diff --git a/lib/lua/tableHelper.lua b/lib/lua/tableHelper.lua
index 20dbae8f..aaf0cd99 100644
--- a/lib/lua/tableHelper.lua
+++ b/lib/lua/tableHelper.lua
@@ -400,6 +400,18 @@ function tableHelper.isEmpty(inputTable)
     return false
 end
 
+-- Function to get a table entry by its associated value
+-- Note: This function is designed to handle cases where the loaded value may not be in the expected format due to "cjson" behavior.
+-- Specifically, "cjson" may load a saved string containing only numbers as a number instead of a string.
+function tableHelper.getEntryInTableByValue(inputTable, searchValue)
+    for key, value in pairs(inputTable) do
+        if key == searchValue or tostring(key) == tostring(searchValue) then
+            return value  -- Return the table entry with all associated data
+        end
+    end
+    return nil
+end
+
 -- Check whether the table is an array with only consecutive numerical keys,
 -- i.e. without any gaps between keys
 -- Based on http://stackoverflow.com/a/6080274