diff --git a/RTCP/Cobalt/CoInterface/src/Parset.cc b/RTCP/Cobalt/CoInterface/src/Parset.cc
index 234409991f5c99579ebdce0ce0f52ea34ce6e35b..257ad6beb0053df3af140d7033c12c5bbe6bc8e6 100644
--- a/RTCP/Cobalt/CoInterface/src/Parset.cc
+++ b/RTCP/Cobalt/CoInterface/src/Parset.cc
@@ -757,6 +757,7 @@ namespace LOFAR
           tab.direction.type    = getString(prefix + ".directionType", "J2000");
           tab.direction.angle1  = getDouble(prefix + ".angle1", 0.0);
           tab.direction.angle2  = getDouble(prefix + ".angle2", 0.0);
+          tab.target            = getString(prefix + ".target", "");
           tab.dispersionMeasure = 0.0;
           tab.coherent          = true;
 
@@ -1063,6 +1064,7 @@ namespace LOFAR
             bfSAP.globalSapIdx = sapNr;
             bfTAB.localTabNr = localTabNr;
             bfTAB.direction = obsTAB.direction;
+            bfTAB.target = obsTAB.target;
             bfTAB.coherent = obsTAB.coherent;
             bfTAB.dispersionMeasure = obsTAB.dispersionMeasure;
             // The tab.files entry is filled below
diff --git a/RTCP/Cobalt/CoInterface/src/Parset.h b/RTCP/Cobalt/CoInterface/src/Parset.h
index ae4e3fde4a1d7bfbaa13897cc6607609f122eb18..765d058d9c2d0b66a3c2921f2cc77f88b15479ec 100644
--- a/RTCP/Cobalt/CoInterface/src/Parset.h
+++ b/RTCP/Cobalt/CoInterface/src/Parset.h
@@ -673,6 +673,11 @@ namespace LOFAR
 
           // The index of the beamFormer pipeline processing this TAB
           unsigned pipelineNr;
+
+          // Name of target
+          //
+          // key: Observation.Beam[sap].TiedArrayBeam[tab].target
+          std::string target;
         };
 
         struct SAP {
diff --git a/RTCP/Cobalt/GPUProc/test/Storage/tStorageProcesses.queue b/RTCP/Cobalt/GPUProc/test/Storage/tStorageProcesses.queue
index 85ed7d5cf8d3ac86c0720774239673e9a08a807e..9ec42538f85d428a64110c8f143c9a03ec568cd9 100644
--- a/RTCP/Cobalt/GPUProc/test/Storage/tStorageProcesses.queue
+++ b/RTCP/Cobalt/GPUProc/test/Storage/tStorageProcesses.queue
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
    <payload>Observation.DataProducts.Output_Correlated_[0].Pointing.angle1=0.000000
 Observation.DataProducts.Output_Correlated_[0].Pointing.angle2=0.000000
 Observation.DataProducts.Output_Correlated_[0].Pointing.directionType=J2000
+Observation.DataProducts.Output_Correlated_[0].Pointing.target=
 Observation.DataProducts.Output_Correlated_[0].SAP=0
 Observation.DataProducts.Output_Correlated_[0].antennaFields=[RS000LBA]
 Observation.DataProducts.Output_Correlated_[0].antennaSet=LBA_INNER