diff --git a/snowflake.go b/snowflake.go
index 169e2be..0eef035 100644
--- a/snowflake.go
+++ b/snowflake.go
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import (
 // Epoch is the discord epoch in milliseconds.
 const Epoch = 1420070400000
 
+var AllowUnquoted = false
+
 var (
 	nullBytes = []byte("null")
 	zeroBytes = []byte("0")
@@ -75,14 +77,17 @@ func (id *ID) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 	if bytes.Equal(data, nullBytes) || bytes.Equal(data, zeroBytes) {
 		return nil
 	}
+
 	snowflake, err := strconv.Unquote(string(data))
-	if err != nil {
+	if err != nil && !AllowUnquoted {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to unquote snowflake: %w", err)
 	}
+
 	i, err := strconv.ParseUint(snowflake, 10, 64)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse snowflake as uint64: %w", err)
 	}
+
 	*id = ID(i)
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/snowflake_test.go b/snowflake_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9674448
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snowflake_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package snowflake
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"strconv"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestID_UnmarshalJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name          string
+		data          []byte
+		expected      ID
+		allowUnquoted bool
+		err           error
+	}{
+		{
+			name:          "null",
+			data:          []byte("null"),
+			expected:      0,
+			allowUnquoted: false,
+			err:           nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "valid id",
+			data:          []byte(`"123456"`),
+			expected:      123456,
+			allowUnquoted: false,
+			err:           nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "invalid id",
+			data:          []byte(`"id"`),
+			expected:      0,
+			allowUnquoted: false,
+			err:           strconv.ErrSyntax,
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "unquoted 0",
+			data:          []byte("0"),
+			expected:      0,
+			allowUnquoted: false,
+			err:           nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "quoted 0",
+			data:          []byte(`"0"`),
+			expected:      0,
+			allowUnquoted: false,
+			err:           nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "unquoted 1",
+			data:          []byte("1"),
+			expected:      0,
+			allowUnquoted: true,
+			err:           strconv.ErrSyntax,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var id ID
+			err := json.Unmarshal(tt.data, &id)
+
+			if !errors.Is(err, tt.err) {
+				t.Errorf("expected error %v, got %v", tt.err, err)
+			}
+			if id != tt.expected {
+				t.Errorf("expected %d, got %d", tt.expected, id)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}