diff --git a/lib/winston-mongodb.js b/lib/winston-mongodb.js
index 730fadf..5a6a9e5 100644
--- a/lib/winston-mongodb.js
+++ b/lib/winston-mongodb.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * @module winston-mongodb
- * @fileoverview Transport for outputting to a MongoDB database
+ * @fileoverview Winston transport for logging into MongoDB
  * @license MIT
  * @author charlie@nodejitsu.com (Charlie Robbins)
  * @author 0@39.yt (Yurij Mikhalevich)
@@ -83,7 +83,15 @@ var MongoDB = exports.MongoDB = function(options) {
 
   function setupDatabaseAndEmptyQueue(db) {
     authorizeDb(db, function(err, db) {
+      if (err) {
+        console.error('winston-mongodb, initialization error: ', err);
+        return;
+      }
       createCollection(db, function(err, db) {
+        if (err) {
+          console.error('winston-mongodb, initialization error: ', err);
+          return;
+        }
         self.logDb = db;
         processOpQueue();
       });
@@ -102,8 +110,14 @@ var MongoDB = exports.MongoDB = function(options) {
     if (self.capped) {
       opts = {capped: true, size: self.cappedSize};
     }
-    db.createCollection(self.collection, opts, function() {
-      cb(null, db);
+    db.createCollection(self.collection, opts, function(err, col) {
+      if (err) {
+        cb(err);
+        return;
+      }
+      col.createIndex({timestamp: -1}, function(err) {
+        cb(err, db);
+      });
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 45989b2..46b9e58 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "winston-mongodb",
   "license": "MIT",
-  "version": "1.1.2",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "description": "A MongoDB transport for winston",
   "author": "Charlie Robbins <charlie.robbins@gmail.com>",
   "contributors": [