@@ -151,14 +151,20 @@ func (store *TagStore) Get(repoName string) (Repository, error) {

 	return nil, nil

 }

-func (store *TagStore) GetImage(repoName, tag string) (*Image, error) {

+func (store *TagStore) GetImage(repoName, tagOrId string) (*Image, error) {

 	repo, err := store.Get(repoName)

 	if err != nil {

 		return nil, err

 	} else if repo == nil {

 		return nil, nil

 	}

-	if revision, exists := repo[tag]; exists {

+	//go through all the tags, to see if tag is in fact an ID

+	for _, revision := range repo {

+		if utils.TruncateId(revision) == tagOrId {

+			return store.graph.Get(revision)

+		}

+	}

+	if revision, exists := repo[tagOrId]; exists {

 		return store.graph.Get(revision)

 	}

 	return nil, nil