diff --git a/src/logging/WriterBackend.cc b/src/logging/WriterBackend.cc
index 23a95279d7..836c390944 100644
--- a/src/logging/WriterBackend.cc
+++ b/src/logging/WriterBackend.cc
@@ -108,13 +108,13 @@ void WriterBackend::DisableFrontend()
 	SendOut(new DisableMessage(frontend));
 	}
 
-bool WriterBackend::Init(string arg_path, int arg_num_fields, const Field* const*  arg_fields)
+bool WriterBackend::Init(string arg_path, int arg_num_fields, const Field* const*  arg_fields, string frontend_name)
 	{
 	path = arg_path;
 	num_fields = arg_num_fields;
 	fields = arg_fields;
 
-	string name = Fmt("%s/%s", path.c_str(), frontend->Name().c_str());
+	string name = Fmt("%s/%s", path.c_str(), frontend_name.c_str());
 
 	SetName(name);
 
diff --git a/src/logging/WriterBackend.h b/src/logging/WriterBackend.h
index 1269976aee..64cf84630c 100644
--- a/src/logging/WriterBackend.h
+++ b/src/logging/WriterBackend.h
@@ -53,9 +53,11 @@ public:
 	 * @param fields An array of size \a num_fields with the log fields.
 	 * The methods takes ownership of the array.
 	 *
+	 * @param frontend_name The name of the front-end writer implementation.
+	 *
 	 * @return False if an error occured.
 	 */
-	bool Init(string path, int num_fields, const threading::Field* const*  fields);
+	bool Init(string path, int num_fields, const threading::Field* const* fields, string frontend_name);
 
 	/**
 	 * Writes one log entry.
diff --git a/src/logging/WriterFrontend.cc b/src/logging/WriterFrontend.cc
index 33c9c04c63..cd3bd0d563 100644
--- a/src/logging/WriterFrontend.cc
+++ b/src/logging/WriterFrontend.cc
@@ -15,16 +15,18 @@ namespace logging  {
 class InitMessage : public threading::InputMessage<WriterBackend>
 {
 public:
-	InitMessage(WriterBackend* backend, const string path, const int num_fields, const Field* const* fields)
+	InitMessage(WriterBackend* backend, const string path, const int num_fields, const Field* const* fields, string frontend_name)
 		: threading::InputMessage<WriterBackend>("Init", backend),
-		path(path), num_fields(num_fields), fields(fields) { }
+		path(path), num_fields(num_fields), fields(fields),
+		frontend_name(frontend_name) { }
 
-	virtual bool Process() { return Object()->Init(path, num_fields, fields); }
+	virtual bool Process() { return Object()->Init(path, num_fields, fields, frontend_name); }
 
 private:
 	const string path;
 	const int num_fields;
 	const Field * const* fields;
+	const string frontend_name;
 };
 
 class RotateMessage : public threading::InputMessage<WriterBackend>
@@ -164,7 +166,7 @@ void WriterFrontend::Init(string arg_path, int arg_num_fields, const Field* cons
 	initialized = true;
 
 	if ( backend )
-		backend->SendIn(new InitMessage(backend, arg_path, arg_num_fields, arg_fields));
+		backend->SendIn(new InitMessage(backend, arg_path, arg_num_fields, arg_fields, Name()));
 
 	if ( remote )
 		remote_serializer->SendLogCreateWriter(stream,