diff --git a/pkg/deploy/gce/deploy.go b/pkg/deploy/gce/deploy.go
index b3ee53f1e..c2f91e627 100644
--- a/pkg/deploy/gce/deploy.go
+++ b/pkg/deploy/gce/deploy.go
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ func (d *Deployer) CreateProject(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 			projectName = projectID
 		} else {
 			projectID = genRandomProjectID()
-			projectName = strings.Replace(projectID, "camlistore-launcher", "Camlistore ", 1)
+			projectName = strings.Replace(projectID, "camlistore-launcher-", "Camlistore ", 1)
 		}
 		project := cloudresourcemanager.Project{
 			Name:      projectName,
diff --git a/pkg/deploy/gce/handler.go b/pkg/deploy/gce/handler.go
index a2b723f0d..73aa7d460 100644
--- a/pkg/deploy/gce/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/deploy/gce/handler.go
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@ func (h *DeployHandler) serveCallback(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		// So we try to do so.
 		projectID, err := depl.CreateProject(context.TODO())
 		if err != nil {
+			h.logger.Printf("error creating project: %v", err)
 			// TODO(mpl): we log the errors, but none of them are
 			// visible to the user (they just get a 500). I should
 			// probably at least detect and report them the project