diff --git a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/SmackExecutorThreadFactory.java b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/SmackExecutorThreadFactory.java
index 5823435ff..c3c59d7f8 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/SmackExecutorThreadFactory.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/SmackExecutorThreadFactory.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  *
- * Copyright 2014 Florian Schmaus
+ * Copyright 2014-2015 Florian Schmaus
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public final class SmackExecutorThreadFactory implements ThreadFactory {
     @Override
     public Thread newThread(Runnable runnable) {
         Thread thread = new Thread(runnable);
-        thread.setName("Smack Executor - " + name + ' ' + count++ + " (" + connectionCounterValue + ")");
+        thread.setName("Smack-" + name + ' ' + count++ + " (" + connectionCounterValue + ")");
         thread.setDaemon(true);
         return thread;
     }