diff --git a/app/vmmd_log.ml b/app/vmmd_log.ml
index 68aa626..c244ef5 100644
--- a/app/vmmd_log.ml
+++ b/app/vmmd_log.ml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ let write_complete s cs =
 
 let read_from_file file =
   Vmm_lwt.read_from_file file >|= fun data ->
-  let logs = Vmm_asn.logs_of_disk my_version data in
+  let logs = Vmm_asn.logs_of_disk data in
   List.rev logs
 
 let write_to_file file =
diff --git a/src/vmm_asn.ml b/src/vmm_asn.ml
index 9baf329..c8522d6 100644
--- a/src/vmm_asn.ml
+++ b/src/vmm_asn.ml
@@ -313,9 +313,11 @@ let block_cmd =
 let version =
   let f data = match data with
     | 3 -> `AV3
+    | 2 -> `AV2
     | x -> Asn.S.error (`Parse (Printf.sprintf "unknown version number 0x%X" x))
   and g = function
     | `AV3 -> 3
+    | `AV2 -> 2
   in
   Asn.S.map f g Asn.S.int
 
@@ -445,6 +447,12 @@ let log_entry =
 
 let log_entry_of_cstruct, log_entry_to_cstruct = projections_of log_entry
 
+(* if we revise structure, we need to stay in a sequence.. the first element
+   is always the version, we can dispatch on it for the later reader
+   -- would be easier to use a choice here -- we can define implicit tagged
+   is the current structure, and then 1 for new format etc.
+   keep in mind while changing arbitrary data here which may end up in the log ;)
+*)
 let log_disk =
   Asn.S.(sequence2
            (required ~label:"version" version)
@@ -457,17 +465,12 @@ let log_disk_of_cstruct, log_disk_to_cstruct =
 let log_to_disk version entry =
   log_disk_to_cstruct (version, entry)
 
-let logs_of_disk version buf =
+let logs_of_disk buf =
   let rec next acc buf =
     match log_disk_of_cstruct buf with
-    | Ok ((version', entry), cs) ->
-      let acc' =
-        if Vmm_commands.version_eq version version' then
-          entry :: acc
-        else
-          acc
-      in
-      next acc' cs
+    | Ok ((version, entry), cs) ->
+      Logs.info (fun m -> m "read a log entry version %a" pp_version version) ;
+      next (entry :: acc) cs
     | Error (`Parse msg) ->
       Logs.warn (fun m -> m "parse error %s while parsing log" msg) ;
       acc (* ignore *)
diff --git a/src/vmm_asn.mli b/src/vmm_asn.mli
index 2b4c48e..475d447 100644
--- a/src/vmm_asn.mli
+++ b/src/vmm_asn.mli
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ val log_entry_of_cstruct : Cstruct.t -> (Log.t, [> `Msg of string ]) result
 
 val log_to_disk : Vmm_commands.version -> Log.t -> Cstruct.t
 
-val logs_of_disk : Vmm_commands.version -> Cstruct.t -> Log.t list
+val logs_of_disk : Cstruct.t -> Log.t list
 
 type cert_extension = Vmm_commands.version * Vmm_commands.t
 
diff --git a/src/vmm_commands.ml b/src/vmm_commands.ml
index 1a53e75..1dd569c 100644
--- a/src/vmm_commands.ml
+++ b/src/vmm_commands.ml
@@ -3,16 +3,18 @@
 (* the wire protocol *)
 open Vmm_core
 
-type version = [ `AV3 ]
+type version = [ `AV2 | `AV3 ]
 
 let pp_version ppf v =
   Fmt.int ppf
     (match v with
-     | `AV3 -> 3)
+     | `AV3 -> 3
+     | `AV2 -> 2)
 
 let version_eq a b =
   match a, b with
   | `AV3, `AV3 -> true
+  | `AV2, `AV2 -> true
   | _ -> false
 
 type console_cmd = [
diff --git a/src/vmm_commands.mli b/src/vmm_commands.mli
index 8d655f8..54fa578 100644
--- a/src/vmm_commands.mli
+++ b/src/vmm_commands.mli
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 open Vmm_core
 
 (** The type of versions of the grammar defined below. *)
-type version = [ `AV3 ]
+type version = [ `AV2 | `AV3 ]
 
 (** [version_eq a b] is true if [a] and [b] are equal. *)
 val version_eq : version -> version -> bool