diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index b4c40c815..19f6e7d03 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1317,8 +1317,7 @@ bool AppInitMain(const util::Ref& context, NodeContext& node)
     node.scheduler = MakeUnique<CScheduler>();
 
     // Start the lightweight task scheduler thread
-    CScheduler::Function serviceLoop = [&node]{ node.scheduler->serviceQueue(); };
-    threadGroup.create_thread(std::bind(&TraceThread<CScheduler::Function>, "scheduler", serviceLoop));
+    threadGroup.create_thread([&] { TraceThread("scheduler", [&] { node.scheduler->serviceQueue(); }); });
 
     // Gather some entropy once per minute.
     node.scheduler->scheduleEvery([]{
diff --git a/src/test/util/setup_common.cpp b/src/test/util/setup_common.cpp
index 709d357b8..1efcdc1d6 100644
--- a/src/test/util/setup_common.cpp
+++ b/src/test/util/setup_common.cpp
@@ -75,11 +75,13 @@ BasicTestingSetup::BasicTestingSetup(const std::string& chainName, const std::ve
             "dummy",
             "-printtoconsole=0",
             "-logtimemicros",
+            "-logthreadnames",
             "-debug",
             "-debugexclude=libevent",
             "-debugexclude=leveldb",
         },
         extra_args);
+    util::ThreadRename("test");
     fs::create_directories(m_path_root);
     gArgs.ForceSetArg("-datadir", m_path_root.string());
     ClearDatadirCache();
@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ TestingSetup::TestingSetup(const std::string& chainName, const std::vector<const
 
     // We have to run a scheduler thread to prevent ActivateBestChain
     // from blocking due to queue overrun.
-    threadGroup.create_thread([&]{ m_node.scheduler->serviceQueue(); });
+    threadGroup.create_thread([&] { TraceThread("scheduler", [&] { m_node.scheduler->serviceQueue(); }); });
     GetMainSignals().RegisterBackgroundSignalScheduler(*m_node.scheduler);
 
     pblocktree.reset(new CBlockTreeDB(1 << 20, true));
diff --git a/src/test/util_threadnames_tests.cpp b/src/test/util_threadnames_tests.cpp
index 4dcc080b2..f3f9fb2bf 100644
--- a/src/test/util_threadnames_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/util_threadnames_tests.cpp
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ std::set<std::string> RenameEnMasse(int num_threads)
  */
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(util_threadnames_test_rename_threaded)
 {
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(util::ThreadGetInternalName(), "");
-
 #if !defined(HAVE_THREAD_LOCAL)
     // This test doesn't apply to platforms where we don't have thread_local.
     return;