diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index e382bdf..a7cca67 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 <!-- ## [Unreleased] -->
 
 ## Released
+## [1.7.1] - 2022-05-06
+### Fixed
+- `start_config` creates an AccessPoint named `WiFiManager_xxxx` with `xxxx`
+  as the last four instead of first four characters of the UUID of the device,
+  see [#15][ref-issue-15]
+
 ## [1.7.0] - 2022-04-18
 ### Added
 - [`toast.js`](static/js/toast.js) and [`toast.js.gz`](static/js/toast.js.gz)
@@ -172,8 +178,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - `sendfile` function implemented in same way as on Micropythons PicoWeb
 
 <!-- Links -->
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/brainelectronics/Micropython-ESP-WiFi-Manager/compare/1.7.0...develop
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/brainelectronics/Micropython-ESP-WiFi-Manager/compare/1.7.1...develop
 
+[1.7.1]: https://github.com/brainelectronics/Micropython-ESP-WiFi-Manager//tree/1.7.1
 [1.7.0]: https://github.com/brainelectronics/Micropython-ESP-WiFi-Manager//tree/1.7.0
 [1.6.0]: https://github.com/brainelectronics/Micropython-ESP-WiFi-Manager//tree/1.6.0
 [1.5.0]: https://github.com/brainelectronics/Micropython-ESP-WiFi-Manager//tree/1.5.0
diff --git a/wifi_manager/version.py b/wifi_manager/version.py
index d7846e5..4971bb4 100644
--- a/wifi_manager/version.py
+++ b/wifi_manager/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-__version_info__ = ('1', '7', '0')
+__version_info__ = ('1', '7', '1')
 __version__ = '.'.join(__version_info__)
 __author__ = 'brainelectronics'
diff --git a/wifi_manager/wifi_manager.py b/wifi_manager/wifi_manager.py
index 2dc0eff..69c3118 100644
--- a/wifi_manager/wifi_manager.py
+++ b/wifi_manager/wifi_manager.py
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ def load_and_connect(self) -> bool:
     def start_config(self) -> None:
         """Start WiFi manager accesspoint and webserver."""
         ap_name = 'WiFiManager_{}'.format(
-            GenericHelper.get_uuid(4).decode('ascii'))
+            GenericHelper.get_uuid(-4).decode('ascii'))
         self.logger.info('Starting WiFiManager as AccessPoint "{}"'.
                          format(ap_name))
         result = self.wh.create_ap(ssid=ap_name,