diff --git a/src/main/java/xyz/srnyx/magicmongo/MagicMongo.java b/src/main/java/xyz/srnyx/magicmongo/MagicMongo.java
index 4ff78b7..2a64925 100644
--- a/src/main/java/xyz/srnyx/magicmongo/MagicMongo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/xyz/srnyx/magicmongo/MagicMongo.java
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
+import xyz.srnyx.magicmongo.codecs.UUIDCodec;
+
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -136,13 +138,19 @@ public MagicDatabase getMagicDatabase(@NotNull String name) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the default {@link CodecRegistry} with the {@link PojoCodecProvider} enabled
+     * Gets the default {@link CodecRegistry}
+     * <ul>
+     *     <li>{@link UUIDCodec}</li>
+     *     <li>{@link MongoClientSettings#getDefaultCodecRegistry()}</li>
+     *     <li>{@link PojoCodecProvider#builder() PojoCodecProvider.builder().automatic(true).build()}</li>
+     * </ul>
      *
      * @return  the default {@link CodecRegistry}
      */
     @NotNull
     public static CodecRegistry getDefaultCodecRegistry() {
         return CodecRegistries.fromRegistries(
+                CodecRegistries.fromCodecs(new UUIDCodec()),
                 MongoClientSettings.getDefaultCodecRegistry(),
                 CodecRegistries.fromProviders(PojoCodecProvider.builder().automatic(true).build()));
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/xyz/srnyx/magicmongo/codecs/UUIDCodec.java b/src/main/java/xyz/srnyx/magicmongo/codecs/UUIDCodec.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..305fd03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/xyz/srnyx/magicmongo/codecs/UUIDCodec.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package xyz.srnyx.magicmongo.codecs;
+
+import org.bson.BsonReader;
+import org.bson.BsonWriter;
+import org.bson.codecs.Codec;
+import org.bson.codecs.DecoderContext;
+import org.bson.codecs.EncoderContext;
+
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+
+/**
+ * A {@link Codec} for encoding and decoding {@link UUID UUIDs} to and from {@link String Strings}
+ */
+public class UUIDCodec implements Codec<UUID> {
+    @Override
+    public void encode(@NotNull BsonWriter writer, @NotNull UUID value, EncoderContext encoderContext) {
+        writer.writeString(value.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Override @NotNull
+    public UUID decode(@NotNull BsonReader reader, DecoderContext decoderContext) {
+        return UUID.fromString(reader.readString());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Class<UUID> getEncoderClass() {
+        return UUID.class;
+    }
+}
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