diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/underscore/$.java b/src/main/java/com/github/underscore/$.java
index 22c9643e..b395986a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/underscore/$.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/underscore/$.java
@@ -88,7 +88,13 @@ public Boolean apply(final E elem) {
                         return false;
                     }
                 } catch (Exception ex) {
-                    ex.getMessage();
+                    try {
+                        if (!elem.getClass().getMethod(prop.fst()).invoke(elem).equals(prop.snd())) {
+                            return false;
+                        }
+                    } catch (Exception e) {
+                        e.getMessage();
+                    }
                 }
             }
             return true;
@@ -463,22 +469,7 @@ public static <T, E> Set<E> where(final Set<E> set,
 
     public static <T, E> Optional<E> findWhere(final Iterable<E> iterable,
                                   final List<Tuple<String, T>> properties) {
-        return find(iterable, new Predicate<E>() {
-            @Override
-            public Boolean apply(final E elem) {
-                for (Tuple<String, T> prop : properties) {
-                    try {
-                        if (!elem.getClass().getField(prop.fst()).get(elem)
-                                .equals(prop.snd())) {
-                            return false;
-                        }
-                    } catch (Exception ex) {
-                        ex.getMessage();
-                    }
-                }
-                return true;
-            }
-        });
+        return find(iterable, new WherePredicate<E, T>(properties));
     }
 
     public <E> Optional<T> findWhere(final List<Tuple<String, E>> properties) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/underscore/CollectionsTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/underscore/CollectionsTest.java
index 669fb2be..f79e2fcc 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/underscore/CollectionsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/underscore/CollectionsTest.java
@@ -820,6 +820,34 @@ public String toString() {
             $.chain(listOfPlays).where(asList(
             Tuple.<String, Object>create("author", "Shakespeare"),
             Tuple.<String, Object>create("year", Integer.valueOf(1611)))).value().toString());
+        class Book2 {
+            public final String title;
+            private final String author;
+            public final Integer year;
+            public Book2(final String title, final String author, final Integer year) {
+                this.title = title;
+                this.author = author;
+                this.year = year;
+            }
+            public String getAuthor() {
+                return author;
+            }
+            public String toString() {
+                return "title: " + title + ", author: " + author + ", year: " + year;
+            }
+        }
+        List<Book2> listOfPlays2 =
+            new ArrayList<Book2>() { {
+              add(new Book2("Cymbeline2", "Shakespeare", 1614));
+              add(new Book2("Cymbeline", "Shakespeare", 1611));
+              add(new Book2("The Tempest", "Shakespeare", 1611));
+            } };
+        assertEquals("[title: Cymbeline, author: Shakespeare, year: 1611,"
+            + " title: The Tempest, author: Shakespeare, year: 1611]",
+            $.where(listOfPlays2, asList(
+            Tuple.<String, Object>create("getAuthor", "Shakespeare"),
+            Tuple.<String, Object>create("author2", "Shakespeare"),
+            Tuple.<String, Object>create("year", Integer.valueOf(1611)))).toString());
     }
 
 /*
@@ -864,6 +892,36 @@ public String toString() {
             Tuple.<String, Object>create("author", "Shakespeare"),
             Tuple.<String, Object>create("author2", "Shakespeare"),
             Tuple.<String, Object>create("year", Integer.valueOf(1611)))).get().toString());
+        class Book2 {
+            public final String title;
+            private final String author;
+            public final Integer year;
+            public Book2(final String title, final String author, final Integer year) {
+                this.title = title;
+                this.author = author;
+                this.year = year;
+            }
+            public String getAuthor() {
+                return author;
+            }
+            public String toString() {
+                return "title: " + title + ", author: " + author + ", year: " + year;
+            }
+        }
+        List<Book2> listOfPlays2 =
+            new ArrayList<Book2>() { {
+              add(new Book2("Cymbeline2", "Shakespeare", 1614));
+              add(new Book2("Cymbeline", "Shakespeare", 1611));
+              add(new Book2("The Tempest", "Shakespeare", 1611));
+            } };
+        assertEquals("title: Cymbeline, author: Shakespeare, year: 1611",
+            $.findWhere(listOfPlays2, asList(
+            Tuple.<String, Object>create("getAuthor", "Shakespeare"),
+            Tuple.<String, Object>create("year", Integer.valueOf(1611)))).get().toString());
+        assertEquals(Optional.absent(),
+            $.findWhere(listOfPlays2, asList(
+            Tuple.<String, Object>create("getAuthor", "Shakespeare2"),
+            Tuple.<String, Object>create("year", Integer.valueOf(1611)))));
     }
 
 /*