diff --git a/helix-term/src/commands/engine.rs b/helix-term/src/commands/engine.rs
index 2d92096dc..e74f52c4a 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/commands/engine.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/commands/engine.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use fuzzy_matcher::FuzzyMatcher;
 use helix_core::{graphemes, Tendril, Selection};
-use helix_view::{document::Mode, Document, DocumentId, Editor, editor::Action};
+use helix_view::{document::Mode, Document, DocumentId, Editor, editor::Action, extension::document_id_to_usize};
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use steel::{
     gc::unsafe_erased_pointers::CustomReference,
@@ -556,6 +556,7 @@ fn configure_engine() -> std::rc::Rc<std::cell::RefCell<steel::steel_vm::engine:
 
     engine.register_fn("editor-focus", current_focus);
     engine.register_fn("editor->doc-id", get_document_id);
+    engine.register_fn("doc-id->usize", document_id_to_usize);
     engine.register_fn("editor-switch!", switch);
     engine.register_fn("editor-set-focus!", Editor::focus);
     engine.register_fn("editor-mode", editor_get_mode);
@@ -969,6 +970,8 @@ fn get_document_id(editor: &mut Editor, view_id: helix_view::ViewId) -> Document
     editor.tree.get(view_id).doc
 }
 
+
+
 // Get the document from the document id - TODO: Add result type here
 fn get_document(editor: &mut Editor, doc_id: DocumentId) -> &Document {
     editor.documents.get(&doc_id).unwrap()
diff --git a/helix-view/src/extension.rs b/helix-view/src/extension.rs
index 6aaa290e4..16b7773f9 100644
--- a/helix-view/src/extension.rs
+++ b/helix-view/src/extension.rs
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ impl Custom for crate::graphics::CursorKind {}
 impl Custom for DocumentId {}
 impl Custom for ViewId {}
 impl CustomReference for Document {}
+
+pub fn document_id_to_usize(doc_id: &DocumentId) -> usize {
+    doc_id.0.into()
+}
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