diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index fbf51a5e..d1653cb6 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ void Shutdown()
     TRY_LOCK(cs_Shutdown, lockShutdown);
     if (!lockShutdown) return;
 
-    RenameThread("bitcoin-shutoff");
+    RenameThread("twister-shutoff");
     nTransactionsUpdated++;
     stopSessionTorrent();
     StopRPCThreads();
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ struct CImportingNow
 
 void ThreadImport(std::vector<boost::filesystem::path> vImportFiles)
 {
-    RenameThread("bitcoin-loadblk");
+    RenameThread("twister-loadblk");
 
     // -reindex
     if (fReindex) {
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 9a0e87c1..ff0ca714 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -4040,7 +4040,7 @@ void static BitcoinMiner(CWallet *pwallet)
 {
     printf("BitcoinMiner started\n");
     SetThreadPriority(THREAD_PRIORITY_LOWEST);
-    RenameThread("bitcoin-miner");
+    RenameThread("twister-miner");
 
     // Each thread has its own salt and counter
     std::vector<unsigned char> salt(4);
diff --git a/src/walletdb.cpp b/src/walletdb.cpp
index 2d989aa5..9352c237 100644
--- a/src/walletdb.cpp
+++ b/src/walletdb.cpp
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ DBErrors CWalletDB::LoadWallet(CWallet* pwallet)
 void ThreadFlushWalletDB(const string& strFile)
 {
     // Make this thread recognisable as the wallet flushing thread
-    RenameThread("bitcoin-wallet");
+    RenameThread("twister-wallet");
 
     static bool fOneThread;
     if (fOneThread)