diff --git a/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/MACScheduler.cc b/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/MACScheduler.cc
index 871b2e4609906370ef71017dffc356af182aa45d..53355f243b10e9c62ed256d1ce4c6add32f6dd2f 100644
--- a/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/MACScheduler.cc
+++ b/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/MACScheduler.cc
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ MACScheduler::MACScheduler() :
 {
 	LOG_TRACE_OBJ ("MACscheduler construction");
 
+	LOG_INFO_STR("MACProcessScope:" << globalParameterSet()->getString("prefix"));
+
 	// Readin some parameters from the ParameterSet.
 	itsOTDBpollInterval = globalParameterSet()->getTime("OTDBpollInterval");
 	itsQueuePeriod 		= globalParameterSet()->getTime("QueuePeriod");
diff --git a/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/MACScheduler.conf.in b/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/MACScheduler.conf.in
index 34b6540dbdd9bfd4df9d3435fd8c4d111a30c5c7..eaad4f8d4186be9ddf915a1f888076cabd180fbf 100644
--- a/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/MACScheduler.conf.in
+++ b/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/MACScheduler.conf.in
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # new setup
+prefix				= LOFAR.PermSW.MACScheduler
+
 OTDBdatabasename	= overeem
 OTDBusername		= paulus
 OTDBpassword		= boskabouter
diff --git a/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/ObservationControl/ObservationControl.cc b/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/ObservationControl/ObservationControl.cc
index e2fadbe29c6a41b79f622a91e06358272e0c09f8..2182c62f8606d921c5107473f83b4fd32d5f71ca 100644
--- a/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/ObservationControl/ObservationControl.cc
+++ b/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/ObservationControl/ObservationControl.cc
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ ObservationControl::ObservationControl(const string&	cntlrName) :
 	itsInstanceNr = globalParameterSet()->getUint32("_instanceNr");
 	itsHeartBeat  = globalParameterSet()->getUint32("heartbeatInterval");
 
+	// Inform Logging manager who we are
+	LOG_INFO_STR("MACProcessScope:" << itsTreePrefix + cntlrName);
+
 	// attach to child control task
 	itsChildControl = ChildControl::instance();
 	itsChildPort = new GCFITCPort (*this, *itsChildControl, "childITCport",