diff --git a/src/runtime2/poll/mod.rs b/src/runtime2/poll/mod.rs
index 75cf8e9a90c00b6f9d785db8c8ce75221c69f0a3..2fc67d21192fb736ee7a12b58581c0f86bc42aaf 100644
--- a/src/runtime2/poll/mod.rs
+++ b/src/runtime2/poll/mod.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU32, Ordering};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 use crate::runtime2::RtError;
-use crate::runtime2::runtime::{CompHandle, RuntimeInner};
+use crate::runtime2::runtime::{CompHandle, RuntimeInner, LogLevel};
 use crate::runtime2::store::queue_mpsc::*;
 
 
@@ -139,11 +139,11 @@ pub struct PollingThread {
     poller: Arc<Poller>,
     runtime: Arc<RuntimeInner>,
     queue: QueueDynMpsc<PollCmd>,
-    logging_enabled: bool,
+    log_level: LogLevel,
 }
 
 impl PollingThread {
-    pub(crate) fn new(runtime: Arc<RuntimeInner>, logging_enabled: bool) -> Result<(PollingThreadHandle, PollingClientFactory), RtError> {
+    pub(crate) fn new(runtime: Arc<RuntimeInner>, log_level: LogLevel) -> Result<(PollingThreadHandle, PollingClientFactory), RtError> {
         let poller = Poller::new()
             .map_err(|e| rt_error!("failed to create poller, because: {}", e))?;
         let poller = Arc::new(poller);
@@ -154,9 +154,14 @@ impl PollingThread {
             poller: poller.clone(),
             runtime: runtime.clone(),
             queue,
-            logging_enabled,
+            log_level,
         };
-        let thread_handle = thread::spawn(move || { thread_data.run() });
+        let thread_handle = thread::Builder::new()
+            .name(String::from("poller"))
+            .spawn(move || { thread_data.run() })
+            .map_err(|reason|
+                rt_error!("failed to start polling thread, because: {}", reason)
+            )?;
 
         let thread_handle = PollingThreadHandle{
             queue: Some(queue_producers.producer()),
@@ -172,7 +177,6 @@ impl PollingThread {
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn run(&mut self) {
-        use crate::runtime2::scheduler::SchedulerCtx;
         use crate::runtime2::communication::Message;
 
         const NUM_EVENTS: usize = 256;
@@ -239,7 +243,7 @@ impl PollingThread {
     }
 
     fn log(&self, message: &str) {
-        if self.logging_enabled {
+        if self.log_level >= LogLevel::Info {
             println!("[polling] {}", message);
         }
     }