diff --git a/lib/google/calendar.rb b/lib/google/calendar.rb
index 02f5537..90a1748 100644
--- a/lib/google/calendar.rb
+++ b/lib/google/calendar.rb
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ def find_future_events(options={})
     #   an array of events if many found.
     #
     def find_event_by_id(id)
-      return nil unless id && id.strip != ''
+      return nil unless id 
       event_lookup("/#{id}")
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/google/event.rb b/lib/google/event.rb
index 6976ca5..8654735 100644
--- a/lib/google/event.rb
+++ b/lib/google/event.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module Google
   #
   # === Attributes
   #
-  # * +id+ - The google assigned id of the event (nil until saved). Read only.
+  # * +id+ - The google assigned id of the event (nil until saved). Read Write.
   # * +status+ - The status of the event (confirmed, tentative or cancelled). Read only.
   # * +title+ - The title of the event. Read Write.
   # * +description+ - The content of the event. Read Write.
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ module Google
   # * +visibility+ - The visibility of the event (*'default'*, 'public', 'private', 'confidential'). Read Write.
   #
   class Event
-    attr_reader :id, :raw, :html_link, :status
+    attr_reader :raw, :html_link, :status
     attr_accessor :id, :title, :location, :calendar, :quickadd, :transparency, :attendees, :description, :reminders, :recurrence, :visibility
 
     #
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class Event
     #
     # event = Google::Event.new
     # event.calendar = AnInstanceOfGoogleCalendaer
+    # event.id = "0123456789abcdefghijklmopqrstuv"
     # event.start_time = Time.now
     # event.end_time = Time.now + (60 * 60)
     # event.recurrence = {'freq' => 'monthly'}
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ class Event
     #                   ]
     #
     def initialize(params = {})
-      [:id, :status, :raw, :html_link, :title, :location, :calendar, :quickadd, :attendees, :description, :reminders, :recurrence, :start_time, :end_time,  ].each do |attribute|
+      [:id, :status, :raw, :html_link, :title, :location, :calendar, :quickadd, :attendees, :description, :reminders, :recurrence, :start_time, :end_time].each do |attribute|
         instance_variable_set("@#{attribute}", params[attribute])
       end
 
@@ -62,6 +63,13 @@ def initialize(params = {})
       self.all_day      = params[:all_day] if params[:all_day]
     end
 
+    #
+    # Sets the id of the Event.
+    #
+    def id=(id)
+      @id = Event.parse_id(id) unless id.nil?
+    end
+
     #
     # Sets the start time of the Event.  Must be a Time object or a parse-able string representation of a time.
     #
@@ -364,8 +372,8 @@ def self.new_from_feed(e, calendar) #:nodoc:
                 :updated      => e['updated'],
                 :reminders    => e['reminders'],
                 :attendees    => e['attendees'],
-                :visibility   => e['visibility'],
-                :recurrence   => Event.parse_recurrence_rule(e['recurrence']) )
+                :recurrence   => Event.parse_recurrence_rule(e['recurrence']),
+                :visibility   => e['visibility'] )
 
     end
 
@@ -411,6 +419,13 @@ def self.parse_time(time) #:nodoc
       (time.is_a? String) ? Time.parse(time) : time.dup.utc
     end
 
+    #
+    # Validates id format
+    #
+    def self.parse_id(id)
+      raise ArgumentError, "Event ID is invalid. Please check Google documentation: https://developers.google.com/google-apps/calendar/v3/reference/events/insert" unless id.gsub(/(^[a-v0-9]{5,1024}$)/o)      
+    end
+
     #
     # Validates visibility value
     #