diff --git a/lib/models/eTask/Task.php b/lib/models/eTask/Task.php
index 68d4a208a5812bab91c24757469a1765268b2dcb..989915d7863475f7a0e4e250bba6a723dd3514fc 100644
--- a/lib/models/eTask/Task.php
+++ b/lib/models/eTask/Task.php
@@ -39,7 +39,13 @@ class Task extends \SimpleORMap implements \PrivacyObject
             'foreign_key' => 'user_id'
         ];
 
-        $config['additional_fields']['tests']['get'] = 'getTests';
+        $config['has_and_belongs_to_many']['tests'] = [
+            'class_name' => $config['relationTypes']['Test'],
+            'assoc_foreign_key' => 'id',
+            'thru_table' => 'etask_test_tasks',
+            'thru_key' => 'task_id',
+            'thru_assoc_key' => 'test_id'
+        ];
 
         $config['has_many']['test_tasks'] = [
             'class_name' => $config['relationTypes']['TestTask'],
@@ -63,25 +69,14 @@ class Task extends \SimpleORMap implements \PrivacyObject
 
     /**
      * Retrieve the tests associated to this task.
+     * @deprecated - use $this->tests instead.
      *
      * @return SimpleORMapCollection the associated tests
      */
     public function getTests()
     {
-        $klass = $this->relationTypes['Test'];
-
-        return \SimpleORMapCollection::createFromArray(
-            $klass::findThru(
-                $this->id,
-                [
-                    'thru_table' => 'etask_test_tasks',
-                    'thru_key' => 'task_id',
-                    'thru_assoc_key' => 'test_id',
-                    'assoc_foreign_key' => 'id',
-                    'order_by' => 'ORDER BY etask_tests.chdate ASC'
-                ]
-            )
-        );
+        $this->initRelation('tests');
+        return $this->relations['tests'];
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/lib/models/eTask/Test.php b/lib/models/eTask/Test.php
index a6279a018b7c85f09cd60ad7cf9c298ef72dc143..2f35cd42c99948ec39da9069b61abd8e8763e545 100644
--- a/lib/models/eTask/Test.php
+++ b/lib/models/eTask/Test.php
@@ -31,7 +31,14 @@ class Test extends \SimpleORMap implements \PrivacyObject
 
         $config['relationTypes'] = self::configureClassNames($config);
 
-        $config['additional_fields']['tasks']['get'] = 'getTasks';
+        $config['has_and_belongs_to_many']['tasks'] = [
+            'class_name' => $config['relationTypes']['Task'],
+            'assoc_foreign_key' => 'id',
+            'thru_table' => 'etask_test_tasks',
+            'thru_key' => 'test_id',
+            'thru_assoc_key' => 'task_id',
+            'order_by' => 'ORDER BY position'
+        ];
 
         $config['has_many']['testtasks'] = [
             'class_name' => $config['relationTypes']['TestTask'],
@@ -59,25 +66,14 @@ class Test extends \SimpleORMap implements \PrivacyObject
 
     /**
      * Retrieve the tasks associated to this test.
+     * @deprecated - use $this->tasks instead.
      *
      * @return SimpleORMapCollection the associated tasks
      */
     public function getTasks()
     {
-        $klass = $this->relationTypes['Task'];
-
-        return \SimpleORMapCollection::createFromArray(
-            $klass::findThru(
-                $this->id,
-                [
-                    'thru_table' => 'etask_test_tasks',
-                    'thru_key' => 'test_id',
-                    'thru_assoc_key' => 'task_id',
-                    'assoc_foreign_key' => 'id',
-                    'order_by' => 'ORDER BY etask_test_tasks.position ASC'
-                ]
-            )
-        );
+        $this->initRelation('tasks');
+        return $this->relations['tasks'];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -87,9 +83,7 @@ class Test extends \SimpleORMap implements \PrivacyObject
      */
     public function countTasks()
     {
-        $klass = $this->relationTypes['TestTask'];
-
-        return $klass::countBySql('test_id = ?', [$this->id]);
+        return count($this->testtasks);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -102,9 +96,9 @@ class Test extends \SimpleORMap implements \PrivacyObject
      */
     public function addTask($task)
     {
-        $klass = $this->relationTypes['TestTask'];
+        $class = static::config('relationTypes')['TestTask'];
 
-        $testTask = $klass::create(
+        $testTask = $class::create(
             [
                 'test_id' => $this->id,
                 'task_id' => $task->id,
@@ -113,6 +107,7 @@ class Test extends \SimpleORMap implements \PrivacyObject
             ]
         );
 
+        $this->resetRelation('tasks');
         $this->resetRelation('testtasks');
 
         return $testTask;