diff --git a/ontopy/ontology.py b/ontopy/ontology.py
index 249b8db50..51d09b0c0 100644
--- a/ontopy/ontology.py
+++ b/ontopy/ontology.py
@@ -377,8 +377,14 @@ def get_by_label_all(self, label, label_annotations=None, prefix=None):
         entity = self.world.search(**{next(annotations): label})
         for key in annotations:
             entity.extend(self.world.search(**{key: label}))
+
         if self._special_labels and label in self._special_labels:
             entity.append(self._special_labels[label])
+
+        entity_accessed_directly = self.world[self.base_iri + label]
+        if entity_accessed_directly and entity_accessed_directly not in entity:
+            entity.append(entity_accessed_directly)
+
         if prefix:
             return [_ for _ in entity if _.namespace.ontology.prefix == prefix]
         return entity
diff --git a/tests/test_basic.py b/tests/test_basic.py
index c6b614728..74ed7ad71 100755
--- a/tests/test_basic.py
+++ b/tests/test_basic.py
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ def test_basic(emmo: "Ontology") -> None:
     # Add entity directly
     onto.new_entity("Hydrogen", emmo.Atom)
 
+    # Test that new entity is found by both version of get_by_label
+    assert onto.get_by_label("Hydrogen") == onto.Hydrogen
+    assert onto.get_by_label_all("Hydrogen") == [onto.Hydrogen]
+
+    onto.sync_attributes()
+    # Test that after sync_attributes, the entity is not counted more than once
+    assert onto.get_by_label_all("Hydrogen") == [onto.Hydrogen]
+
     with pytest.raises(LabelDefinitionError):
         onto.new_entity("Hydr ogen", emmo.Atom)
 
@@ -40,8 +48,6 @@ class H2O(emmo.Molecule):
         water = H2O()
         water.hasSpatialDirectPart = [H1, H2, O]
 
-    print(onto.label_annotations)
-    print(onto._label_annotations)
     name_prefix = "myonto_"
     onto.sync_attributes(name_policy="sequential", name_prefix=name_prefix)
     assert f"{onto.base_iri}{name_prefix}0" in onto