diff --git a/lib/Git/IssueManager.pm b/lib/Git/IssueManager.pm
index 785f217..4674668 100644
--- a/lib/Git/IssueManager.pm
+++ b/lib/Git/IssueManager.pm
@@ -628,6 +628,47 @@ sub stats
   return $ret;
 }
 
+=method get
 
+return an issue identified by its id
+
+@param 1. param = id
+@return Git::IssueManager::Issue object
+
+=cut
+sub get
+{
+  my $self  = shift;
+  my $id    = shift;
+
+  my @statusse = ("open","assigned","inprogress","closed");
+
+  die("IssueManager not initialized") unless $self->ready();
+  my $ref   = $self->repository->getReference('refs/heads/issues');
+  my $tag   = $ref->find(".tag")->content();
+  my $root  = $ref->getTree();
+
+
+  for my $s (@statusse)
+  {
+    for my $stat ($root->find($s))
+    {
+      for my $i ($stat->get())
+      {
+        if (ref($i) eq "Git::LowLevel::Tree")
+        {
+          my $subject = $i->find("subject");
+          my $mytag = $tag . "-" . substr($subject->hash(),0,8);
+          if ($id eq  $mytag)
+          {
+             my $issue = $self->parseIssue($i, $tag, $s);
+             return $issue;
+           }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  die("issue " . $id . " not found\n");
+}
 
 1;