diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 01cd6279f..8b87f6b39 100755
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 2018-01-17 DariusIII
+	* Chg: Update Country class
 	* Chg: Remove countries table as we will use new package with migration and seeding to populate it
 	* Chg: Update Country.php
 	* Chg: Remove $maxage parameter as it is not used in Books class
diff --git a/nntmux/utility/Country.php b/nntmux/utility/Country.php
index 02778ea30..63ab72b29 100755
--- a/nntmux/utility/Country.php
+++ b/nntmux/utility/Country.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class Country
     public static function countryCode($country)
     {
         if (\strlen($country) > 2) {
-            $code = CountryModel::query()->where('full_name', $country)->first(['iso_3166_2']);
+            $code = CountryModel::query()->where('full_name', $country)->orWhere('name', $country)->first(['iso_3166_2']);
             if ($code !== null && isset($code['iso_3166_2'])) {
                 return $code['iso_3166_2'];
             }