diff --git a/ui/cli.py b/ui/cli.py
index e472d5f..511b4fc 100644
--- a/ui/cli.py
+++ b/ui/cli.py
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ def _trytodict(o):
 	except Exception:	# pragma: no cover
 		raise TypeError('unable to find __to_dict__ on %s: %s' % (type(o), `o`))
 
-class CononicalCoder(pasn1.ASN1DictCoder):
+class CanonicalCoder(pasn1.ASN1DictCoder):
 	def enc_dict(self, obj, **kwargs):
 		class FakeIter:
 			def iteritems(self):
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class CononicalCoder(pasn1.ASN1DictCoder):
 
 		return pasn1.ASN1DictCoder.enc_dict(self, FakeIter(), **kwargs)
 
-_asn1coder = CononicalCoder(coerce=_trytodict)
+_asn1coder = CanonicalCoder(coerce=_trytodict)
 
 class Persona(object):
 	'''The object that represents a persona, or identity.  It will
@@ -227,6 +227,12 @@ class Persona(object):
 
 		self._created_by_ref = self._identity.uuid
 
+	@property
+	def uuid(self):
+		'''Return the UUID of the identity represented.'''
+
+		return self._identity.uuid
+
 	def __repr__(self):	# pragma: no cover
 		r = '<Persona: has key: %s, has pubkey: %s, identity: %s>' % \
 		    (self._key is not None, self._pubkey is not None,
@@ -771,6 +777,9 @@ class _TestCases(unittest.TestCase):
 		# has an identity object
 		idobj = persona.get_identity()
 
+		# and that it has a uuid attribute that matches
+		self.assertEqual(persona.uuid, idobj['uuid'])
+
 		# that a key can be generated
 		persona.generate_key()
 
@@ -779,7 +788,7 @@ class _TestCases(unittest.TestCase):
 		self.assertIsInstance(idobj['pubkey'], str)
 
 		# that get_pubkey returns the correct thing
-		pubstr = _asn1coder.dumps([ idobj['uuid'], idobj['pubkey'] ])
+		pubstr = _asn1coder.dumps([ idobj.uuid, idobj['pubkey'] ])
 		self.assertEqual(persona.get_pubkey(),
 		    base58.b58encode_check(pubstr))