diff --git a/defaults/yacy.logging b/defaults/yacy.logging
index c0a0f5d2c..c512fd20c 100644
--- a/defaults/yacy.logging
+++ b/defaults/yacy.logging
@@ -10,10 +10,13 @@
 # INFO    regular action information (i.e. any httpd request URL)
 # CONFIG  regular system status information (i.e. start-up messages)
 # FINE  in-function status debug output
+# FINER  more details in debug output
+# FINEST  even more details in debug output
 BASE64.level = OFF
 PARSER.level = INFO
 PROXY.level = INFO
 YACY.level = INFO
+NETWORK.level = INFO
 HTCACHE.level = INFO
 PLASMA.level = INFO
 SERVER.level = INFO
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/peers/Network.java b/source/net/yacy/peers/Network.java
index 181bb9c30..d29fed7c9 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/peers/Network.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/peers/Network.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class Network
     // statics
     public static final ThreadGroup publishThreadGroup = new ThreadGroup("publishThreadGroup");
     public static final HashMap<String, String> seedUploadMethods = new HashMap<>();
-    public static final ConcurrentLog log = new ConcurrentLog("YACY");
+    public static final ConcurrentLog log = new ConcurrentLog("NETWORK");
     /** pseudo-random key derived from a time-interval while YaCy startup */
     public static long speedKey = 0;
     public static long magic = System.currentTimeMillis();