diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index c28e846a0..015335b39 100755
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
             "Composer\\Config::disableProcessTimeout",
             "docker compose exec tests vendor/bin/phpunit --configuration phpunit.xml"
         ],
+        "mytest": [
+            "Composer\\Config::disableProcessTimeout",
+            "docker compose exec tests vendor/bin/phpunit ./tests/Database/Adapter/MongoDBTest.php --stop-on-failure"
+        ],
         "lint": "./vendor/bin/pint --test",
         "format": "./vendor/bin/pint",
         "check": "./vendor/bin/phpstan analyse --level 7 src tests --memory-limit 512M",
diff --git a/src/Database/Adapter/MariaDB.php b/src/Database/Adapter/MariaDB.php
index 3ffc52da1..52403ad10 100644
--- a/src/Database/Adapter/MariaDB.php
+++ b/src/Database/Adapter/MariaDB.php
@@ -1046,17 +1046,26 @@ public function find(string $collection, array $queries = [], ?int $limit = 25,
         $results = $stmt->fetchAll();
 
         foreach ($results as $key => $value) {
-            $results[$key]['$id'] = $value['_uid'];
-            $results[$key]['$internalId'] = $value['_id'];
-            $results[$key]['$createdAt'] = $value['_createdAt'];
-            $results[$key]['$updatedAt'] = $value['_updatedAt'];
-            $results[$key]['$permissions'] = json_decode($value['_permissions'] ?? '[]', true);
-
-            unset($results[$key]['_uid']);
-            unset($results[$key]['_id']);
-            unset($results[$key]['_createdAt']);
-            unset($results[$key]['_updatedAt']);
-            unset($results[$key]['_permissions']);
+            if (array_key_exists('_uid', $value)) {
+                $results[$key]['$id'] = $value['_uid'];
+                unset($results[$key]['_uid']);
+            }
+            if (array_key_exists('_id', $value)) {
+                $results[$key]['$internalId'] = $value['_id'];
+                unset($results[$key]['_id']);
+            }
+            if (array_key_exists('_createdAt', $value)) {
+                $results[$key]['$createdAt'] = $value['_createdAt'];
+                unset($results[$key]['_createdAt']);
+            }
+            if (array_key_exists('_updatedAt', $value)) {
+                $results[$key]['$updatedAt'] = $value['_updatedAt'];
+                unset($results[$key]['_updatedAt']);
+            }
+            if (array_key_exists('_permissions', $value)) {
+                $results[$key]['$permissions'] = json_decode($value['_permissions'] ?? '[]', true);
+                unset($results[$key]['_permissions']);
+            }
 
             $results[$key] = new Document($results[$key]);
         }
@@ -1189,10 +1198,32 @@ protected function getAttributeProjection(array $selections, string $prefix = ''
             return '*';
         }
 
+        if (in_array('$id', $selections)) {
+            $index = array_search('$id', $selections);
+            unset($selections[$index]);
+        }
+        if (in_array('$internalId', $selections)) {
+            $index = array_search('$internalId', $selections);
+            $selections[$index] = '_id';
+        }
+        if (in_array('$createdAt', $selections)) {
+            $index = array_search('$createdAt', $selections);
+            $selections[$index] = '_createdAt';
+        }
+        if (in_array('$updatedAt', $selections)) {
+            $index = array_search('$updatedAt', $selections);
+            $selections[$index] = '_updatedAt';
+        }
+        if (in_array('$permissions', $selections)) {
+            $index = array_search('$permissions', $selections);
+            unset($selections[$index]);
+        }
+        if (in_array('$collection', $selections)) {
+            $index = array_search('$collection', $selections);
+            unset($selections[$index]);
+        }
+
         $selections[] = '_uid';
-        $selections[] = '_id';
-        $selections[] = '_createdAt';
-        $selections[] = '_updatedAt';
         $selections[] = '_permissions';
 
         if (!empty($prefix)) {
diff --git a/src/Database/Adapter/Mongo.php b/src/Database/Adapter/Mongo.php
index a68440e16..22c7b3f63 100644
--- a/src/Database/Adapter/Mongo.php
+++ b/src/Database/Adapter/Mongo.php
@@ -1331,10 +1331,28 @@ protected function getAttributeProjection(array $selections, string $prefix = ''
         }
 
         $projection['_uid'] = 1;
-        $projection['_id'] = 1;
+        $projection['_permissions'] = 1;
         $projection['_createdAt'] = 1;
         $projection['_updatedAt'] = 1;
-        $projection['_permissions'] = 1;
+
+        if (isset($projection['$id'])) {
+            unset($projection['$id']);
+        }
+        if (isset($projection['$internalId'])) {
+            unset($projection['$internalId']);
+        }
+        if (isset($projection['$permissions'])) {
+            unset($projection['$permissions']);
+        }
+        if (isset($projection['$createdAt'])) {
+            unset($projection['$createdAt']);
+        }
+        if (isset($projection['$updatedAt'])) {
+            unset($projection['$updatedAt']);
+        }
+        if (isset($projection['$collection'])) {
+            unset($projection['$collection']);
+        }
 
         return $projection;
     }
diff --git a/src/Database/Adapter/Postgres.php b/src/Database/Adapter/Postgres.php
index 348a2bd51..43049c7ff 100644
--- a/src/Database/Adapter/Postgres.php
+++ b/src/Database/Adapter/Postgres.php
@@ -1056,17 +1056,26 @@ public function find(string $collection, array $queries = [], ?int $limit = 25,
         $results = $stmt->fetchAll();
 
         foreach ($results as $key => $value) {
-            $results[$key]['$id'] = $value['_uid'];
-            $results[$key]['$internalId'] = $value['_id'];
-            $results[$key]['$createdAt'] = $value['_createdAt'];
-            $results[$key]['$updatedAt'] = $value['_updatedAt'];
-            $results[$key]['$permissions'] = json_decode($value['_permissions'] ?? '[]', true);
-
-            unset($results[$key]['_uid']);
-            unset($results[$key]['_id']);
-            unset($results[$key]['_createdAt']);
-            unset($results[$key]['_updatedAt']);
-            unset($results[$key]['_permissions']);
+            if (array_key_exists('_uid', $value)) {
+                $results[$key]['$id'] = $value['_uid'];
+                unset($results[$key]['_uid']);
+            }
+            if (array_key_exists('_id', $value)) {
+                $results[$key]['$internalId'] = $value['_id'];
+                unset($results[$key]['_id']);
+            }
+            if (array_key_exists('_createdAt', $value)) {
+                $results[$key]['$createdAt'] = $value['_createdAt'];
+                unset($results[$key]['_createdAt']);
+            }
+            if (array_key_exists('_updatedAt', $value)) {
+                $results[$key]['$updatedAt'] = $value['_updatedAt'];
+                unset($results[$key]['_updatedAt']);
+            }
+            if (array_key_exists('_permissions', $value)) {
+                $results[$key]['$permissions'] = json_decode($value['_permissions'] ?? '[]', true);
+                unset($results[$key]['_permissions']);
+            }
 
             $results[$key] = new Document($results[$key]);
         }
@@ -1215,6 +1224,14 @@ protected function getAttributeProjection(array $selections, string $prefix = ''
             }
         }
 
+        foreach ($selections as $key => $value) {
+            $valueUnquoted = \trim(\stripslashes($value), "\"");
+            $value = "$" . $valueUnquoted;
+            if (\in_array($value, Database::INTERNAL_ATTRIBUTES)) {
+                unset($selections[$key]);
+            }
+        }
+
         return \implode(', ', $selections);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Database/Adapter/SQL.php b/src/Database/Adapter/SQL.php
index 763986d5d..c42ccb7a7 100644
--- a/src/Database/Adapter/SQL.php
+++ b/src/Database/Adapter/SQL.php
@@ -127,17 +127,26 @@ public function getDocument(string $collection, string $id, array $queries = [])
             return new Document([]);
         }
 
-        $document['$id'] = $document['_uid'];
-        $document['$internalId'] = $document['_id'];
-        $document['$createdAt'] = $document['_createdAt'];
-        $document['$updatedAt'] = $document['_updatedAt'];
-        $document['$permissions'] = json_decode($document['_permissions'] ?? '[]', true);
-
-        unset($document['_id']);
-        unset($document['_uid']);
-        unset($document['_createdAt']);
-        unset($document['_updatedAt']);
-        unset($document['_permissions']);
+        if (isset($document['_uid'])) {
+            $document['$id'] = $document['_uid'];
+            unset($document['_uid']);
+        }
+        if (isset($document['_id'])) {
+            $document['$internalId'] = $document['_id'];
+            unset($document['_id']);
+        }
+        if (isset($document['_createdAt'])) {
+            $document['$createdAt'] = $document['_createdAt'];
+            unset($document['_createdAt']);
+        }
+        if (isset($document['_updatedAt'])) {
+            $document['$updatedAt'] = $document['_updatedAt'];
+            unset($document['_updatedAt']);
+        }
+        if (isset($document['_permissions'])) {
+            $document['$permissions'] = json_decode($document['_permissions'] ?? '[]', true);
+            unset($document['_permissions']);
+        }
 
         return new Document($document);
     }
diff --git a/src/Database/Database.php b/src/Database/Database.php
index c90d68c6b..b84446368 100644
--- a/src/Database/Database.php
+++ b/src/Database/Database.php
@@ -121,6 +121,16 @@ class Database
     public const EVENT_INDEX_CREATE = 'index_create';
     public const EVENT_INDEX_DELETE = 'index_delete';
 
+    // Internal Parameters
+    public const INTERNAL_ATTRIBUTES = [
+        '$id',
+        '$internalId',
+        '$createdAt',
+        '$updatedAt',
+        '$permissions',
+        '$collection'
+    ];
+
     protected Adapter $adapter;
 
     protected Cache $cache;
@@ -2284,6 +2294,26 @@ public function getDocument(string $collection, string $id, array $queries = [])
             $this->cache->save($cacheKey, $document->getArrayCopy());
         }
 
+        foreach ($queries as $query) {
+            if ($query->getMethod() == Query::TYPE_SELECT) {
+                $queriedValues = $query->getValues();
+                $defaultKeys = Database::INTERNAL_ATTRIBUTES;
+
+                foreach ($queriedValues as $queriedValue) {
+                    if (in_array($queriedValue, $defaultKeys)) {
+                        $index = array_search($queriedValue, $defaultKeys);
+                        unset($defaultKeys[$index]);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                foreach ($defaultKeys as $defaultKey) {
+                    if ($document->isSet($defaultKey)) {
+                        $document->removeAttribute($defaultKey);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         $this->trigger(self::EVENT_DOCUMENT_READ, $document);
 
         return $document;
@@ -4015,6 +4045,17 @@ public function find(string $collection, array $queries = [], ?int $timeout = nu
 
         $results = $this->applyNestedQueries($results, $nestedQueries, $relationships);
 
+        // remove default keys $id and $permissions from the results
+        foreach ($queries as $query) {
+            if ($query->getMethod() === Query::TYPE_SELECT) {
+                foreach ($results as $result) {
+                    foreach (Database::INTERNAL_ATTRIBUTES as $parameter) {
+                        $result->removeAttribute($parameter);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         $this->trigger(self::EVENT_DOCUMENT_FIND, $results);
 
         return $results;
@@ -4351,8 +4392,17 @@ public function decode(Document $collection, Document $document, array $selectio
                 }
             }
 
-            if (empty($selections) || \in_array($key, $selections) || \in_array('*', $selections)) {
-                $document->setAttribute($key, ($array) ? $value : $value[0]);
+            if (
+                empty($selections)
+                || \in_array($key, $selections)
+                || \in_array('*', $selections)
+                || \in_array($key, ['$createdAt', '$updatedAt'])
+            ) {
+                if (\in_array($key, ['$createdAt', '$updatedAt']) && $value[0] === null) {
+                    continue;
+                } else {
+                    $document->setAttribute($key, ($array) ? $value : $value[0]);
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -4510,6 +4560,8 @@ private function validateSelections(Document $collection, array $queries): array
             }
         }
 
+        $keys = \array_merge($keys, Database::INTERNAL_ATTRIBUTES);
+
         $invalid = \array_diff($selections, $keys);
         if (!empty($invalid) && !\in_array('*', $invalid)) {
             throw new DatabaseException('Cannot select attributes: ' . \implode(', ', $invalid));
diff --git a/tests/Database/Base.php b/tests/Database/Base.php
index 8a83b39ba..96a39d3e2 100644
--- a/tests/Database/Base.php
+++ b/tests/Database/Base.php
@@ -1017,7 +1017,9 @@ public function testGetDocument(Document $document): Document
      */
     public function testGetDocumentSelect(Document $document): Document
     {
-        $document = static::getDatabase()->getDocument('documents', $document->getId(), [
+        $documentId = $document->getId();
+
+        $document = static::getDatabase()->getDocument('documents', $documentId, [
             Query::select(['string', 'integer']),
         ]);
 
@@ -1030,6 +1032,78 @@ public function testGetDocumentSelect(Document $document): Document
         $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('boolean', $document->getAttributes());
         $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('colors', $document->getAttributes());
         $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('with-dash', $document->getAttributes());
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$id', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$internalId', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$collection', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$permissions', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$createdAt', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$updatedAt', $document);
+
+        $document = static::getDatabase()->getDocument('documents', $documentId, [
+            Query::select(['string', 'integer', '$id']),
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('$id', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$internalId', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$permissions', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$createdAt', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$updatedAt', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$collection', $document);
+
+        $document = static::getDatabase()->getDocument('documents', $documentId, [
+            Query::select(['string', 'integer', '$internalId']),
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$id', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('$internalId', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$permissions', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$createdAt', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$updatedAt', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$collection', $document);
+
+        $document = static::getDatabase()->getDocument('documents', $documentId, [
+            Query::select(['string', 'integer', '$permissions']),
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$id', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$internalId', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('$permissions', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$createdAt', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$updatedAt', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$collection', $document);
+
+        $document = static::getDatabase()->getDocument('documents', $documentId, [
+            Query::select(['string', 'integer', '$createdAt']),
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$id', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$internalId', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$permissions', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('$createdAt', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$updatedAt', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$collection', $document);
+
+        $document = static::getDatabase()->getDocument('documents', $documentId, [
+            Query::select(['string', 'integer', '$updatedAt']),
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$id', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$internalId', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$permissions', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$createdAt', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('$updatedAt', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$collection', $document);
+
+        $document = static::getDatabase()->getDocument('documents', $documentId, [
+            Query::select(['string', 'integer', '$collection']),
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$id', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$internalId', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$permissions', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$createdAt', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$updatedAt', $document);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('$collection', $document);
 
         return $document;
     }
@@ -2540,18 +2614,19 @@ public function testFindSelect(): void
         $documents = static::getDatabase()->find('movies', [
             Query::select(['name', 'year'])
         ]);
+
         foreach ($documents as $document) {
-            $this->assertArrayHasKey('$id', $document);
-            $this->assertArrayHasKey('$internalId', $document);
-            $this->assertArrayHasKey('$collection', $document);
-            $this->assertArrayHasKey('$createdAt', $document);
-            $this->assertArrayHasKey('$updatedAt', $document);
-            $this->assertArrayHasKey('$permissions', $document);
             $this->assertArrayHasKey('name', $document);
             $this->assertArrayHasKey('year', $document);
-            $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('director', $document);
             $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('price', $document);
             $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('active', $document);
+            $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('director', $document);
+            $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$id', $document);
+            $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$internalId', $document);
+            $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$collection', $document);
+            $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$createdAt', $document);
+            $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$updatedAt', $document);
+            $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('$permissions', $document);
         }
     }
 
@@ -4184,14 +4259,13 @@ public function testOneToOneOneWayRelationship(): void
         $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('area', $person->getAttribute('library'));
 
         $person = static::getDatabase()->getDocument('person', 'person1', [
-            Query::select(['*', 'library.name'])
+            Query::select(['*', 'library.name', '$id'])
         ]);
 
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('$id', $person);
         $this->assertEquals('Library 1', $person->getAttribute('library')->getAttribute('name'));
         $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('area', $person->getAttribute('library'));
 
-
-
         $document = static::getDatabase()->getDocument('person', $person->getId(), [
             Query::select(['name']),
         ]);