diff --git a/api/views.py b/api/views.py
index 8bbabc2..82ba760 100644
--- a/api/views.py
+++ b/api/views.py
@@ -100,13 +100,17 @@ def detail(request, name, id):
     if name not in ALLOWED_INDICES:
         return HttpResponse("This index doesn't exist!\n")
     es = Elasticsearch([settings.NODE1, settings.NODE2])
-    results = es.search(index=name, q="_id:{}".format(id))
-    if results['hits']['total'] == 0:
-        results = es.search(index=name, q="alternativeId:{}".format(id),
-                            doc_type="_doc")
-    if results['hits']['total'] == 0:
-        results = es.search(index=name, q="biosampleId:{}".format(id),
-                            doc_type="_doc")
+    result = es.get(index=name, id=id)
+    if result['found']:
+        results = {'hits': {'hits': [result]}}
+    else:
+        results = es.search(index=name, q="_id:{}".format(id))
+        if results['hits']['total'] == 0:
+            results = es.search(index=name, q="alternativeId:{}".format(id),
+                                doc_type="_doc")
+        if results['hits']['total'] == 0:
+            results = es.search(index=name, q="biosampleId:{}".format(id),
+                                doc_type="_doc")
     return JsonResponse(results)