diff --git a/libresapi/src/api/RsControlModule.cpp b/libresapi/src/api/RsControlModule.cpp
index 71848301e..35a41987a 100644
--- a/libresapi/src/api/RsControlModule.cpp
+++ b/libresapi/src/api/RsControlModule.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ RsControlModule::RsControlModule(int argc, char **argv, StateTokenServer* sts, A
     this->argv = argv;
     // start worker thread
     if(full_control)
-        start("RS ctrl module");
+        start("resapi ctrl mod");
     else
         mRunState = RUNNING_OK_NO_FULL_CONTROL;
 
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/ft/ftserver.cc b/libretroshare/src/ft/ftserver.cc
index 4656fe4a5..adb60ffe2 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/ft/ftserver.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/ft/ftserver.cc
@@ -188,18 +188,18 @@ void    ftServer::StartupThreads()
 
 	/* self contained threads */
 	/* startup ExtraList Thread */
-	mFtExtra->start("RS ft extra lst");
+	mFtExtra->start("ft extra lst");
 
 	/* startup Monitor Thread */
 	/* startup the FileMonitor (after cache load) */
 	/* start it up */
-	mFiMon->start("RS ft monitor");
+	mFiMon->start("ft monitor");
 
 	/* Controller thread */
-	mFtController->start("RS ft ctrl");
+	mFtController->start("ft ctrl");
 
 	/* Dataplex */
-	mFtDataplex->start("RS ft dataplex");
+	mFtDataplex->start("ft dataplex");
 }
 
 void ftServer::StopThreads()
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/ft/fttransfermodule.cc b/libretroshare/src/ft/fttransfermodule.cc
index 12e275431..f5d5dfe84 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/ft/fttransfermodule.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/ft/fttransfermodule.cc
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ bool ftTransferModule::checkFile()
 			// Note: using new is really important to avoid copy and write errors in the thread.
 			//
 			_hash_thread = new HashThread(mFileCreator) ;
-			_hash_thread->start() ;
+			_hash_thread->start("ft hash") ;
 #ifdef FT_DEBUG
 			std::cerr << "ftTransferModule::checkFile(): launched hashing thread for file " << mHash << std::endl ;
 #endif
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgenexchange.cc b/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgenexchange.cc
index 2f06786ec..6046428c5 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgenexchange.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgenexchange.cc
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ void RsGenExchange::tick()
 		else
 		{
 			mIntegrityCheck = new RsGxsIntegrityCheck(mDataStore,mGixs);
-			mIntegrityCheck->start();
+			mIntegrityCheck->start("gxs integrity");
 			mChecking = true;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/pqi/authgpg.cc b/libretroshare/src/pqi/authgpg.cc
index 9b88c459e..7caf8e401 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/pqi/authgpg.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/pqi/authgpg.cc
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ AuthGPG::AuthGPG(const std::string& path_to_public_keyring,const std::string& pa
 {
 	_force_sync_database = false ;
     mCount = 0;
-	start();
+    start("AuthGPG");
 }
 
 /* This function is called when retroshare is first started
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/rsserver/rsinit.cc b/libretroshare/src/rsserver/rsinit.cc
index 352d4578f..4a640c4ad 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/rsserver/rsinit.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/rsserver/rsinit.cc
@@ -1834,7 +1834,7 @@ int RsServer::StartupRetroShare()
 	}
 
 	/* Startup this thread! */
-    start() ;
+	start("RsServer main") ;
 
 	return 1;
 }
diff --git a/retroshare-nogui/src/TerminalApiClient.cpp b/retroshare-nogui/src/TerminalApiClient.cpp
index f07abe162..6822004b4 100644
--- a/retroshare-nogui/src/TerminalApiClient.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-nogui/src/TerminalApiClient.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ namespace resource_api {
 TerminalApiClient::TerminalApiClient(ApiServer *api):
     mApiServer(api)
 {
-    start();
+    start("resapi terminal");
 }
 
 TerminalApiClient::~TerminalApiClient()