diff --git a/Source/Core/Scheduler/L3Services/SingleThreadService.cpp b/Source/Core/Scheduler/L3Services/SingleThreadService.cpp
index 254209213..6d170d297 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Scheduler/L3Services/SingleThreadService.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Scheduler/L3Services/SingleThreadService.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ SingleThreadService::~SingleThreadService() {
 }
 
 ErrorManagement::ErrorType SingleThreadService::Start() {
-    embeddedThread.SetName(GetName());
+    CCString name = GetName();
+    CCString effectiveName = name ? name : "anonymous";
+    embeddedThread.SetName(effectiveName);
     return embeddedThread.Start();
 }