diff --git a/lib/base-model.js b/lib/base-model.js
index a724b9e..650c5b0 100644
--- a/lib/base-model.js
+++ b/lib/base-model.js
@@ -270,8 +270,16 @@ BaseModel.findById = function () {
     }
 
     var collection = BaseModel.db.collection(this._collection);
-    var query = { _id: this._idClass(args.shift()) };
+    var id = args.shift();
     var callback = this.resultFactory.bind(this, args.pop());
+    var query;
+
+    try {
+        query = { _id: this._idClass(id) };
+    }
+    catch (exception) {
+        return callback(exception);
+    }
 
     args.unshift(query);
     args.push(callback);
@@ -287,10 +295,18 @@ BaseModel.findByIdAndUpdate = function () {
     }
 
     var collection = BaseModel.db.collection(this._collection);
-    var query = { _id: this._idClass(args.shift()) };
+    var id = args.shift();
     var update = args.shift();
     var callback = this.resultFactory.bind(this, args.pop());
     var options = Hoek.applyToDefaults({ new: true }, args.pop() || {});
+    var query;
+
+    try {
+        query = { _id: this._idClass(id) };
+    }
+    catch (exception) {
+        return callback(exception);
+    }
 
     collection.findAndModify(query, undefined, update, options, callback);
 };
@@ -299,7 +315,14 @@ BaseModel.findByIdAndUpdate = function () {
 BaseModel.findByIdAndRemove = function (id, callback) {
 
     var collection = BaseModel.db.collection(this._collection);
-    var query = { _id: this._idClass(id) };
+    var query;
+
+    try {
+        query = { _id: this._idClass(id) };
+    }
+    catch (exception) {
+        return callback(exception);
+    }
 
     collection.remove(query, callback);
 };
diff --git a/test/lib/base-model.js b/test/lib/base-model.js
index 11be933..5d00b11 100644
--- a/test/lib/base-model.js
+++ b/test/lib/base-model.js
@@ -559,6 +559,16 @@ lab.experiment('BaseModel Proxied Methods', function () {
     });
 
 
+    lab.test('it catches the exception when id casting fails during findById', function (done) {
+
+        SubModel.findById('NOTVALIDOBJECTID', function (err, result) {
+
+            Code.expect(err).to.exist();
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+
+
     lab.test('it updates a single document via id', function (done) {
 
         var document = { name: 'New Name' };
@@ -573,6 +583,16 @@ lab.experiment('BaseModel Proxied Methods', function () {
     });
 
 
+    lab.test('it catches the exception when id casting fails during findByIdAndUpdate', function (done) {
+
+        SubModel.findByIdAndUpdate('NOTVALIDOBJECTID', {}, function (err, result) {
+
+            Code.expect(err).to.exist();
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+
+
     lab.test('it updates a single document via id (with options)', function (done) {
 
         var document = { name: 'New Name' };
@@ -601,6 +621,16 @@ lab.experiment('BaseModel Proxied Methods', function () {
     });
 
 
+    lab.test('it catches the exception when id casting fails during findByIdAndRemove', function (done) {
+
+        SubModel.findByIdAndRemove('NOTVALIDOBJECTID', function (err, result) {
+
+            Code.expect(err).to.exist();
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+
+
     lab.test('it removes documents via query', function (done) {
 
         SubModel.remove({}, function (err, result) {