diff --git a/RTCP/Cobalt/GPUProc/etc/default.parset b/RTCP/Cobalt/GPUProc/etc/default.parset
index 0c6d319fde5e75791c918729b0030ded2943cda4..84fa5794b44561793fd77d3e8e95cae31e6dcacb 100644
--- a/RTCP/Cobalt/GPUProc/etc/default.parset
+++ b/RTCP/Cobalt/GPUProc/etc/default.parset
@@ -187,3 +187,6 @@ Observation.DataProducts.Output_Beamformed.locations=[localhost:.] # host:direct
 
 # Number of channels used for the coherent dedispersion kernel
 Cobalt.Beamformer.dedispersionFFTsize=2048
+
+# Dummy identification name for MAC Log Processor
+_DPname=LOFAR_ObsSW_TempObs0000
diff --git a/RTCP/Cobalt/GPUProc/src/rtcp.log_prop b/RTCP/Cobalt/GPUProc/src/rtcp.log_prop
index 61889aedf4c1206da13a4b767f739fe67f008705..e990ec6123dbbf0833da193e082e2ee3df89084b 100644
--- a/RTCP/Cobalt/GPUProc/src/rtcp.log_prop
+++ b/RTCP/Cobalt/GPUProc/src/rtcp.log_prop
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 
 # Configure the loggers
-log4cplus.rootLogger=INFO, STDOUT, MACCLP
+# TODO: rtcp currently crashes randomly with a segmentation fault when
+# logging to the MACCLP socket appender.
+#log4cplus.rootLogger=INFO, STDOUT, MACCLP
+log4cplus.rootLogger=INFO, STDOUT
 log4cplus.logger.TRC=INFO
 
 # prevent debug messages: accept >=WARN only, and don't forward messages to the rootLogger
diff --git a/RTCP/Cobalt/OutputProc/src/outputProc.log_prop b/RTCP/Cobalt/OutputProc/src/outputProc.log_prop
index f1997927a11a320571049747a622d53f2d6cdad3..9baf34c42a46bcb242e75443bbe0ef27dec1e32c 100644
--- a/RTCP/Cobalt/OutputProc/src/outputProc.log_prop
+++ b/RTCP/Cobalt/OutputProc/src/outputProc.log_prop
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 
 # Configure the loggers
-log4cplus.rootLogger=INFO, STDOUT, MACCLP
+# TODO: outputProc currently crashes randomly with a segmentation fault when
+# logging to the MACCLP socket appender.
+#log4cplus.rootLogger=INFO, STDOUT, MACCLP
+log4cplus.rootLogger=INFO, STDOUT
 log4cplus.logger.TRC=INFO
 
 # prevent debug messages: accept >=WARN only, and don't forward messages to the rootLogger