diff --git a/docs/database-queries.md b/docs/database-queries.md
index 6805273..a55ac4f 100644
--- a/docs/database-queries.md
+++ b/docs/database-queries.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Database queries in joy are very basic, they go a little something like this:
 Joy uses the `.env` file in your project dir (the one with the `project.janet` file in it) or your actual os environment variables and looks for `DATABASE_URL` or in joy `(env :database-url)` for the connection string.
 
 ```clojure
-(import joy/db)
+(import joy)
 
 (db/connect)
 ```
@@ -71,6 +71,18 @@ A more generic query
 (db/from :account :where {:email "email@example.com"} :order "created_at desc" :limit 10)
 ```
 
+Find row by primary key
+
+```clojure
+(db/find :account 1)
+```
+
+Find first row by query
+
+```clojure
+(db/first :account :where {:email "email@example.com"})
+```
+
 ## Conventions
 
 There are a few conventions you should follow:
diff --git a/src/joy/db.janet b/src/joy/db.janet
index 0afc97d..be76f96 100644
--- a/src/joy/db.janet
+++ b/src/joy/db.janet
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
    Example:
 
    (import sqlite3)
-   (import joy/db)
+   (import joy)
 
    (db/with-connection "a-different-database.sqlite3"
      (sqlite3/eval "select 1;"))`
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 
   Example:
 
-  (import joy/db)
+  (import joy)
 
   (db/query "select * from todos")
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 
   Example:
 
-  (import joy/db)
+  (import joy)
 
   (db/execute "create table todo (id integer primary key, name text)")
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 
   Example:
 
-  (import joy/db)
+  (import joy)
 
   (db/last-inserted "todo" 1)
 
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 
   Example:
 
-  (import joy/db)
+  (import joy)
 
   (db/fetch [:todo 1])
 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
 
   Example:
 
-  (import joy/db)
+  (import joy)
 
   (db/fetch-all [:todo 1 :tag] :order "tag_name asc")
 
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
 
   Example:
 
-  (import joy/db)
+  (import joy)
 
   (db/from :todo :where {:completed true} :order "name" :limit 2)
 
@@ -231,19 +231,19 @@
     (query sql params)))
 
 
-(defn find
+(defn find-by
   `Takes a table name and optional args
    and returns either nil or the first row from the query.
 
   Example:
 
-  (import joy/db)
+  (import joy)
 
-  (db/find :todo :where {:completed true} :order "name")
+  (db/find-by :todo :where {:completed true} :order "name")
 
   # or
 
-  (db/find :todo :where {:completed true} :order "name desc")
+  (db/find-by :todo :where {:completed true} :order "name desc")
 
   => {:id 1 name "name" :completed true}`
   [table-name & args]
@@ -254,6 +254,23 @@
     (get rows 0)))
 
 
+(defn find
+  `Takes a table name and optional args
+   and returns either nil or the first row by primary key.
+
+  Example:
+
+  (import joy)
+
+  (db/find :todo 1)
+
+  => {:id 1 name "name" :completed true}`
+  [table-name id]
+  (let [sql (sql/from table-name {:where {:id id} :limit 1})
+        rows (query sql {:id id})]
+    (get rows 0)))
+
+
 (defn insert
   `Takes an optional db connection, a table name and a dictionary,
   inserts the dictionary as rows/columns into the database
@@ -261,7 +278,7 @@
 
   Example:
 
-  (import joy/db)
+  (import joy)
 
   (db/insert :todo {:name "name3"})
 
@@ -279,7 +296,7 @@
 
   Example:
 
-  (import joy/db)
+  (import joy)
 
   (db/insert-all :todo [{:name "name4"} {:name "name5"}])
 
@@ -304,7 +321,7 @@
 
   Example:
 
-  (import joy/db)
+  (import joy)
 
   (db/update :todo 4 {:name "new name 4"})
 
@@ -331,7 +348,7 @@
 
   Example:
 
-  (import joy/db)
+  (import joy)
 
   (db/update-all :todo {:completed false} {:completed true})
 
@@ -358,7 +375,7 @@
 
   Example:
 
-  (import joy/db)
+  (import joy)
 
   (db/delete :todo {:id 1})
 
@@ -379,7 +396,7 @@
 
   Example:
 
-  (import joy/db)
+  (import joy)
 
   (db/delete-all :post :where {:draft true} :limit 1)
 
diff --git a/test/joy/db-test.janet b/test/joy/db-test.janet
index cc54f20..09a1a0d 100644
--- a/test/joy/db-test.janet
+++ b/test/joy/db-test.janet
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 (import tester :prefix "" :exit true)
-(import "src/joy/db" :as db)
-(import "src/joy/helper" :as helper)
+(import "src/joy" :prefix "")
 (import cipher)
 
 # create a test .env file when this test is run
-(helper/with-file [f ".env" :w]
+(with-file [f ".env" :w]
   (file/write f (string/format "ENCRYPTION_KEY=%s\nJOY_ENV=development\nDATABASE_URL=test.sqlite3" (string (cipher/encryption-key)))))
 
 (db/connect)
@@ -45,6 +44,14 @@
                           (get ? 0)
                           (get ? :name)))))
 
+  (test "find"
+    (let [row (db/find :account (last-id))]
+      (= "new name" (get row :name))))
+
+  (test "find-by"
+    (let [row (db/find-by :account :where {:id (last-id)})]
+      (= "new name" (get row :name))))
+
   (test "delete"
     (let [account (db/delete :account (last-id))]
       (= "new name" (get account :name)))))