diff --git a/matrix/vm.cc b/matrix/vm.cc
index 067e08cd1..9b4d5f8d2 100644
--- a/matrix/vm.cc
+++ b/matrix/vm.cc
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ ircd::m::vm::loghead(const mutable_buffer &buf,
 	return fmt::sprintf
 	{
 		buf, "vm:%lu:%lu:%lu eval:%lu seq:%lu share:%lu:%lu %s",
-		sequence::uncommitted,
-		sequence::committed,
 		sequence::retired,
+		sequence::committed,
+		sequence::uncommitted,
 		eval.id,
 		sequence::get(eval),
 		eval.sequence_shared[0],