diff --git a/lib/MongoDataTable.js b/lib/MongoDataTable.js
index 34c8b40..e93fa13 100644
--- a/lib/MongoDataTable.js
+++ b/lib/MongoDataTable.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ var asyncjs = require('async');
 var forEach = require('lodash/forEach');
 var cols = require('./columns');
 var validator = require('./validator');
+var ObjectID = require('mongodb').ObjectID;
 
 function MongoDataTable(dbObject) {
   this.db = dbObject;
@@ -23,6 +24,18 @@ MongoDataTable.prototype.get = function(collectionName, options, onDataReady) {
 
   var searchCriteria = cols.buildSearchCriteria(options);
 
+  if(searchCriteria._id !== undefined){
+    searchCriteria._id = new ObjectID((searchCriteria._id+"").split("/")[1]);
+    searchCriteria = {
+      $or: [
+        JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(searchCriteria)),
+        JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(searchCriteria))
+      ]
+    };
+    
+    searchCriteria["$or"][0]._id = new ObjectID(searchCriteria["$or"][0]._id);
+  }
+
   function getCollectionLength(callback) {
     if (self.db === null || typeof self.db === 'undefined') {
       return callback(new Error('You are not connected to any database server'));