diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index ed9c3c532e..2c0a1f19e5 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -7150,6 +7150,7 @@ Karl 2003-10-27
     - process_app_version: write <open_name> tags; open_name is parsed from
       disk filename 'open_name=url_filename' (url_filename is the basename of
       file as copied to download/)
+    - print objects as they are committed (for database ID)
 
     tools/
         update_versions
diff --git a/py/Boinc/tools.py b/py/Boinc/tools.py
index 5d588959d2..85cc08a03d 100644
--- a/py/Boinc/tools.py
+++ b/py/Boinc/tools.py
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ def process_executable_file(file, signature_text=None, quiet=False, executable=T
     target_file_base = get_kludge_url_filename(source_file_base)
     target_dir = config.config.download_dir
     target_path = os.path.join(target_dir, target_file_base)
+    target_url = os.path.join(config.config.download_url, target_file_base)
     if file != target_path:
         if not quiet:
             print "Copying %s to %s"%(source_file_base, target_dir)
@@ -67,8 +68,7 @@ def process_executable_file(file, signature_text=None, quiet=False, executable=T
     xml = '''<file_info>
     <name>%s</name>
     <url>%s</url>
-''' %(file_base,
-      os.path.join(config.config.download_url, target_file_base))
+''' %(source_file_base,target_url)
     if executable:
         xml += '    <executable/>\n'
     if signature_text:
diff --git a/tools/update_versions b/tools/update_versions
index 50ffad192a..8ff8c8d1f9 100755
--- a/tools/update_versions
+++ b/tools/update_versions
@@ -206,7 +206,9 @@ for object in objects_to_commit:
 if not tools.query_yesno("Continue"):
     raise SystemExit
 
+print "Committed:"
 for object in objects_to_commit:
     object.commit()
+    print "   ", object
 
 print "Done"