diff --git a/include/fc/future.hpp b/include/fc/future.hpp
index 900b702..70c53b1 100644
--- a/include/fc/future.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/future.hpp
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ namespace fc {
       /// @pre valid()
       bool error()const { return m_prom->error(); }
 
+      void cancel()const { m_prom->cancel(); }
+
       /**
        * @pre valid()
        *
@@ -230,6 +232,8 @@ namespace fc {
       /// @pre valid()
       bool error()const { return m_prom->error(); }
 
+      void cancel()const { m_prom->cancel(); }
+
       template<typename CompletionHandler>
       void on_complete( CompletionHandler&& c ) {
         m_prom->on_complete( fc::forward<CompletionHandler>(c) );
diff --git a/src/log.cpp b/src/log.cpp
index 6dfcc30..5342f47 100644
--- a/src/log.cpp
+++ b/src/log.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 namespace fc {
+  const char* thread_name();
+
   const char* short_name( const char* file_name ) { 
     const char* end = file_name + strlen(file_name);
     --end;
@@ -24,9 +26,9 @@ namespace fc {
 
   void log( const char* color, const char* file_name, size_t line_num, const char* method_name, const char* format, ... ) {
     if(isatty(fileno(stderr)))
-      fprintf( stderr, "%s", color );
+      fprintf( stderr, "\r%s", color );
 
-    fprintf( stderr, "%s:%zd  %s ",  short_name(file_name), line_num, method_name );
+    fprintf( stderr, "%-15s %-15s %-5zd %s ",  thread_name(), short_name(file_name), line_num, method_name );
     va_list args;
     va_start(args,format);
     vfprintf( stderr, format, args );
diff --git a/src/thread.cpp b/src/thread.cpp
index 8967c65..b04ad28 100644
--- a/src/thread.cpp
+++ b/src/thread.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 #include "thread_d.hpp"
 
 namespace fc {
+  const char* thread_name() {
+    return thread::current().name().c_str();
+  }
    boost::mutex& log_mutex() {
     static boost::mutex m; return m;
    }
@@ -59,14 +62,15 @@ namespace fc {
    void          thread::debug( const fc::string& d ) { my->debug(d); }
 
    void thread::quit() {
-      wlog( "quit!" );
       if( &current() != this ) {
-          async( boost::bind( &thread::quit, this ) ).wait();
+          wlog( "async quit %s", my->name.c_str() );
+          async( [=](){quit();} ).wait();
           if( my->boost_thread ) {
             my->boost_thread->join();
           }
           return;
       }
+      wlog( "%s", my->name.c_str() );
 
       // break all promises, thread quit!
       fc::context* cur  = my->blocked;