diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 0ced148..31a883e 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -331,35 +331,7 @@ async function createDoubleDb(dataDirectory: string): Promise<DoubleDb> {
 
   async function query(queryObject?: object, options?: { limit?: number; offset?: number; sort?: { [key: string]: 1 | -1 }; project?: { [key: string]: 1 } }): Promise<Document[]> {
     if (!queryObject || Object.keys(queryObject).length === 0) {
-      const allIds = await getAllIds();
-      let results = await Promise.all([...allIds].map(id => read(id)));
-      const offset = options?.offset ?? 0;
-      const limit = options?.limit ?? results.length;
-
-      if (options?.sort) {
-        const sortFields = Object.entries(options.sort);
-        results.sort((a, b) => {
-          for (const [field, direction] of sortFields) {
-            if (a[field] < b[field]) return direction === 1 ? -1 : 1;
-            if (a[field] > b[field]) return direction === 1 ? 1 : -1;
-          }
-          return 0;
-        });
-      }
-
-      if (options?.project) {
-        results = results.map(doc => {
-          const projected: Document = {};
-          for (const field of Object.keys(options.project)) {
-            if (field in doc) {
-              projected[field] = doc[field];
-            }
-          }
-          return projected;
-        });
-      }
-
-      return results.filter((doc): doc is Document => doc !== undefined).slice(offset, offset + limit);
+      queryObject = { id: { $exists: true } };
     }
 
     let resultIds = new Set<string>();
diff --git a/test/query.ts b/test/query.ts
index f79ab01..2fa50c7 100644
--- a/test/query.ts
+++ b/test/query.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,20 @@ test('empty query', async () => {
   await db.close();
 });
 
+test('special characters', async () => {
+  const db = await setupTestDb();
+  await db.insert({ id: 'users/mark', name: 'Mark' });
+  await db.insert({ id: 'users/joe', name: 'Joe' });
+  await db.insert({ id: 'users/mary', name: 'Mary' });
+  await db.insert({ id: 'groups/standard', name: 'Standard' });
+  await db.insert({ id: 'groups/admin', name: 'Admin' });
+  await db.insert({ id: 'rootD', name: 'rootD' });
+
+  const result = await db.query();
+  assert.strictEqual(result.length, 6);
+  await db.close();
+});
+
 test('$sw operator on string', async () => {
   const db = await setupTestDb();
   await db.insert({ value: 'alpha' });