diff --git a/docs/signs.rst b/docs/signs.rst
index 1c433da..f177791 100644
--- a/docs/signs.rst
+++ b/docs/signs.rst
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The function should accept one argument (a dictionary, also know as an associati
 array), and return a string representing the text to be displayed.  For example::
 
     def signFilter(poi):
-        if poi['id'] == 'Sign':
+        if poi['id'] == 'Sign' or poi['id'] == 'minecraft:sign':
             return "\n".join([poi['Text1'], poi['Text2'], poi['Text3'], poi['Text4']])
 
 If a POI doesn't match, the filter can return None (which is the default if a python 
diff --git a/overviewer_core/aux_files/genPOI.py b/overviewer_core/aux_files/genPOI.py
index 07b0e1c..68a51ed 100755
--- a/overviewer_core/aux_files/genPOI.py
+++ b/overviewer_core/aux_files/genPOI.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ def parseBucketChunks((bucket, rset, filters)):
         try:
             data = rset.get_chunk(b[0],b[1])
             for poi in itertools.chain(data['TileEntities'], data['Entities']):
-                if poi['id'] == 'Sign':
+                if poi['id'] == 'Sign' or poi['id'] == 'minecraft:sign':
                     poi = signWrangler(poi)
                 for name, filter_function in filters:
                     ff = bucketChunkFuncs[filter_function]
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ def handleEntities(rset, config, config_path, filters, markers):
             try:
                 data = rset.get_chunk(x, z)
                 for poi in itertools.chain(data['TileEntities'], data['Entities']):
-                    if poi['id'] == 'Sign': # kill me
+                    if poi['id'] == 'Sign' or poi['id'] == 'minecraft:sign': # kill me
                         poi = signWrangler(poi)
                     for name, __, filter_function, __, __, __ in filters:
                         result = filter_function(poi)