From e9232eb197b980dc8cd83fa79bb86e13e863056b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henry Oswald <henry.oswald@sharelatex.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2014 23:08:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] try catch converting id to object id

---
 services/web/app/coffee/Features/User/UserGetter.coffee | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/User/UserGetter.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/User/UserGetter.coffee
index bf88c45f38..a0b2b766b7 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/User/UserGetter.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/User/UserGetter.coffee
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ module.exports = UserGetter =
 			callback = projection
 			projection = {}
 		if typeof query == "string"
-			query = _id: ObjectId(query)
+			try
+				query = _id: ObjectId(query)
+			catch e
+				return callback(null, null)
 		else if query instanceof ObjectId
 			query = _id: query