diff --git a/js/legacy/wn/widgets/form/assign_to.js b/js/legacy/wn/widgets/form/assign_to.js
index 5d2b5f03f1..f3fa5a4e9c 100644
--- a/js/legacy/wn/widgets/form/assign_to.js
+++ b/js/legacy/wn/widgets/form/assign_to.js
@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ wn.widgets.form.sidebar.AssignTo = Class.extend({
 					{fieldtype:'Link', fieldname:'assign_to', options:'Profile', 
 						label:'Assign To', 
 						description:'Add to To Do List of', reqd:true},
-					{fieldtype:'Data', fieldname:'description', label:'Comment',
-						'default': 'Assigned by ' + user}, 
+					{fieldtype:'Data', fieldname:'description', label:'Comment'}, 
 					{fieldtype:'Date', fieldname:'date', label:'Complete By'}, 
 					{fieldtype:'Select', fieldname:'priority', label:'Priority',
 						options:'Low\nMedium\nHigh', 'default':'Medium'},
diff --git a/py/webnotes/boot.py b/py/webnotes/boot.py
index 428a4b8c7e..6c6a32cfa5 100644
--- a/py/webnotes/boot.py
+++ b/py/webnotes/boot.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def get_fullnames():
 	import webnotes
 	ret = webnotes.conn.sql("""select name, 
 		concat(ifnull(first_name, ''), 
-			if(ifnull(first_name, '')!='', ' ', ''), ifnull(last_name, '')), 
+			if(ifnull(last_name, '')!='', ' ', ''), ifnull(last_name, '')), 
 			user_image, gender
 		from tabProfile where ifnull(enabled, 0)=1""", as_list=1)
 	d = {}