diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b80faba..7d7eefc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ The scripts in this directory together form the "osmtools" suite.
 
 Originally written by Frederik Ramm <frederik@remote.org>, public domain.
 
-The scripts require Perl and the LWP module (libwww-perl on Ubuntu et al.).
+The scripts require Perl and the LWP module.  On Ubuntu, that would be:
+sudo apt install libwww-perl libfile-homedir-perl libterm-readkey-perl libbytes-random-secure-perly
 
 Package Contents
 ----------------
diff --git a/download_changesets.sh b/download_changesets.sh
index a8fab14..f6ce2bf 100644
--- a/download_changesets.sh
+++ b/download_changesets.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # therefore loop required
 
 USER=$1
-SINCE=2023-06-25T20:00:00
+SINCE=2013-11-01T00:00:00
 
 # no user servicable parts below. run this in empty directory 
 # and you'll end up with tons of files called c1234.osc (one
diff --git a/download_changesets_uid.sh b/download_changesets_uid.sh
index c0d8776..a150f65 100644
--- a/download_changesets_uid.sh
+++ b/download_changesets_uid.sh
@@ -17,14 +17,30 @@ export T
 EX=0
 export EX
 
+# There are two loops here.  We exit the outer one if we try 
+# to obtain some changesets and fail to do so
+# ("EX=1" means "exit the outer loop").
+# The inner loop is just determined by reading the list.
+
 while [ $EX = 0 ]
 do
-    wget -Olist "https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/changesets?user=$UID&time=$SINCE,$T" 
-    T=`grep "<changeset" list | tail -1 | cut -d\" -f4`
-    T=`date +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ" -u -d "$T + 1 second"`
+    wget -Olist.$$ "https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/changesets?user=$UID&time=$SINCE,$T" 
+    T=`grep "<changeset" list.$$ | tail -1 | cut -d\" -f4`
+
+# A previous version attempted to check for "multiple changesets in the same second" by doing
+#    T=`date +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ" -u -d "$T + 1 second"`
+# That didn't work but went unnoticed because the outer loop exit logic was always true previously 
+# With the required "if" just below, it was always false and looped forever.
+# (the last changeset we had just read was always still there).
 
-    EX=1
-    cat list | grep "<changeset" | cut -d\" -f2 | while read id
+    if grep -q '<changeset' list.$$
+    then
+	EX=0
+    else
+	EX=1
+    fi
+    
+    cat list.$$ | grep '<changeset' | cut -d\" -f2 | while read id
     do
         if [ -f c$id.osc ]
         then
@@ -36,4 +52,4 @@ do
     done
 done
 
-rm -f list
+rm -f list.$$