diff --git a/SHADE_Engine/src/ECS_Base/Managers/SHEntityManager.cpp b/SHADE_Engine/src/ECS_Base/Managers/SHEntityManager.cpp
index bbf8d400..6ce4f277 100644
--- a/SHADE_Engine/src/ECS_Base/Managers/SHEntityManager.cpp
+++ b/SHADE_Engine/src/ECS_Base/Managers/SHEntityManager.cpp
@@ -213,5 +213,14 @@ namespace SHADE
 		return SHSerialization::DeserializeEntityToSceneFromString(data);
 	}*/
 
-
+  EntityID SHEntityManager::GetEntityByName(std::string const& name) noexcept
+  {
+    EntityID result = MAX_EID;
+    for (auto& entity : entityVec)
+    {
+      if (entity->name == name)
+        result = entity->GetEID();
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/SHADE_Engine/src/ECS_Base/Managers/SHEntityManager.h b/SHADE_Engine/src/ECS_Base/Managers/SHEntityManager.h
index f32ab2c4..911748bd 100644
--- a/SHADE_Engine/src/ECS_Base/Managers/SHEntityManager.h
+++ b/SHADE_Engine/src/ECS_Base/Managers/SHEntityManager.h
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ namespace SHADE
 
 		//static EntityID DuplicateEntity(EntityID eid) noexcept;
 
+    static EntityID GetEntityByName(std::string const& name) noexcept;
+
 	protected: