diff --git a/src/Model.php b/src/Model.php
index 20e7a5d..d0c9e75 100644
--- a/src/Model.php
+++ b/src/Model.php
@@ -121,6 +121,21 @@ class Model
         }
     }
 
+    public function __isset($name): bool
+    {
+        if (method_exists($this, $name)) {
+            return true;
+        } else {
+            return isset($this->values[$name]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static function q(): QueryBuilder
+    {
+        $ist = new static();
+        return $ist->newQueryBuilder();
+    }
+
     public function __get($name): mixed
     {
         if (isset($this->values[$name])) {
diff --git a/tests/DbTest.php b/tests/DbTest.php
index 0d45035..90f17d9 100644
--- a/tests/DbTest.php
+++ b/tests/DbTest.php
@@ -91,7 +91,21 @@ test("querybuilder", function() {
 
     $qb->reset();
     $rows = $qb->whereNotNull("col1")->get();
-    expect(count($rows))->toBe(2);
+    expect(count($rows))->toBe(2);    
+});
+
+test("extending model",function()
+{
+    $class = "Test";
+    $code = "class $class extends \Kletellier\PdoWrapper\Model {}";
+    eval($code);
+
+    $qbs = Test::q(); 
+    expect($qbs)->toBeInstanceOf(QueryBuilder::class);
+
+    $row = $qbs->find(1);
+    expect($row->id)->toBe(1);
+    expect($row->col1)->toBe("test");
 });
 
 test("order by", function(){
@@ -119,7 +133,18 @@ test("group by", function(){
     expect($rows->first()->Nb)->toBe(1);
 });
 
+test("isset",function()
+{
+    $q = new QueryBuilder("test");
+    $row = $q->where("id",1)->get()->first();
+ 
+    expect($row->id)->toBe(1);
+    expect($row->col1)->toBe("test");
 
+    expect(isset($row->col1))->toBe(true);
+    expect(isset($row->col2))->toBe(false);
+    expect(isset($row->find))->toBe(true);
+});
 
 test("update row", function() {
     $qb = new QueryBuilder("test","id");