diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/flowprogrammer/FlowPusher.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/flowprogrammer/FlowPusher.java
index 6485c5e..4529382 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/flowprogrammer/FlowPusher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/flowprogrammer/FlowPusher.java
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
 		
 		@Override
 		public void run() {
+			this.setName("FlowPusherThread " + this.getId() );
 			while (true) {
 				try {
 					// wait for message pushed to queue