diff --git a/lib/msg-v3/tangle.js b/lib/msg-v3/tangle.js
index 96cdc3e..7ea2341 100644
--- a/lib/msg-v3/tangle.js
+++ b/lib/msg-v3/tangle.js
@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@ class Tangle {
     return isMoot(this.#rootMsg)
   }
 
+  get id() {
+    return this.#rootID
+  }
+
   get mootDetails() {
     if (!this.#isFeed()) return null
     if (!this.#rootMsg) {
diff --git a/test/msg-v3/tangles.test.js b/test/msg-v3/tangles.test.js
index a4de67c..2271225 100644
--- a/test/msg-v3/tangles.test.js
+++ b/test/msg-v3/tangles.test.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ test('simple multi-author tangle', (t) => {
   const mootA = MsgV3.createMoot(accountA, 'post', keypairA)
   const mootAID = MsgV3.getMsgID(mootA)
   const tangleA = new MsgV3.Tangle(mootAID)
+  assert.equal(tangleA.id, mootAID, 'tangle.id')
   tangleA.add(mootAID, mootA)
 
   const mootB = MsgV3.createMoot(accountB, 'post', keypairB)