diff --git a/model/sync-app-data-publish.cc b/model/sync-app-data-publish.cc
index bc1281b..faaf482 100644
--- a/model/sync-app-data-publish.cc
+++ b/model/sync-app-data-publish.cc
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 }
 
 uint32_t
-AppDataPublish::getHighestSeq (const string &prefix, uint32_t session)
+AppDataPublish::getNextSeq (const string &prefix, uint32_t session)
 {
   unordered_map<string, Seq>::iterator i = m_sequenceLog.find(prefix);
 
@@ -62,22 +62,22 @@
   uint32_t seq = 0;
 	try
 		{
-			seq =  getHighestSeq(name, session);
+			seq =  getNextSeq(name, session);
 		}
 	catch (GetSeqException &e){
     m_sequenceLog.erase(name);
 	}
 
-  Seq s;
-  s.session = session;
-  s.seq = seq;
-  m_sequenceLog[name] = s;
-
   ostringstream contentNameWithSeqno;
   contentNameWithSeqno << name << "/" << session << "/" << seq;
 
   m_ccnxHandle->publishData (contentNameWithSeqno.str (), dataBuffer, freshness);
 
+  Seq s;
+  s.session = session;
+  s.seq = seq + 1;
+  m_sequenceLog[name] = s;
+
   unordered_map<pair<string, uint32_t>, string>::iterator it = m_recentData.find(make_pair(name, session));
   if (it != m_recentData.end()) 
     m_recentData.erase(it);
diff --git a/model/sync-app-data-publish.h b/model/sync-app-data-publish.h
index 204a076..85bb9ae 100644
--- a/model/sync-app-data-publish.h
+++ b/model/sync-app-data-publish.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
    * @param session session
    */
   uint32_t
-  getHighestSeq (const std::string &prefix, uint32_t session);
+  getNextSeq (const std::string &prefix, uint32_t session);
 
   /**
    * @brief publish data for a name prefix, updates the corresponding
diff --git a/model/sync-app-socket.cc b/model/sync-app-socket.cc
index 3dca250..fb6779d 100644
--- a/model/sync-app-socket.cc
+++ b/model/sync-app-socket.cc
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 bool SyncAppSocket::publish (const string &prefix, uint32_t session, const string &dataBuffer, int freshness)
 {
   m_publisher.publishData (prefix, session, dataBuffer, freshness);
-  m_syncLogic.addLocalNames (prefix, session, m_publisher.getHighestSeq (prefix, session));
+  m_syncLogic.addLocalNames (prefix, session, m_publisher.getNextSeq (prefix, session));
 }
 
 }