diff --git a/app/hackathons/[id]/[projectId]/NostrProjectPageClient.tsx b/app/hackathons/[id]/[projectId]/NostrProjectPageClient.tsx
index f94ff74..9ad3486 100644
--- a/app/hackathons/[id]/[projectId]/NostrProjectPageClient.tsx
+++ b/app/hackathons/[id]/[projectId]/NostrProjectPageClient.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   CircleDashed,
 } from "lucide-react";
 import {
+  fetchCommunityProjects,
   fetchCommunityProjectsSnapshot,
   getCachedCommunityProjects,
   refetchCommunityProjectById,
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ import {
   dedupeSoldierProfileMembers,
   soldierProfileHref,
 } from "@/lib/soldierProfileLinks";
+import { projectMatchesIdentifier } from "@/lib/projectIdentity";
 import { mergeDataRelays } from "@/lib/nostrRelayConfig";
 import { Trophy, Lightbulb, AlertTriangle } from "lucide-react";
 import NewProjectModal from "@/components/NewProjectModal";
@@ -339,9 +341,12 @@ export default function NostrProjectPage({
       setSearchPhase("cache");
       setSearchProgress(null);
       const cached = getCachedCommunityProjects();
-      let latest = cached?.find(
-        (p) => p.id === projectId && p.hackathon === hackathonId,
-      ) ?? null;
+      let latest =
+        cached?.find(
+          (p) =>
+            p.hackathon === hackathonId &&
+            projectMatchesIdentifier(p, projectId),
+        ) ?? null;
       if (latest && !cancelled) {
         showProject(latest);
       }
@@ -356,7 +361,9 @@ export default function NostrProjectPage({
           });
           const fromSnapshot =
             snapshot.projects.find(
-              (p) => p.id === projectId && p.hackathon === hackathonId,
+              (p) =>
+                p.hackathon === hackathonId &&
+                projectMatchesIdentifier(p, projectId),
             ) ?? null;
           if (fromSnapshot && !cancelled) {
             latest = fromSnapshot;
@@ -368,7 +375,7 @@ export default function NostrProjectPage({
 
         if (!cancelled) setSearchPhase("relays");
         const fresh = await refetchCommunityProjectById(
-          projectId,
+          latest?.id ?? projectId,
           TOP10_RELAYS,
           5000,
           latest?.author,
@@ -385,7 +392,22 @@ export default function NostrProjectPage({
         if (fresh && fresh.hackathon === hackathonId) {
           showProject(fresh);
         } else if (!latest) {
-          setProject(null);
+          const broad = await fetchCommunityProjects(TOP10_RELAYS, {
+            perRelayTimeoutMs: 5000,
+            signal: snapshotAbort.signal,
+            onProgress: (progress) => {
+              if (!cancelled) setSearchProgress(progress);
+            },
+          });
+          if (cancelled) return;
+          const aliased =
+            broad.find(
+              (p) =>
+                p.hackathon === hackathonId &&
+                projectMatchesIdentifier(p, projectId),
+            ) ?? null;
+          if (aliased) showProject(aliased);
+          else setProject(null);
         }
       } catch (e) {
         if (e instanceof DOMException && e.name === "AbortError") return;
diff --git a/lib/nostrCache.ts b/lib/nostrCache.ts
index e1316ef..7bd9b2a 100644
--- a/lib/nostrCache.ts
+++ b/lib/nostrCache.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import { cacheLife, cacheTag } from "next/cache";
 import { DEFAULT_RELAYS } from "./nostrRelayConfig";
 import type { ProjectStatus } from "./hackathons";
+import { projectMatchesIdentifier } from "./projectIdentity";
 
 const PROJECT_KIND = 30078;
 const PROJECT_TAG = "lacrypta-dev-project";
@@ -259,7 +260,9 @@ export async function getNostrProject(
 ): Promise<CachedNostrProject | null> {
   const all = await getAllSubmissionsCached();
   return (
-    all.find((p) => p.hackathon === hackathonId && p.id === projectId) ?? null
+    all.find(
+      (p) => p.hackathon === hackathonId && projectMatchesIdentifier(p, projectId),
+    ) ?? null
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/projectIdentity.ts b/lib/projectIdentity.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..281bd2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/projectIdentity.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+type ProjectIdentity = {
+  eventId?: string;
+  id: string;
+  name?: string;
+};
+
+export function slugifyProjectName(name: string): string {
+  return name
+    .normalize("NFKD")
+    .replace(/[\u0300-\u036f]/g, "")
+    .toLowerCase()
+    .trim()
+    .replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, "-")
+    .replace(/^-+|-+$/g, "");
+}
+
+export function projectMatchesIdentifier(
+  project: ProjectIdentity,
+  identifier: string,
+): boolean {
+  const key = identifier.trim();
+  if (!key) return false;
+  if (project.id === key) return true;
+  if (project.eventId === key) return true;
+  return project.name ? slugifyProjectName(project.name) === key : false;
+}