diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index fe3ffe1..f42ce9e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -3,11 +3,7 @@ man_MANS = isync.1
 EXTRA_DIST = debian isyncrc.sample isync.spec $(man_MANS)
 
 log:
-	@echo "me:'Michael Elkins <me@sigpipe.org>'" > .usermap
-	@echo "melkins:'Michael Elkins <me@sigpipe.org>'" >> .usermap
-	@echo "nboullis:'Nicolas Boullis <nboullis@users.sf.net>'" >> .usermap
-	@echo "ossi:'Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi@users.sf.net>'" >> .usermap
-	@echo "tytso:'Theodore Ts'o <tytso@users.sf.net>'" >> .usermap
+	@perl -p -e "s/^(\\S+)\\s+(\\S.+\\S)\\s+(\\S+)\\s*\$$/\$$1:'\$$2 <\$$3>'\\n/" < ../CVSROOT/accounts > .usermap
 	cvs2cl -U .usermap --no-wrap --separate-header
 	@rm -f .usermap ChangeLog.bak