diff --git a/ActiveCollabAPI/ACAuthenticator.py b/ActiveCollabAPI/ACAuthenticator.py
index ed2b2dd..7d6f8d6 100644
--- a/ActiveCollabAPI/ACAuthenticator.py
+++ b/ActiveCollabAPI/ACAuthenticator.py
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ class ACAuthenticator:
         self.accounts = login_res['accounts']
         return login_res
 
-    def find_account(self, name):
-        found = list(filter(lambda a: a['user_display_name'] == name,
+    def find_account(self, value, field='user_display_name'):
+        found = list(filter(lambda a: a[field] == value,
                             self.accounts))
         if len(found) == 0:
             raise Exception("Account '%s' not found!" % name)