diff --git a/app/api/stuff.py b/app/api/stuff.py
index 5cab5c3..bfb6c8c 100644
--- a/app/api/stuff.py
+++ b/app/api/stuff.py
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ async def create_stuff(
 async def find_stuff(name: str, db_session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db)):
     result = await Stuff.find(db_session, name)
     if not result:
-        raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND, detail=f"Stuff with name {name} not found.")
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND,
+            detail=f"Stuff with name {name} not found.",
+        )
     return result
 
 
@@ -91,7 +94,6 @@ async def find_stuff_pool(
     return result
 
 
-
 @router.delete("/{name}")
 async def delete_stuff(name: str, db_session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db)):
     stuff = await Stuff.find(db_session, name)
diff --git a/app/models/stuff.py b/app/models/stuff.py
index 45a0851..fdd2dc7 100644
--- a/app/models/stuff.py
+++ b/app/models/stuff.py
@@ -9,6 +9,20 @@ from sqlalchemy.orm import mapped_column, Mapped, relationship, joinedload
 from app.models.base import Base
 from app.models.nonsense import Nonsense
 
+from functools import wraps
+
+
+def compile_sql_or_scalar(func):
+    @wraps(func)
+    async def wrapper(cls, db_session, name, compile_sql=False, *args, **kwargs):
+        stmt = await func(cls, db_session, name, *args, **kwargs)
+        if compile_sql:
+            return stmt.compile(compile_kwargs={"literal_binds": True})
+        result = await db_session.execute(stmt)
+        return result.scalars().first()
+
+    return wrapper
+
 
 class Stuff(Base):
     __tablename__ = "stuff"
@@ -24,12 +38,10 @@ class Stuff(Base):
     )
 
     @classmethod
-    async def find(cls, db_session: AsyncSession, name: str, compile_sql: bool = False):
+    @compile_sql_or_scalar
+    async def find(cls, db_session: AsyncSession, name: str, compile_sql=False):
         stmt = select(cls).options(joinedload(cls.nonsense)).where(cls.name == name)
-        if compile_sql:
-            return stmt.compile(compile_kwargs={"literal_binds": True})
-        result = await db_session.execute(stmt)
-        return result.scalars().first()
+        return stmt
 
 
 class StuffFullOfNonsense(Base):