diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/partitions/MaterializingPipelinedPartition.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/partitions/MaterializingPipelinedPartition.java
index 29c2ff2..37f33a9 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/partitions/MaterializingPipelinedPartition.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/partitions/MaterializingPipelinedPartition.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
                 Thread thread = Thread.currentThread();
                 setDataConsumerThread(thread); // Sets the data consumer thread to the current thread.
                 try {
-                    thread.setName(MaterializingPipelinedPartition.class.getName() + pid);
+                    thread.setName(MaterializingPipelinedPartition.class.getName() + " " + pid);
                     FileReference fRefCopy;
                     synchronized (MaterializingPipelinedPartition.this) {
                         while (fRef == null && !eos && !failed) {
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
                         }
                     }
                 } catch (Exception e) {
-                    LOGGER.log(Level.ERROR, e.getMessage(), e);
+                    LOGGER.warn("Failure writing to a frame", e);
                 } finally {
                     setDataConsumerThread(null); // Sets back the data consumer thread to null.
                 }