diff --git a/model/rid.go b/model/rid.go
index 15b12401c1b25318da82093d7b27033ff9665874..8af5a9d67e517b9ac8605f23aaec173c3e38bacc 100644
--- a/model/rid.go
+++ b/model/rid.go
@@ -44,18 +44,22 @@ func (rid RID) MarshalGQL(w io.Writer) {
 	w.Write(fmt.Appendf(nil, `"%s"`, rid.String()))
 }
 
+func (rid *RID) unmarshalString(s string) error {
+	bytes, err := base32Encoding.DecodeString(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	rid.uuid, err = uuid.FromBytes(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (rid *RID) UnmarshalGQL(v any) error {
 	switch v := v.(type) {
 	case string:
-		bytes, err := base32Encoding.DecodeString(v)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		rid.uuid, err = uuid.FromBytes(bytes)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		return nil
+		return rid.unmarshalString(v)
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("%T is not a valid RID", v)
 	}
@@ -63,13 +67,18 @@ }
 
 // database/sql.Scanner
 func (rid *RID) Scan(src any) error {
-	var uuid uuid.UUID
-	err := uuid.Scan(src)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	switch src := src.(type) {
+	case string:
+		return rid.unmarshalString(src)
+	default:
+		var uuid uuid.UUID
+		err := uuid.Scan(src)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		rid.uuid = uuid
+		return nil
 	}
-	rid.uuid = uuid
-	return nil
 }
 
 // database/sql/driver.Valuer