diff --git a/core/views/uploads.py b/core/views/uploads.py
index ee1f48a..367535b 100644
--- a/core/views/uploads.py
+++ b/core/views/uploads.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ todo = '''
 - Enable folder creation in dwguploads or as a separate form
 
 '''
-wallet_blank_json = {
+WALLET_BLANK_JSON = {
  "cave": "", 
  "date": "", 
  "description url": "1623/XXX", 
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ def scanupload(request, path=None):
     
     def save_json(jsondict):
         newfolder = contents_path.parent
-        print(f'---  wallet directory in :drawings: repo {newfolder=}')
+        print(f'--- Wallet directory in :drawings: repo {newfolder=} {jsondict}')
         if not os.path.exists(contents_path.parent):
             print(f'--- No wallet directory in :drawings: repo, so creating it')
             os.makedirs(contents_path.parent)
@@ -253,12 +253,12 @@ def scanupload(request, path=None):
         '''
         try:
             w, created = Wallet.objects.get_or_create(walletname=walletname)
-            print(f'wallet string {walletname}, wallet object {w} created new?: {created}')   
+            print(f'--- Wallet string {walletname}, wallet object {w} created new?: {created}')   
             if created:
                 w.fpath = Path(settings.SCANS_ROOT, walletname[0:4], walletname)
                 w.save()
         except:
-             print(f'wallet string {walletname}, FAIL TO GET or create WALLET OBJECT')
+             print(f'!-- Wallet string {walletname}, FAIL TO GET or create WALLET OBJECT')
              raise
 
     def commit_json(waldata):
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ def scanupload(request, path=None):
     if path:
         wallet = urllib.parse.unquote(path)
     else:
-        wallet = "2022#01" # improve this later
+        wallet = "2022#00" # improve this later
 
     year = wallet[:4]
     try:
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ def scanupload(request, path=None):
         return(walletindex(request, path))
 
     if not re.match('(19|20)\d\d[:#]\d\d', wallet):
-        wallet = "2022:01" # improve this later
+        wallet = "2022:00" # improve this later
     # print(f'! - FORM scanupload - start {wallet}')
     
     if path:
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ def scanupload(request, path=None):
     form = FilesForm()
    
     if request.method == 'POST':
-        if "psg" in request.POST:              
+        if "psg" in request.POST:           # handle metadata form    
             formj = WalletForm(request.POST)
             # Beware. All fields returned as strings. Must re-type them as lists etc. before using or re-saving
             # Also lots of hassle with lists of strings interpreted as a single string
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ def scanupload(request, path=None):
             if formj.is_valid():
                 posted = request.POST.copy()
                 posted.pop("csrfmiddlewaretoken") # discard this
-                wd = wallet_blank_json
+                wd = WALLET_BLANK_JSON.copy()
                 for f in checkboxes:
                     wd[f] = False
                     #print(f'--- wd ${f}$  - {wd[f]}')
@@ -393,11 +393,11 @@ def scanupload(request, path=None):
             form = FilesForm(request.POST,request.FILES)
      
             if form.is_valid():
-                #f = request.FILES["uploadfiles"]
+                print(f'--- FORM scanupload multiple BUT EMPTY METADATA supposedly {WALLET_BLANK_JSON["date"]=}')
                 multiple = request.FILES.getlist('uploadfiles')
                 fs = FileSystemStorage(os.path.join(dirpath)) # creates wallet folder if necessary
                 
-                wd = wallet_blank_json # clean this out
+                wd = WALLET_BLANK_JSON.copy() # clean this out
                 waldata = {}  # clean this out
                 actual_saved = []
                 if multiple:
@@ -411,9 +411,12 @@ def scanupload(request, path=None):
                                     actual_saved.append(saved_filename)
                                     # print(f'! - FORM scanupload multiple {actual_saved}')
                                     filesaved = True
-                    save_json(wallet_blank_json)
+                    print(f'--- FORM scanupload multiple BUT EMPTY METADATA supposedly {WALLET_BLANK_JSON["date"]=}')
+                    save_json(WALLET_BLANK_JSON.copy())
                     make_wallet(wallet)
                     commit_json(waldata)
+                    
+    # Not a POST, so a GET starts here. And also control gets here after a POST is processed.
     files = []
     dirs = []
     # print(f'! - FORM scanupload - start {wallet} {dirpath}')
@@ -426,7 +429,7 @@ def scanupload(request, path=None):
                 if f.is_file():
                     files.append(f.name)
         except FileNotFoundError:
-            files.append('(no wallet yet. It would be created if you upload a scan and then save the form with a date.)')
+            files.append('(No wallet yet. It would be created if you upload a scan and then save the form with a date.)')
     else:
            create = True