diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/utils/constants.ts b/frontend/src/lib/utils/constants.ts
index f377d6b60..7062fbcdc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/utils/constants.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/utils/constants.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export const MONTH_LIST = [
 	'December'
 ];
 
-const UUID_REGEX = '([0-9a-f]{8}\\-[0-9a-f]{4}\\-[0-9a-f]{4}\\-[0-9a-f]{4}\\-[0-9a-f]{12})';
+export const UUID_REGEX = '([0-9a-f]{8}\\-[0-9a-f]{4}\\-[0-9a-f]{4}\\-[0-9a-f]{4}\\-[0-9a-f]{12})';
 export const UUID_LIST_REGEX = new RegExp(`^${UUID_REGEX}(,${UUID_REGEX})*$`);
 
 export const URN_REGEX =
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/(app)/[model=urlmodel]/[id=uuid]/+layout.server.ts b/frontend/src/routes/(app)/[model=urlmodel]/[id=uuid]/+layout.server.ts
index bcc518f21..7e9e4d059 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/(app)/[model=urlmodel]/[id=uuid]/+layout.server.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/(app)/[model=urlmodel]/[id=uuid]/+layout.server.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { BASE_API_URL } from '$lib/utils/constants';
+import { BASE_API_URL, UUID_REGEX } from '$lib/utils/constants';
 import { URL_MODEL_MAP, getModelInfo, type ModelMapEntry } from '$lib/utils/crud';
 import { tableSourceMapper, type TableSource } from '@skeletonlabs/skeleton';
 
@@ -67,7 +67,16 @@ export const load: LayoutServerLoad = async ({ fetch, params }) => {
 				const deleteForm = await superValidate(zod(z.object({ id: z.string().uuid() })));
 				const createSchema = modelSchema(e.urlModel);
 				initialData[e.field] = data.id;
-				if (data.folder) initialData['folder'] = data.folder.id ?? data.folder;
+				if (data.folder) {
+					if (!new RegExp(UUID_REGEX).test(data.folder)) {
+						const objectEndpoint = `${endpoint}object/`;
+						const objectResponse = await fetch(objectEndpoint);
+						const objectData = await objectResponse.json();
+						initialData['folder'] = objectData.folder;
+					} else {
+						initialData['folder'] = data.folder.id ?? data.folder;
+					}
+				}
 				const createForm = await superValidate(initialData, zod(createSchema), { errors: false });
 
 				const foreignKeys: Record<string, any> = {};