diff --git a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/flowcache/web/GetFlowByIdResource.java b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/flowcache/web/GetFlowByIdResource.java
index 2863c79..d5b2730 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/flowcache/web/GetFlowByIdResource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/flowcache/web/GetFlowByIdResource.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 import net.floodlightcontroller.util.FlowId;
 import net.floodlightcontroller.util.FlowPath;
 
-import org.openflow.util.HexString;
 import org.restlet.resource.Get;
 import org.restlet.resource.ServerResource;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@
 
 	// Extract the arguments
 	String flowIdStr = (String) getRequestAttributes().get("flow-id");
-	FlowId flowId = new FlowId(HexString.toLong(flowIdStr));
+	FlowId flowId = new FlowId(flowIdStr);
 
 	log.debug("Get Flow Id: " + flowIdStr);