diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5c05d946..2623ae08 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 [tool.poetry]
     name = "royalnet"
-    version = "5.9.0"
+    version = "5.9.1"
     description = "A multipurpose bot and web framework"
     authors = ["Stefano Pigozzi <ste.pigozzi@gmail.com>"]
     license = "AGPL-3.0+"
diff --git a/royalnet/backpack/tables/users.py b/royalnet/backpack/tables/users.py
index c4e042be..c9887ef3 100644
--- a/royalnet/backpack/tables/users.py
+++ b/royalnet/backpack/tables/users.py
@@ -36,9 +36,14 @@ class User:
     def avatar_url(self):
         return Column(String)
 
-    @staticmethod
-    async def find(alchemy, session, alias: Union[str, int]):
-        result = await ru.asyncify(session.query(alchemy.get(Alias)).filter_by(alias=alias.lower()).one_or_none)
+    @classmethod
+    async def find(cls, alchemy, session, alias: Union[str, int]):
+        if isinstance(alias, str):
+            result = await ru.asyncify(session.query(alchemy.get(Alias)).filter_by(alias=alias.lower()).one_or_none)
+        elif isinstance(alias, int):
+            result = await ru.asyncify(session.query(alchemy.get(cls)).get, alias)
+        else:
+            raise TypeError("alias is of an invalid type.")
         if result is not None:
             result = result.user
         return result
diff --git a/royalnet/version.py b/royalnet/version.py
index 83d32d3e..6c855539 100644
--- a/royalnet/version.py
+++ b/royalnet/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-semantic = "5.9.0"
+semantic = "5.9.1"