diff --git a/src/pipeline.ts b/src/pipeline.ts
index 0293bd58..e572a704 100755
--- a/src/pipeline.ts
+++ b/src/pipeline.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ import { filterByContent, filterDupes, filterTimestamps } from "./preFilter";
 import { getRuntimeConfig } from "./runtimeConfig";
 import { Searchee } from "./searchee";
 import {
+	TorrentLocator,
 	getInfoHashesToExclude,
-	getTorrentByName,
+	getTorrentByCriteria,
 	loadTorrentDirLight,
 	saveTorrentFile,
 } from "./torrent";
@@ -136,10 +137,10 @@ async function findMatchesBatch(
 	return totalFound;
 }
 
-export async function searchForSingleTorrentByName(
-	name: string
+export async function searchForLocalTorrentByCriteria(
+	criteria: TorrentLocator
 ): Promise<number> {
-	const meta = await getTorrentByName(name);
+	const meta = await getTorrentByCriteria(criteria);
 	const hashesToExclude = getInfoHashesToExclude();
 	if (!filterByContent(meta)) return null;
 	return findOnOtherSites(meta, hashesToExclude);
diff --git a/src/server.ts b/src/server.ts
index 735ca895..07fd9eae 100644
--- a/src/server.ts
+++ b/src/server.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import fs from "fs";
 import http from "http";
 import qs from "querystring";
-import { validateJackettApi } from "./jackett";
+import { inspect } from "util";
 import { Label, logger } from "./logger";
-import { searchForSingleTorrentByName } from "./pipeline";
+import { searchForLocalTorrentByCriteria } from "./pipeline";
 import { getRuntimeConfig } from "./runtimeConfig";
+import { TorrentLocator } from "./torrent";
 
 function getData(req) {
 	return new Promise((resolve) => {
@@ -19,13 +20,21 @@ function getData(req) {
 }
 
 function parseData(data) {
+	let parsed;
 	try {
-		return JSON.parse(data);
+		parsed = JSON.parse(data);
 	} catch (_) {
-		const parsed = qs.parse(data);
-		if ("name" in parsed) return parsed;
-		throw new Error(`Unable to parse request body: "${data}"`);
+		parsed = qs.parse(data);
 	}
+
+	if ("infoHash" in parsed) {
+		parsed.infoHash = parsed.infoHash.toLowerCase();
+	}
+	if ("name" in parsed || "infoHash" in parsed) {
+		return parsed;
+	}
+
+	throw new Error(`Unable to parse request body: "${data}"`);
 }
 
 async function handleRequest(req, res) {
@@ -40,21 +49,40 @@ async function handleRequest(req, res) {
 		return;
 	}
 	const dataStr = await getData(req);
-	const { name } = parseData(dataStr);
+	const criteria: TorrentLocator = parseData(dataStr);
+
+	if (!criteria) {
+		logger.error({
+			label: Label.SERVER,
+			message: "A name or info hash must be provided",
+		});
+		res.writeHead(400);
+		res.end();
+	}
+
+	const criteriaStr = inspect({ ...criteria });
+
+	const message = `Received  ${criteriaStr}`;
 	res.writeHead(204);
 	res.end();
-	logger.info({ label: Label.SERVER, message: `Received name ${name}` });
+
+	logger.info({ label: Label.SERVER, message });
+
 	try {
-		const numFound = await searchForSingleTorrentByName(name);
+		let numFound = null;
+		if (criteria) {
+			numFound = await searchForLocalTorrentByCriteria(criteria);
+		}
+
 		if (numFound === null) {
 			logger.info({
 				label: Label.SERVER,
-				message: `Did not search for ${name}`,
+				message: `Did not search for ${criteriaStr}`,
 			});
 		} else {
 			logger.info({
 				label: Label.SERVER,
-				message: `Found ${numFound} torrents for ${name}`,
+				message: `Found ${numFound} torrents for ${criteriaStr}`,
 			});
 		}
 	} catch (e) {
diff --git a/src/torrent.ts b/src/torrent.ts
index f8d7d3e6..0c7231e9 100644
--- a/src/torrent.ts
+++ b/src/torrent.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import fs, { promises as fsPromises } from "fs";
 import parseTorrent, { Metafile } from "parse-torrent";
 import path from "path";
 import { concat } from "simple-get";
+import { inspect } from "util";
 import { INDEXED_TORRENTS } from "./constants";
 import db from "./db";
 import { CrossSeedError } from "./errors";
@@ -10,6 +11,11 @@ import { getRuntimeConfig } from "./runtimeConfig";
 import { createSearcheeFromTorrentFile, Searchee } from "./searchee";
 import { ok, stripExtension } from "./utils";
 
+export interface TorrentLocator {
+	infoHash?: string;
+	name?: string;
+}
+
 export async function parseTorrentFromFilename(
 	filename: string
 ): Promise<Metafile> {
@@ -144,14 +150,16 @@ export async function loadTorrentDirLight(): Promise<Searchee[]> {
 	).then((searcheeResults) => searcheeResults.filter(ok));
 }
 
-export async function getTorrentByName(name: string): Promise<Metafile> {
+export async function getTorrentByCriteria(
+	criteria: TorrentLocator
+): Promise<Metafile> {
 	await indexNewTorrents();
-	const findResult = db
-		.get(INDEXED_TORRENTS)
-		.value()
-		.find((e) => e.name === name);
+
+	const findResult = db.get(INDEXED_TORRENTS).find(criteria).value();
 	if (findResult === undefined) {
-		const message = `could not find a torrent with the name ${name}`;
+		const message = `could not find a torrent with the criteria ${inspect(
+			criteria
+		)}`;
 		throw new Error(message);
 	}
 	return parseTorrentFromFilename(findResult.filepath);