diff --git a/test/api/v3/integration/hall/GET-hall_heroes_heroId.test.js b/test/api/v3/integration/hall/GET-hall_heroes_heroId.test.js
index b687ee0ed9..b2d7bc6383 100644
--- a/test/api/v3/integration/hall/GET-hall_heroes_heroId.test.js
+++ b/test/api/v3/integration/hall/GET-hall_heroes_heroId.test.js
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ describe('GET /heroes/:heroId', () => {
 
   it('validates req.params.heroId', async () => {
     await expect(user.get('/hall/heroes/invalidUUID')).to.eventually.be.rejected.and.eql({
-      code: 400,
-      error: 'BadRequest',
-      message: t('invalidReqParams'),
+      code: 404,
+      error: 'NotFound',
+      message: t('userWithIDNotFound', {userId: 'invalidUUID'}),
     });
   });
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ describe('GET /heroes/:heroId', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it('returns only necessary hero data', async () => {
+  it('returns only necessary hero data given user id', async () => {
     let hero = await generateUser({
       contributor: {tier: 23},
     });
@@ -53,4 +53,18 @@ describe('GET /heroes/:heroId', () => {
     expect(heroRes.auth.local).not.to.have.keys(['salt', 'hashed_password']);
     expect(heroRes.profile).to.have.all.keys(['name']);
   });
+
+  it('returns only necessary hero data given username', async () => {
+    let hero = await generateUser({
+      contributor: {tier: 23},
+    });
+    let heroRes = await user.get(`/hall/heroes/${hero.auth.local.username}`);
+
+    expect(heroRes).to.have.all.keys([ // works as: object has all and only these keys
+      '_id', 'id', 'balance', 'profile', 'purchased',
+      'contributor', 'auth', 'items',
+    ]);
+    expect(heroRes.auth.local).not.to.have.keys(['salt', 'hashed_password']);
+    expect(heroRes.profile).to.have.all.keys(['name']);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/website/client/components/hall/heroes.vue b/website/client/components/hall/heroes.vue
index 391a031657..6f62783132 100644
--- a/website/client/components/hall/heroes.vue
+++ b/website/client/components/hall/heroes.vue
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       .row
         .form.col-6(v-if='!hero.profile')
           .form-group
-            input.form-control(type='text', v-model='heroID', :placeholder="$t('UUID')")
+            input.form-control(type='text', v-model='heroID', :placeholder="'User ID or Username'")
           .form-group
             button.btn.btn-secondary(@click='loadHero(heroID)')
               | {{ $t('loadUser') }}
diff --git a/website/server/controllers/api-v3/hall.js b/website/server/controllers/api-v3/hall.js
index 21dfdadbb0..e42adb80c5 100644
--- a/website/server/controllers/api-v3/hall.js
+++ b/website/server/controllers/api-v3/hall.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../libs/errors';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import apiError from '../../libs/apiError';
+import validator from 'validator';
 
 let api = {};
 
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ api.getHeroes = {
 const heroAdminFields = 'contributor balance profile.name purchased items auth flags.chatRevoked';
 
 /**
- * @api {get} /api/v3/hall/heroes/:heroId Get any user ("hero") given the UUID
+ * @api {get} /api/v3/hall/heroes/:heroId Get any user ("hero") given the UUID or Username
  * @apiParam (Path) {UUID} heroId user ID
  * @apiName GetHero
  * @apiGroup Hall
@@ -162,15 +163,23 @@ api.getHero = {
   url: '/hall/heroes/:heroId',
   middlewares: [authWithHeaders(), ensureAdmin],
   async handler (req, res) {
-    let heroId = req.params.heroId;
+    let validationErrors;
+    req.checkParams('heroId', res.t('heroIdRequired')).notEmpty();
 
-    req.checkParams('heroId', res.t('heroIdRequired')).notEmpty().isUUID();
-
-    let validationErrors = req.validationErrors();
+    validationErrors = req.validationErrors();
     if (validationErrors) throw validationErrors;
 
-    let hero = await User
-      .findById(heroId)
+    const heroId = req.params.heroId;
+
+    let query;
+    if (validator.isUUID(heroId)) {
+      query = {_id: heroId};
+    } else {
+      query = {'auth.local.username': heroId};
+    }
+
+    const hero = await User
+      .findOne(query)
       .select(heroAdminFields)
       .exec();