diff --git a/app/lib/finder_loader.rb b/app/lib/finder_loader.rb
index 98d41e248..739285e7c 100644
--- a/app/lib/finder_loader.rb
+++ b/app/lib/finder_loader.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,19 @@ def finder(name)
     end
   end
 
+  def finder_by_slug(slug)
+    schema_file = files.find do |file|
+      File.foreach(file).grep(/"base_path": "\/#{slug}"/).any?
+    end
+
+    raise "Could not find any schema with slug: #{slug}" if schema_file.nil?
+
+    {
+      file: MultiJson.load(File.read(schema_file)),
+      timestamp: File.mtime(schema_file),
+    }
+  end
+
 private
 
   def files
diff --git a/spec/lib/finder_loader_spec.rb b/spec/lib/finder_loader_spec.rb
index e6f75569f..2290bd5b8 100644
--- a/spec/lib/finder_loader_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/finder_loader_spec.rb
@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@
 require "finder_loader"
 
 RSpec.describe FinderLoader do
-  before do
+  it "returns matching finder data objects" do
     expect(File).to receive(:read).with("lib/documents/schemas/format-1.json")
                       .and_return('{"name":"format-1"}')
     expect(File).to receive(:mtime).with("lib/documents/schemas/format-1.json")
                       .and_return("yesterday")
-  end
-  it "returns matching finder data objects" do
+
     expect(Dir).to receive(:glob).with("lib/documents/schemas/*.json").and_return(%w[
       lib/documents/schemas/format-1.json
       lib/documents/schemas/format-2.json
@@ -33,6 +32,11 @@
   end
 
   it "returns one matching finder data object" do
+    expect(File).to receive(:read).with("lib/documents/schemas/format-1.json")
+                      .and_return('{"name":"format-1"}')
+    expect(File).to receive(:mtime).with("lib/documents/schemas/format-1.json")
+                      .and_return("yesterday")
+
     expect(File).to receive(:exist?).with("lib/documents/schemas/format-1.json")
                       .and_return(true)
 
@@ -44,4 +48,25 @@
       },
     ])
   end
+
+  it "returns one matching finder data object by slug" do
+    expect(Dir).to receive(:glob).with("lib/documents/schemas/*.json").and_return(%w[
+      spec/fixtures/documents/schemas/licence_transactions.json
+    ])
+    expect(File).to receive(:mtime).with("spec/fixtures/documents/schemas/licence_transactions.json")
+                                   .and_return("today")
+
+    loaded_finder = FinderLoader.new.finder_by_slug("find-licences")
+    expect(loaded_finder[:file]).to include({"base_path" => "/find-licences"})
+    expect(loaded_finder[:timestamp]).to eq("today")
+  end
+
+
+  it "errors when no finder is found with slug" do
+    expect(Dir).to receive(:glob).with("lib/documents/schemas/*.json").and_return(%w[
+      spec/fixtures/documents/schemas/licence_transactions.json
+    ])
+
+    expect { FinderLoader.new.finder_by_slug("test-slug") }.to raise_error("Could not find any schema with slug: test-slug")
+  end
 end