diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/DeviceViewMessageHandler.java b/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/DeviceViewMessageHandler.java
index fb83cdd..45c42b6 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/DeviceViewMessageHandler.java
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/DeviceViewMessageHandler.java
@@ -153,6 +153,10 @@
             ObjectNode data = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
 
             data.put(ID, deviceId.toString());
+
+            // TODO: get friendly name from the device
+            data.put(NAME, deviceId.toString());
+
             data.put(TYPE, capitalizeFully(device.type().toString()));
             data.put(TYPE_IID, getTypeIconId(device));
             data.put(MFR, device.manufacturer());