diff --git a/lib/route.js b/lib/route.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/route.js
+++ b/lib/route.js
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ function Route(options) {
 
   this.name = options.name || false;
   this.url = options.url || options.path;
-  this.log = options.log.child({name: self.name}, true);
+  this.log = options.log.child({route_name: self.name}, true);
 
   // Setup DTrace probes, if applicable
   addProbes(this.dtrace, this.probe);
minor change to bunyan logger in route.js