diff --git a/src/blackmisc/datacache.cpp b/src/blackmisc/datacache.cpp
index 56e87370d..48ba0c669 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/datacache.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/datacache.cpp
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ namespace BlackMisc
     }
 
     CDataCacheSerializer::CDataCacheSerializer(CDataCache *owner, const QString &revisionFileName) :
-        CContinuousWorker(owner),
+        CContinuousWorker(owner, QString("CDataCacheSerializer '%1'").arg(revisionFileName)),
         m_cache(owner),
         m_revisionFileName(revisionFileName)
     {}
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/worker.cpp b/src/blackmisc/worker.cpp
index 3b2b11137..5d3fc7e3f 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/worker.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/worker.cpp
@@ -117,9 +117,10 @@ namespace BlackMisc
     }
 
     CContinuousWorker::CContinuousWorker(QObject *owner, const QString &name) :
+        CIdentifiable(name),
         m_owner(owner), m_name(name)
     {
-        if (m_name.isEmpty()) { m_name = metaObject()->className(); }
+        Q_ASSERT_X(!name.isEmpty(), Q_FUNC_INFO, "Empty name");
         setObjectName(m_name);
         m_updateTimer.setObjectName(m_name + ":timer");
     }
@@ -208,5 +209,4 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         QMetaObject::invokeMethod(ownThread, "deleteLater");
         QMetaObject::invokeMethod(this, "deleteLater");
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/worker.h b/src/blackmisc/worker.h
index 0e95d7054..8bd04609c 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/worker.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/worker.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "blackmisc/logcategorylist.h"
 #include "blackmisc/invoke.h"
 #include "blackmisc/stacktrace.h"
+#include "blackmisc/identifiable.h"
 #include "blackmisc/variant.h"
 
 #include <QMetaObject>
@@ -266,7 +267,9 @@ namespace BlackMisc
     /*!
      * Base class for a long-lived worker object which lives in its own thread.
      */
-    class BLACKMISC_EXPORT CContinuousWorker : public CWorkerBase
+    class BLACKMISC_EXPORT CContinuousWorker :
+        public CWorkerBase,
+        public CIdentifiable
     {
         Q_OBJECT
 
@@ -276,7 +279,7 @@ namespace BlackMisc
          * \param owner Will be the parent of the new thread (the worker has no parent).
          * \param name A name for the worker, which will be used to create a name for the thread.
          */
-        CContinuousWorker(QObject *owner, const QString &name = "");
+        CContinuousWorker(QObject *owner, const QString &name);
 
         //! Starts a thread and moves the worker into it.
         void start(QThread::Priority priority = QThread::InheritPriority);