diff --git a/src/lib/player/accept.c b/src/lib/player/accept.c
index d5ecbcb9..a2dce0ed 100644
--- a/src/lib/player/accept.c
+++ b/src/lib/player/accept.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ player_accept(void *unused)
 	stacksize = 100000
 /* budget */  + MAX(WORLD_SZ() * sizeof(int) * 7,
 /* power */ MAXNOC * sizeof(struct powstr));
-	sprintf(buf, "Player (fd #%d)", ns);
+	sprintf(buf, "Conn%d", ns);
 	empth_create(player_login, stacksize, 0, buf, np);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/subs/journal.c b/src/lib/subs/journal.c
index 0c95115e..fcaa752c 100644
--- a/src/lib/subs/journal.c
+++ b/src/lib/subs/journal.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ journal_entry(char *fmt, ...)
 
     if (journal) {
 	time(&now);
-	fprintf(journal, "%.24s %p ", ctime(&now), empth_self());
+	fprintf(journal, "%.24s %10.10s:", ctime(&now), empth_name());
 	
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
 	vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, fmt, ap);