diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8211bb3a..0ea3d6cf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## v1.0.5
+
+FIX: `zrok enable` now handles the case where the user ID does not resolve to a username when generating the default environment description (https://github.com/openziti/zrok/issues/959)
+
 ## v1.0.4
 
 FIX: `zrok admin bootstrap` and `zrok enable` functionality were broken in `v1.0.3`. A bad combination of dependencies caused issues with marshalling data from the associated controller endpoints
diff --git a/cmd/zrok/enable.go b/cmd/zrok/enable.go
index 3a0de186..f9476f9d 100644
--- a/cmd/zrok/enable.go
+++ b/cmd/zrok/enable.go
@@ -56,14 +56,16 @@ func (cmd *enableCommand) run(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 	var username string
-	user, err := user2.Current()
-	if err != nil {
-		username := os.Getenv("USER")
-		if username == "" {
-			logrus.Panicf("unable to determine the current user: %v", err)
-		}
+	userObj, err := user2.Current()
+	if err == nil && userObj.Username != "" {
+		username = userObj.Username
 	} else {
-		username = user.Username
+		username = os.Getenv("USER")
+		if username == "" {
+			euid := os.Geteuid()
+			username = fmt.Sprintf("user-%d", euid)
+			logrus.Warnf("unable to determine the current user, using effective UID: %v", euid)
+		}
 	}
 	hostDetail = fmt.Sprintf("%v; %v", username, hostDetail)
 	if cmd.description == "<user>@<hostname>" {