diff --git a/daemon/call.c b/daemon/call.c
index 5495af76f..80b7da7e5 100644
--- a/daemon/call.c
+++ b/daemon/call.c
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ destroy:
 
 	if (xh)
 		thread_create_detach_prio(xmlrpc_kill_calls, xh, rtpe_config.idle_scheduling,
-				rtpe_config.idle_priority, "XMLRPC callback");
+				rtpe_config.idle_priority, "XMLRPC");
 	if (url_prefix)
 		free(url_prefix);
 	if (url_suffix)
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ int call_init() {
 		mutex_init(&rtpe_call_iterators[i].lock);
 
 	thread_create_looper(call_timer, rtpe_config.idle_scheduling,
-			rtpe_config.idle_priority, "kill calls timer", 1000000);
+			rtpe_config.idle_priority, "kill calls", 1000000);
 
 	if (mqtt_publish_scope() != MPS_NONE)
 		mqtt_timer_start(&global_mqtt_timer, NULL, NULL);
diff --git a/daemon/dtls.c b/daemon/dtls.c
index 3c525dc95..b25df8dc2 100644
--- a/daemon/dtls.c
+++ b/daemon/dtls.c
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ out:
 
 void dtls_timer(void) {
 	thread_create_looper(__dtls_timer, rtpe_config.idle_scheduling,
-			rtpe_config.idle_priority, "DTLS refresh timer",
+			rtpe_config.idle_priority, "DTLS refresh",
 			((long long) CERT_EXPIRY_TIME / 7) * 1000000);
 }
 
diff --git a/daemon/main.c b/daemon/main.c
index 96cd901f6..202c63183 100644
--- a/daemon/main.c
+++ b/daemon/main.c
@@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
 	ilog(LOG_INFO, "Startup complete, version %s", RTPENGINE_VERSION);
 
-	thread_create_detach(sighandler, NULL, "signal handler");
+	thread_create_detach(sighandler, NULL, "signals");
 
 	/* load monitoring thread */
 	thread_create_looper(load_thread, rtpe_config.idle_scheduling,
@@ -1321,19 +1321,19 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
 	/* separate thread for releasing ports (sockets), which are scheduled for clearing */
 	thread_create_looper(release_closed_sockets, rtpe_config.idle_scheduling,
-			rtpe_config.idle_priority, "release closed sockets", 1000000);
+			rtpe_config.idle_priority, "release socks", 1000000);
 
 	/* separate thread for update of running min/max call counters */
 	thread_create_looper(call_rate_stats_updater, rtpe_config.idle_scheduling,
-			rtpe_config.idle_priority, "call rate stats", 1000000);
+			rtpe_config.idle_priority, "call stats", 1000000);
 
 	/* separate thread for ports iterations (stats update from the kernel) functionality */
 	thread_create_looper(kernel_stats_updater, rtpe_config.idle_scheduling,
-			rtpe_config.idle_priority, "kernel stats updater", 1000000);
+			rtpe_config.idle_priority, "kernel stats", 1000000);
 
 	/* separate thread for ice slow timer functionality */
 	thread_create_looper(ice_slow_timer, rtpe_config.idle_scheduling,
-			rtpe_config.idle_priority, "ice slow timer", 1000000);
+			rtpe_config.idle_priority, "ICE slow", 1000000);
 
 	if (!is_addr_unspecified(&rtpe_config.redis_ep.address) && initial_rtpe_config.redis_delete_async)
 		thread_create_detach(redis_delete_async_loop, NULL, "redis async");