diff --git a/selfdrive/manager/manager.py b/selfdrive/manager/manager.py
index f9bda4c3a1..196673d467 100755
--- a/selfdrive/manager/manager.py
+++ b/selfdrive/manager/manager.py
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ def manager_cleanup():
 
 
 def manager_thread():
+  cloudlog.bind(daemon="manager")
   cloudlog.info("manager start")
   cloudlog.info({"environ": os.environ})
 
diff --git a/selfdrive/manager/process.py b/selfdrive/manager/process.py
index d9a1619411..22d75edce7 100644
--- a/selfdrive/manager/process.py
+++ b/selfdrive/manager/process.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ WATCHDOG_FN = "/dev/shm/wd_"
 ENABLE_WATCHDOG = os.getenv("NO_WATCHDOG") is None
 
 
-def launcher(proc):
+def launcher(proc, name):
   try:
     # import the process
     mod = importlib.import_module(proc)
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ def launcher(proc):
     # create new context since we forked
     messaging.context = messaging.Context()
 
+    # add daemon name to cloudlog ctx
+    cloudlog.bind(daemon=name)
+
     # exec the process
     mod.main()
   except KeyboardInterrupt:
@@ -223,7 +226,7 @@ class PythonProcess(ManagerProcess):
       return
 
     cloudlog.info("starting python %s" % self.module)
-    self.proc = Process(name=self.name, target=launcher, args=(self.module,))
+    self.proc = Process(name=self.name, target=launcher, args=(self.module, self.name))
     self.proc.start()
     self.watchdog_seen = False
     self.shutting_down = False