ' . $GLOBALS["TSFE"]->sys_page->enableFields('pages');
+        $result = $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->exec_SELECTcountRows('uid_local', 'sys_category_record_mm, pages', $where);
         return $result > 0;
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Classes/ViewHelpers/CategoryHasItemsViewHelper.php b/Classes/ViewHelpers/CategoryHasItemsViewHelper.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6809637
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Classes/ViewHelpers/CategoryHasItemsViewHelper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?php
+namespace Mia3\Mia3Categories\ViewHelpers;
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the FluidTYPO3/Flux project under GPLv2 or later.
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please read the
+ * LICENSE.md file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+use Mia3\Mia3Categories\Domain\Model\Category;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Utility\BackendUtility;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Fluid\Core\ViewHelper\AbstractViewHelper;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+class CategoryHasItemsViewHelper extends AbstractViewHelper {
+
+    /**
+     * @param mixed $categories
+     * @param string $tableName
+     * @param string $fieldName
+     */
+    public function render($categories, $tableName = "pages", $fieldName = "categories") {
+        if (!is_array($categories)) {
+            $categories = explode(',', $categories);
+        }
+        $categoryUids = array();
+        foreach ($categories as $key => $category) {
+            if ($category instanceof Category) {
+                $groupCategories = array($category->getUid());
+                foreach ($category->getChildrenRecursive() as $childCategory) {
+                    $groupCategories[] = $childCategory->getUid();
+                }
+                $categoryUids[] = $groupCategories;
+            } else {
+                $categoryUids[] = explode(',', $category);
+            }
+        }
+
+        $from = array($tableName);
+        $where = array();
+        foreach($categoryUids as $key => $categoryGroup) {
+            $mmTableName = 'mm' . $key;
+            $foreignTableName = $tableName;
+            $where[] =  $mmTableName . '.tablenames = "' . $tableName . '"
+                    AND ' . $mmTableName . '.fieldname = "' . $fieldName . '" 
+                    AND ' . $mmTableName . '.uid_local IN (' . implode(',', $categoryGroup) . ')
+                    AND ' . $mmTableName . '.uid_foreign = ' . $foreignTableName . '.uid
+                    ';
+            $from[] = 'sys_category_record_mm as ' . $mmTableName;
+        }
+//        $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->store_lastBuiltQuery = 1;
+        $result = $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->exec_SELECTcountRows('*', implode(', ', $from), implode(' AND ', $where) . $GLOBALS["TSFE"]->sys_page->enableFields('pages'));
+//        echo $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->debug_lastBuiltQuery;
+//        exit();
+        return $result > 0;
+    }
+
+}