diff --git a/measurement.html b/measurement.html
index 637eef4..f3b7038 100644
--- a/measurement.html
+++ b/measurement.html
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     defaults: {
 
       // Define default properties
-      name: { value: "" }, // use asset category as name
+      name: { value: "sensor" }, // use asset category as name
 
       // Define specific properties
       scaling: { value: false },
diff --git a/src/nodeClass.js b/src/nodeClass.js
index c481ea0..59fba71 100644
--- a/src/nodeClass.js
+++ b/src/nodeClass.js
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class nodeClass {
     // Merge UI config over defaults
     this.config = {
       general: {
-        name: uiConfig.name,
+        name: this.name,
         id: node.id, // node.id is for the child registration process
         unit: uiConfig.unit, // add converter options later to convert to default units (need like a model that defines this which units we are going to use and then conver to those standards)
         logging: {
diff --git a/src/specificClass.js b/src/specificClass.js
index a438416..d861c2f 100644
--- a/src/specificClass.js
+++ b/src/specificClass.js
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ class Measurement {
       windowSize: this.config.smoothing.smoothWindow
     });
 
+    this.measurements.setChildId(this.config.general.id);
+    this.measurements.setChildName(this.config.general.name);
+
     // Smoothing
     this.storedValues = [];