diff --git a/imports/client.tsx b/imports/client.tsx
index 3ee8bf75..789fc5ad 100644
--- a/imports/client.tsx
+++ b/imports/client.tsx
@@ -1951,7 +1951,7 @@ export class DeepClient<L extends Link<Id> = Link<Id>> implements DeepClientInst
     if (typeof(start) === 'object') {
       return ((await this.select(start)) as any)?.data?.[0]?.id;
     }
-    if (_ids?.[start]?.[path[0]]) {
+    if (path.length === 2 && _ids?.[start]?.[path[0]]) {
       return _ids[start][path[0]];
     }
     const q = await this.select(pathToWhere(start, ...path));
diff --git a/imports/minilinks.tsx b/imports/minilinks.tsx
index 6b1f501e..47a7c54f 100644
--- a/imports/minilinks.tsx
+++ b/imports/minilinks.tsx
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ export class MinilinkCollection<MGO extends MinilinksGeneratorOptions = typeof M
    * ```
    */
   id(start: DeepClientStartItem, ...path: DeepClientPathItem[]): Id {
-    const paths = [start, ...path] as [Id, ...Array<Exclude<Id, boolean>>];
+    const paths = [start, ...(path[path.length - 1] === true ? path.slice(0, -1) : path)] as [Id, ...Array<Exclude<Id, boolean>>];
     // let result: number;
     // if(paths.length === 1) {
       
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ export class MinilinkCollection<MGO extends MinilinksGeneratorOptions = typeof M
     }) 
     const result = (link as Link<Id>)?.id;
     
-    if(!result) {
+    if(!result && path[path.length - 1] !== true) {
       const precached = get(_ids, paths.join('.'));
       if (precached) return precached;
       throw new Error(`Id not found by ${JSON.stringify([start, ...path])}`);