diff --git a/src/applications/conduit/method/ConduitAPI_conduit_getcertificate_Method.php b/src/applications/conduit/method/ConduitAPI_conduit_getcertificate_Method.php
--- a/src/applications/conduit/method/ConduitAPI_conduit_getcertificate_Method.php
+++ b/src/applications/conduit/method/ConduitAPI_conduit_getcertificate_Method.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
       60 * 5);
 
     if (count($failed_attempts) > 5) {
-      $this->logFailure();
+      $this->logFailure($request);
       throw new ConduitException('ERR-RATE-LIMIT');
     }
 
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@
       trim($token));
 
     if (!$info || $info->getDateCreated() < time() - (60 * 15)) {
-      $this->logFailure();
+      $this->logFailure($request, $info);
       throw new ConduitException('ERR-BAD-TOKEN');
     } else {
-      $log = id(new PhabricatorUserLog())
-        ->setActorPHID($info->getUserPHID())
-        ->setUserPHID($info->getUserPHID())
-        ->setAction(PhabricatorUserLog::ACTION_CONDUIT_CERTIFICATE)
+      $log = PhabricatorUserLog::initializeNewLog(
+          $request->getUser(),
+          $info->getUserPHID(),
+          PhabricatorUserLog::ACTION_CONDUIT_CERTIFICATE)
         ->save();
     }
 
@@ -79,11 +79,14 @@
     );
   }
 
-  private function logFailure() {
+  private function logFailure(
+      ConduitAPIRequest $request,
+      PhabricatorConduitCertificateToken $info = null) {
 
-    $log = id(new PhabricatorUserLog())
-      ->setUserPHID('-')
-      ->setAction(PhabricatorUserLog::ACTION_CONDUIT_CERTIFICATE_FAILURE)
+    $log = PhabricatorUserLog::initializeNewLog(
+        $request->getUser(),
+        $info ? $info->getUserPHID() : '-',
+        PhabricatorUserLog::ACTION_CONDUIT_CERTIFICATE_FAILURE)
       ->save();
   }