diff --git a/src/core/components/init-assets.js b/src/core/components/init-assets.js
index dd71341b3a..33778a50ef 100644
--- a/src/core/components/init-assets.js
+++ b/src/core/components/init-assets.js
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ module.exports = function addDefaultAssets (self, log, callback) {
     importer(self._ipldResolver),
     pull.through((el) => {
       if (el.path === 'files/init-docs/docs') {
-        // const hash = mh.toB58String(el.multihash)
         log('to get started, enter:')
         log()
         log(`\t jsipfs files cat /ipfs/QmPZ9gcCEpqKTo6aq61g2nXGUhM4iCL3ewB6LDXZCtioEB`)
         // TODO when we support pathing in unixfs-engine
+        // const hash = mh.toB58String(el.multihash)
         // log(`\t jsipfs files cat /ipfs/${hash}/readme`)
         log()
       }
diff --git a/test/core/init.spec.js b/test/core/init.spec.js
index dc604d9adf..351e2e5c1d 100644
--- a/test/core/init.spec.js
+++ b/test/core/init.spec.js
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ describe('init', () => {
   it('init docs are written', (done) => {
     ipfs.init({ bits: 1024 }, (err) => {
       expect(err).to.not.exist()
-      const multihash = new Buffer('12205e7c3ce237f936c76faf625e90f7751a9f5eeb048f59873303c215e9cce87599', 'hex')
+      const multihash = 'QmPZ9gcCEpqKTo6aq61g2nXGUhM4iCL3ewB6LDXZCtioEB'
 
       ipfs.object.get(multihash, {}, (err, node) => {
         expect(err).to.not.exist()