diff --git a/Command/Init.hs b/Command/Init.hs
index 69cdc8e8a4..e2a6eb7b03 100644
--- a/Command/Init.hs
+++ b/Command/Init.hs
@@ -30,5 +30,6 @@ start ws = do
 perform :: String -> CommandPerform
 perform description = do
 	initialize
-	getUUID >>= describeUUID description
+	u <- getUUID
+	describeUUID u description
 	next $ return True
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c09ca6578a..57be7dd67b 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ git-annex (3.20111106) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     Thanks Valentin Haenel for a test case showing how non-fast-forward
     merges could result in an ongoing pull/merge/push cycle.
   * Don't try to read config from repos with annex-ignore set.
+  * Bugfix: In the past two releases, git-annex init has written the uuid.log
+    in the wrong format, with the UUID and description flipped.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Sun, 06 Nov 2011 14:57:57 -0400