diff --git a/module/mosh.js b/module/mosh.js
index 3ba0106..b8f2ea7 100644
--- a/module/mosh.js
+++ b/module/mosh.js
@@ -951,28 +951,35 @@ async function noShipSelected() {
 }
 
 
-//get item from world or compendiums by id or UUID.
+/**
+ * get element from world or compendiums by id or UUID, filtering by specific type.
+ * @param {string} id_uuid                   The id or the full uuid of the element we want to retieve.
+ * @param {object} options                   General search options for this function and for 'fromUuid'
+ * @param {string} [options.type]            A string to filter the compendium type to search or the world element type. Valid values =["RollTable","Item","Macro","Actor","Adventure","Cards","JournalEntry","Playlist","Scene"]
+ * @returns {Promise<Document|null>}         Returns the Document if it could be found, otherwise null.
+ */
 export async function fromIdUuid(id_uuid, options={}){
   let type = options.type;
+  //first we try to find from UUID, asuming the parameter(id_uuid) is an UUID.
   let item = await fromUuid(id_uuid,options);
   if(item != null){
-    //we found the item with the id, it probably was an uuid.
+    //we found the item with the id_uuid, it probably was an uuid.
     return item;
   }
 
-  //we need to manualy find the item:
+  //we need to manualy find the item
   let currentLocation = '';
   let objectLocation = '';
-  //loop through each compendium
+  //first loop through each compendium
   game.packs.forEach(function(pack){ 
     //is this a pack of rolltables?
     if (pack.metadata.type === type) {
       //log where we are
       currentLocation = pack.metadata.id;
       //loop through each pack to find the right table
-      pack.index.forEach(function(table) { 
+      pack.index.forEach(function(pack_item) { 
         //is this our table?
-        if (table._id === id_uuid) {
+        if (pack_item._id === id_uuid) {
           //grab the table location
           objectLocation = currentLocation;
         }
@@ -980,27 +987,96 @@ export async function fromIdUuid(id_uuid, options={}){
     }
   });
   if (objectLocation){
-    // Item found in a compendium -> get table data
+    // Item found in a compendium -> get document data
     return await game.packs.get(objectLocation).getDocument(id_uuid);
   }else{
-    //it is a world item.
+    //if we dont find it in a compendium, its probable a world item:
+    //Lets filtery by type to search the relevant elements only.
     switch (type) {
       case "RollTable":
-        return game.tables.filter(i=> i.id == id_uuid)[0];
+        return getTableFromId(id_uuid);
       case "Item":
-        return game.items.filter(i=> i.id == id_uuid)[0];
+        return getItemFromId(id_uuid);
+      case "Macro":
+        return getMacroFromId(id_uuid);
+      case "Actor":
+        return getActorFromId(id_uuid);
+      case "Adventure":
+        //adventures can only be defined in compendiums and not in the world (i think)
+        return null;
+      case "Cards":
+        return getCardFromId(id_uuid);
+      case "JournalEntry":
+        return getJournalFromId(id_uuid);
+      case "Playlist":
+        return getPlaylistFromId(id_uuid);
+      case "Scene":
+        return getSceneFromId(id_uuid);
+
       default:
         //type is not defined, and we could not find it in a compendium,
-        //now we search all world elements.
-        let itemData = await game.tables.filter(i=> i.id == id_uuid);
-        if (itemData){
-          return itemData[0];
+        //now we search all world elements for the ID.
+        //this could lead to conflicts since ID could not be unique.
+        let tableData = getTableFromId(id_uuid);
+        if (tableData){
+          return tableData;
         }
-        itemData = await game.items.filter(i=> i.id == id_uuid);
+        let itemData = getItemFromId(id_uuid);
         if (itemData){
-          return itemData[0];
+          return itemData;
+        }
+        let macroData = getMacroFromId(id_uuid);
+        if (macroData){
+          return macroData;
+        }
+        let actorData = getActorFromId(id_uuid);
+        if (actorData){
+          return actorData;
+        }
+        let cardData = getCardFromId(id_uuid);
+        if (cardData){
+          return cardData;
+        }
+        let journalData = getJournalFromId(id_uuid);
+        if (journalData){
+          return journalData;
+        }
+        let scenneData = getSceneFromId(id_uuid);
+        if (scenneData){
+          return scenneData;
+        }
+        let playlistData = getPlaylistFromId(id_uuid);
+        if (playlistData){
+          return playlistData;
         }
       }
+    //if we get here we have not found anything with that id.
+    return null;
+  }
+  /**functions to get world defined elements by type and ID */ 
+  function getSceneFromId(sceneId){
+    return game.scenes.filter(i=> i.id == sceneId)[0];
+  }
+  function getPlaylistFromId(playlistId){
+    return game.playlists.filter(i=> i.id == playlistId)[0];
+  }
+  function getJournalFromId(journalId){
+    return game.journal.filter(i=> i.id == journalId)[0];
+  }
+  function getCardFromId(cardId){
+    return game.cards.filter(i=> i.id == cardId)[0];
+  }
+  function getActorFromId(actorId){
+    return game.actors.filter(i=> i.id == actorId)[0];
+  }
+  function getTableFromId(tableId){
+    return game.tables.filter(i=> i.id == tableId)[0];
+  }
+  function getItemFromId(itemId){
+    return game.items.filter(i=> i.id == itemId)[0];
+  }
+  function getMacroFromId(macroId){
+    return game.macros.filter(i=> i.id == macroId)[0];
   }
 
 }
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