diff --git a/rotatingMachine.html b/rotatingMachine.html
index 22691e6..05a3f6c 100644
--- a/rotatingMachine.html
+++ b/rotatingMachine.html
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
     category: "EVOLV",
     color: "#4f8582",
         defaults: {
-          // Define default properties
-          name: { value: ""}, // use asset category as name ?
 
           // Define specific properties
           speed: { value: 1, required: true },
diff --git a/src/nodeClass.js b/src/nodeClass.js
index 2e007e3..792bfe1 100644
--- a/src/nodeClass.js
+++ b/src/nodeClass.js
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ class nodeClass {
     // Merge UI config over defaults
     this.config = {
       general: {
-        name: uiConfig.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 f8c84a9..cf38f5f 100644
--- a/src/specificClass.js
+++ b/src/specificClass.js
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ maintenanceAlert: this.state.checkMaintenanceStatus()
 //load local dependencies
 const EventEmitter = require('events');
 const {loadCurve,logger,configUtils,configManager,state, nrmse, MeasurementContainer, predict, interpolation , childRegistrationUtils} = require('generalFunctions');
+const { name } = require('../../generalFunctions/src/convert/lodash/lodash._shimkeys');
 
 class Machine {
 
@@ -65,6 +66,9 @@ class Machine {
 
     //Init config and check if it is valid
     this.config = this.configUtils.initConfig(machineConfig);
+    
+    //add unique name for this node.
+    this.config = this.configUtils.updateConfig(this.config, {general:{name: this.config.functionality?.softwareType + "_" + machineConfig.general.id}}); // add unique name if not present
 
     if (!this.model || !this.curve) {
       this.logger.warn(`${!this.model ? 'Model not specified' : 'Curve not found for model ' + this.model} in machineConfig. Cannot make predictions.`);