diff --git a/src/DocumentDBRepository.cs b/src/DocumentDBRepository.cs
index 23bbd61..fa20c53 100644
--- a/src/DocumentDBRepository.cs
+++ b/src/DocumentDBRepository.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ public static async Task<T> GetItemAsync(string id, string category)
             try
             {
                 Document document =
-                    await client.ReadDocumentAsync(UriFactory.CreateDocumentUri(DatabaseId, CollectionId, id));
+                    await client.ReadDocumentAsync(UriFactory.CreateDocumentUri(DatabaseId, CollectionId, id), 
+                    new RequestOptions { PartitionKey = new PartitionKey(category) });
                 return (T)(dynamic)document;
             }
             catch (DocumentClientException e)
@@ -68,7 +69,8 @@ public static async Task<Document> UpdateItemAsync(string id, T item)
 
         public static async Task DeleteItemAsync(string id, string category)
         {
-            await client.DeleteDocumentAsync(UriFactory.CreateDocumentUri(DatabaseId, CollectionId, id));
+            await client.DeleteDocumentAsync(UriFactory.CreateDocumentUri(DatabaseId, CollectionId, id), 
+                    new RequestOptions { PartitionKey = new PartitionKey(category) });
         }
 
         public static void Initialize()