diff --git a/src/dodb/index.cr b/src/dodb/index.cr
index 54fbdb1..c559532 100644
--- a/src/dodb/index.cr
+++ b/src/dodb/index.cr
@@ -60,8 +60,14 @@ class DODB::Index(V) < DODB::Indexer(V)
 		end
 	end
 
+	# Get the key (ex: 343) for an entry in the DB.
+	# Without caching, it translates to walk the file-system in `db/indices/by_#{name}/<index>`.
+	def get_key(index : String) : Int32
+		get_key_on_fs index
+	end
+
 	def get(index : String) : V
-		@storage[get_key_on_fs index]
+		@storage[get_key index]
 	end
 
 	def get?(index : String) : V?
@@ -73,7 +79,7 @@ class DODB::Index(V) < DODB::Indexer(V)
 	# FIXME: Unlock on exception.
 	def safe_get(index : String) : Nil
 		@storage.request_lock @name, index
-		internal_key = get_key_on_fs(index).to_s
+		internal_key = get_key(index).to_s
 		@storage.request_lock internal_key
 
 		yield get index
@@ -97,7 +103,7 @@ class DODB::Index(V) < DODB::Indexer(V)
 	end
 
 	def get_with_key(index : String) : Tuple(V, Int32)
-		key = get_key_on_fs index
+		key = get_key index
 
 		value = @storage[key]
 
@@ -114,7 +120,7 @@ class DODB::Index(V) < DODB::Indexer(V)
 	end
 
 	def update(index : String, new_value : V)
-		key = get_key_on_fs index
+		key = get_key index
 
 		@storage[key] = new_value
 	end
@@ -126,7 +132,7 @@ class DODB::Index(V) < DODB::Indexer(V)
 	end
 
 	def delete(index : String)
-		key = get_key_on_fs index
+		key = get_key index
 
 		@storage.delete key
 	end
@@ -181,9 +187,10 @@ class DODB::CachedIndex(V) < DODB::Index(V)
 		@data.delete index_key
 	end
 
-	def get(index : String) : V
-		# Get the key from the database representation on the file-system.
-		key = if k = @data[index]?
+	# Get the key (ex: 343) for an entry in the DB.
+	# With caching, the key is probably stored in a hash, or we'll search in the FS.
+	def get_key(index : String) : Int32
+		if k = @data[index]?
 			k
 		elsif k = get_key_on_fs(index)
 			@data[index] = k
@@ -191,6 +198,5 @@ class DODB::CachedIndex(V) < DODB::Index(V)
 		else
 			raise MissingEntry.new(@name, index)
 		end
-		@storage[key]
 	end
 end