diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 98292c5..c4c2987 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
   * [Pilwon Huh](https://github.com/pilwon) (creator, maintainer)
   * [Brian Park](https://github.com/yaru22) (collaborator)
+  * [Adrian Maurer](https://github.com/VerticodeLabs) (contributor)
 
   Thanks to [all the other contributors](https://github.com/pilwon/node-ultimate/graphs/contributors) as well! :)
 
diff --git a/lib/server/route/restify.js b/lib/server/route/restify.js
index 160217b..0d1145a 100644
--- a/lib/server/route/restify.js
+++ b/lib/server/route/restify.js
@@ -326,8 +326,10 @@ Restify.prototype._buildController = function (verb, Model, fields) {
 
   function _buildFindQuery(req, id) {
     var condition = { $or: [] };
-    if (id.match(/^[0-9a-fA-F]{24}$/)) {
+    if (id.match(/^[0-9]{4}[0-9a-fA-F]{20}$/)) {
       condition.$or.push({ _id: id });
+    } else if (id.match(/^[a-z][-a-z0-9]*$/)) { // slug (objectId always starts a 4-byte value representing the seconds since the Unix epoch)
+      condition.$or.push({ slug: id });
     } else {
       condition.$or.push({ uid: id });
     }