diff --git a/src/jobs/createpartitionjob.cpp b/src/jobs/createpartitionjob.cpp
index ac2446a..d8b86d9 100644
--- a/src/jobs/createpartitionjob.cpp
+++ b/src/jobs/createpartitionjob.cpp
@@ -1,96 +1,99 @@
 /*************************************************************************
  *  Copyright (C) 2008 by Volker Lanz <vl@fidra.de>                      *
  *  Copyright (C) 2016 by Andrius Štikonas <andrius@stikonas.eu>         *
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 #include "jobs/createpartitionjob.h"
 
 #include "backend/corebackend.h"
 #include "backend/corebackendmanager.h"
 #include "backend/corebackenddevice.h"
 #include "backend/corebackendpartitiontable.h"
 
 #include "core/partition.h"
 #include "core/device.h"
 #include "core/lvmdevice.h"
 
 #include "util/report.h"
 
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 
 /** Creates a new CreatePartitionJob
     @param d the Device the Partition to be created will be on
     @param p the Partition to create
 */
 CreatePartitionJob::CreatePartitionJob(Device& d, Partition& p) :
     Job(),
     m_Device(d),
     m_Partition(p)
 {
 }
 
 bool CreatePartitionJob::run(Report& parent)
 {
     Q_ASSERT(partition().devicePath() == device().deviceNode());
 
     bool rval = false;
 
     Report* report = jobStarted(parent);
 
     if (device().type() == Device::Disk_Device) {
         CoreBackendDevice* backendDevice = CoreBackendManager::self()->backend()->openDevice(device().deviceNode());
 
         if (backendDevice) {
             CoreBackendPartitionTable* backendPartitionTable = backendDevice->openPartitionTable();
 
             if (backendPartitionTable) {
                 QString partitionPath = backendPartitionTable->createPartition(*report, partition());
 
                 if (partitionPath != QString()) {
                     rval = true;
                     partition().setPartitionPath(partitionPath);
                     partition().setState(Partition::StateNone);
                     backendPartitionTable->commit();
                 } else
                     report->line() << xi18nc("@info/plain", "Failed to add partition <filename>%1</filename> to device <filename>%2</filename>.", partition().deviceNode(), device().deviceNode());
 
                 delete backendPartitionTable;
             } else
                 report->line() << xi18nc("@info/plain", "Could not open partition table on device <filename>%1</filename> to create new partition <filename>%2</filename>.", device().deviceNode(), partition().deviceNode());
 
             delete backendDevice;
         } else
             report->line() << xi18nc("@info/plain", "Could not open device <filename>%1</filename> to create new partition <filename>%2</filename>.", device().deviceNode(), partition().deviceNode());
     } else if (device().type() == Device::LVM_Device) {
-        //TODO: take lvname from createDialog
         LvmDevice& dev = dynamic_cast<LvmDevice&>(device());
-        rval = LvmDevice::createLV(*report, dev, partition(), QStringLiteral("randomLV"));
-        partition().setPartitionPath(dev.deviceNode() + QStringLiteral("/randomLV"));
         partition().setState(Partition::StateNone);
+
+        //TODO: take lvname from createDialog.
+        // find a better way to do this.now, we're assuming that partitionPath is already set, so we get the name from the path
+        QString partPath = partition().partitionPath();
+        QString lvname   = partPath.right(partPath.length() - partPath.lastIndexOf(QStringLiteral("/")) - 1);
+        rval = LvmDevice::createLV(*report, dev, partition(), lvname);
     }
 
     jobFinished(*report, rval);
 
     return rval;
 }
 
 QString CreatePartitionJob::description() const
 {
     if (partition().number() > 0)
         return xi18nc("@info/plain", "Create new partition <filename>%1</filename>", partition().deviceNode());
 
     return xi18nc("@info/plain", "Create new partition on device <filename>%1</filename>", device().deviceNode());
 }