diff --git a/clickhouse_ddl_export.py b/clickhouse_ddl_export.py
index f80efb8..76453a1 100755
--- a/clickhouse_ddl_export.py
+++ b/clickhouse_ddl_export.py
@@ -11,21 +11,22 @@ import clickhouse_connect
 DUMPFILE = "/tmp/ch_export"
 createre = re.compile("(?P<begin>CREATE (TABLE|(MATERIALIZED )?VIEW)) (?P<database>\w+)\.(?P<table>\w+) (?P<query>.*)")
 
-database_exclude = {
-    "default": True,
-    "INFORMATION_SCHEMA": True,
-    "information_schema": True,
-    "system": True,
-}
+database_exclude = [
+    "default",
+    "INFORMATION_SCHEMA",
+    "information_schema",
+    "system",
+]
 
 def get_databases_tables(client):
     databases = {}
-    q_db = client.query("show databases;")
+    db_exclude_join = ["'{}'".format(i) for i in database_exclude]
+    q_db_exclude = "({})".format(",".join(db_exclude_join))
+    q_db = client.query(f"SELECT database,toString(uuid) FROM system.databases WHERE database NOT IN {q_db_exclude};")
     for d in q_db.result_rows:
         dbname = d[0]
-        if database_exclude.get(dbname):
-            continue
-        databases[dbname] = {"schema":"", "tables":{}}
+        dbuuid = d[1]
+        databases[dbname] = {"ddl": f"CREATE DATABASE {dbname} UUID '{dbuuid}'", "tables":{}}
         q_tables = client.query(f"show tables from {dbname};")
         for t in q_tables.result_rows:
             tablename = t[0]
@@ -56,13 +57,13 @@ def dump(dumpfile=DUMPFILE):
             a = json.load(f)
             for database,values in a.items():
                 print(f"--- database {database} ---")
-                print(f"CREATE DATABASE {database};\n")
+                print("{};\n".format(values["ddl"]))
                 for table,c in values["tables"].items():
                     print(f"-- table {database}.{table} --")
                     print(f"{c};\n")
     except FileNotFoundError as e:
         print(e)
-    print("to re-create replicas, run 'clickhouse-client --multiquery < generated_file.sql' on new replica server")
+    print("-- to re-create replicas, run 'clickhouse-client --multiquery < generated_file.sql' on new replica server")
 
 def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(