diff --git a/lib/cursor.js b/lib/cursor.js
index 204ae4f..06944f0 100644
--- a/lib/cursor.js
+++ b/lib/cursor.js
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ Cursor.prototype.sort = function(sortQuery) {
 
 /**
  * Get all matching elements
+ * Will return pointers to matched elements (shallow copies), returning full copies is the role of find or findOne
  * This is an internal function, use exec which uses the executor
  *
  * @param {Function} callback - Signature: err, results
@@ -66,12 +67,12 @@ Cursor.prototype._exec = function(callback) {
           if (this._skip && this._skip > skipped) {
             skipped += 1;
           } else {
-            res.push(model.deepCopy(candidates[i]));
+            res.push(candidates[i]);
             added += 1;
             if (this._limit && this._limit <= added) { break; }                  
           }
         } else {
-          res.push(model.deepCopy(candidates[i]));
+          res.push(candidates[i]);
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/lib/datastore.js b/lib/datastore.js
index dd745d7..f91ef53 100644
--- a/lib/datastore.js
+++ b/lib/datastore.js
@@ -390,8 +390,14 @@ Datastore.prototype.count = function() {
  */
 Datastore.prototype.find = function (query, callback) {
   var cursor = new Cursor(this, query, function(err, docs, callback) {
+    var res = [], i;
+  
     if (err) { return callback(err); }
-    return callback(null, docs);
+    
+    for (i = 0; i < docs.length; i += 1) {
+      res.push(model.deepCopy(docs[i]));
+    }
+    return callback(null, res);
   });
 
   if (typeof callback === 'function') {
@@ -410,7 +416,7 @@ Datastore.prototype.findOne = function (query, callback) {
   var cursor = new Cursor(this, query, function(err, docs, callback) {
     if (err) { return callback(err); }
     if (docs.length === 1) {
-      return callback(null, docs[0]);
+      return callback(null, model.deepCopy(docs[0]));
     } else {
       return callback(null, null);    
     }
diff --git a/test/db.test.js b/test/db.test.js
index fe770cc..ca6ece6 100644
--- a/test/db.test.js
+++ b/test/db.test.js
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ describe('Database', function () {
                     d.findOne({ a: { $gt: 14 } }).sort({ a: 1 }).skip(2).exec(function (err, doc) {
                       assert.isNull(err);
                       assert.isNull(doc);
-                      
+
                       done();
                     });
                   });