public Object[] initiateSystemDBConn() throws SQLException, IOException {
        Properties prop = new Properties();

        //load a properties file
        prop.load(DBHandler.class.getResourceAsStream("/ressources/config.properties"));

        //get the property value and print it out
        String database = prop.getProperty("system_db_databasename");
        String dbuser = prop.getProperty("system_db_username");
        String dbpassword = prop.getProperty("system_db_password");
        String ip = prop.getProperty("system_db_ip");
        String port = prop.getProperty("system_db_port");
        String connectString = "jdbc:mysql://" + ip + ":" + port + "/" + database;

        Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(connectString, dbuser, dbpassword);
        Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();

        Object[] objects = new Object[2];
        objects[0] = conn;
        objects[1] = stmt;

        return objects;
    }