diff --git a/src/cli.mjs b/src/cli.mjs
index 34802b00..fd4cb6b7 100644
--- a/src/cli.mjs
+++ b/src/cli.mjs
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import chalk from "chalk";
 import yargs from "yargs";
 
 import databaseCommand from "./commands/database/database.mjs";
-import localCommand from "./commands/local.mjs";
 import initCommand from "./commands/init.mjs";
+import localCommand from "./commands/local.mjs";
 import loginCommand from "./commands/login.mjs";
 import queryCommand from "./commands/query.mjs";
 import schemaCommand from "./commands/schema/schema.mjs";
diff --git a/src/commands/database/list.mjs b/src/commands/database/list.mjs
index ecef0f46..ecd04cef 100644
--- a/src/commands/database/list.mjs
+++ b/src/commands/database/list.mjs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { faunaToCommandError } from "../../lib/fauna.mjs";
 import { FaunaAccountClient } from "../../lib/fauna-account-client.mjs";
 import { colorize, Format } from "../../lib/formatting/colorize.mjs";
 
-async function listDatabasesWithAccountAPI(argv) {
+export async function listDatabasesWithAccountAPI(argv) {
   const { pageSize, database } = argv;
   const accountClient = new FaunaAccountClient();
   const response = await accountClient.listDatabases({
@@ -14,7 +14,12 @@ async function listDatabasesWithAccountAPI(argv) {
     path: database,
   });
 
-  return response.results.map(({ path, name }) => ({ path, name }));
+  // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
+  return response.results.map(({ path, name, region_group }) => ({
+    path,
+    name,
+    regionGroup: region_group, // eslint-disable-line camelcase
+  }));
 }
 
 async function listDatabasesWithSecret(argv) {
diff --git a/src/commands/init.mjs b/src/commands/init.mjs
index c37014cf..f1a81f81 100644
--- a/src/commands/init.mjs
+++ b/src/commands/init.mjs
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ import { getSecret } from "../lib/fauna-client.mjs";
 import { reformatFSL } from "../lib/schema.mjs";
 import { listDatabasesWithAccountAPI } from "./database/list.mjs";
 
-// TODO: handle error/exit case cleanly
-
 async function doInit(argv) {
   const logger = container.resolve("logger");
   const getters = [getDatabaseRunnable, getProjectRunnable, getKeyRunnable];
@@ -65,11 +63,11 @@ async function getDatabaseRunnable(argv /*, priorChoices*/) {
 
   buildCredentials({ ...argv, user: "default", database: "us-std" });
   const dbs = (await listDatabasesWithAccountAPI(argv))
-    .map((db) => `${db.region_group}/${db.name}`)
+    .map((db) => `${db.regionGroup}/${db.name}`)
     .map((dbName) => ({ value: dbName }));
 
   runnable.choices.createNewDb = await inquirer.select({
-    message: "Select a database to create a project for",
+    message: "Select a database to create an FSL directory for",
     choices: [
       ...dbs,
       {
@@ -81,6 +79,7 @@ async function getDatabaseRunnable(argv /*, priorChoices*/) {
 
   if (runnable.choices.createNewDb !== "new") {
     runnable.choices.dbName = runnable.choices.createNewDb.split("/")[1];
+    runnable.choices.regionGroup = runnable.choices.createNewDb.split("/")[0];
     return runnable;
   }
 
@@ -249,26 +248,29 @@ async function getProjectRunnable(argv, priorChoices) {
   if (!shouldCreateProjectDirectory) return runnable;
 
   runnable.choices.dirName = await inquirer.input({
-    message: `FSL files are stored in a project directory and are specific to the database "${priorChoices.dbName}". What would you like to name this project directory? In the next step, you will choose where to put the directory.`,
+    message: `FSL files are stored in a directory and are specific to the database "${priorChoices.dbName}". What would you like to name this directory? In the next step, you will choose where to put the directory.`,
     default: priorChoices.dbName,
   });
 
   runnable.choices.dirPath = await fileSelector({
-    message: "Where would you like the project directory to be created?",
+    message: "Where would you like the FSL directory to be created?",
     type: "directory",
   });
 
-  runnable.runner = async ({
-    choices: { createNewDb, demoData, dirPath, dirName, dbName, regionGroup },
-  }) => {
+  runnable.runner = async ({ choices }) => {
+    const { createNewDb, demoData, dirPath, dirName, dbName, regionGroup } =
+      choices;
     const fs = container.resolve("fs");
     const fsp = container.resolve("fsp");
     const path = await import("path");
-    logger.stdout(
-      `Creating project directory at ${path.join(dirPath, dirName)}`,
-    );
+    logger.stdout(`Creating FSL directory at ${path.join(dirPath, dirName)}`);
 
-    if (!createNewDb) {
+    buildCredentials({
+      ...argv,
+      user: "default",
+      database: `${regionGroup}/${dbName}`,
+    });
+    if (createNewDb !== "new") {
       // existing db? fetch the schema
       // TODO: this has huge overlap with schema pull - should refactor so it's only in one place
       fs.mkdirSync(path.join(dirPath, dirName), { recursive: true });
@@ -281,6 +283,13 @@ async function getProjectRunnable(argv, priorChoices) {
         secret,
       });
 
+      const { version } = await makeFaunaRequest({
+        argv,
+        path: "/schema/1/staged/status",
+        method: "GET",
+        secret,
+      });
+
       // sort for consistent order (it's nice for tests)
       const filenames = filesResponse.files
         .map((file) => file.filename)
@@ -290,10 +299,12 @@ async function getProjectRunnable(argv, priorChoices) {
       const getAllSchemaFileContents = container.resolve(
         "getAllSchemaFileContents",
       );
-      const contents = await getAllSchemaFileContents(filenames, {
-        ...argv,
-        secret,
-      });
+      const contents = await getAllSchemaFileContents(
+        filenames,
+        "active",
+        version,
+        argv,
+      );
 
       // don't start writing files until we've successfully fetched all the remote schema files
       const promises = [];
@@ -321,11 +332,6 @@ async function getProjectRunnable(argv, priorChoices) {
         staged: "false",
       });
 
-      buildCredentials({
-        ...argv,
-        user: "default",
-        database: `${regionGroup}/${dbName}`,
-      });
       await makeFaunaRequest({
         argv,
         path: "/schema/1/update",
@@ -347,9 +353,7 @@ async function getProjectRunnable(argv, priorChoices) {
         ),
       ]);
     }
-    logger.stdout(
-      `Created project directory at ${path.join(dirPath, dirName)}`,
-    );
+    logger.stdout(`Created FSL directory at ${path.join(dirPath, dirName)}`);
   };
 
   return runnable;