diff --git a/clinical-domain-agent/src/main/java/care/smith/fts/cda/DefaultTransferProcessRunner.java b/clinical-domain-agent/src/main/java/care/smith/fts/cda/DefaultTransferProcessRunner.java
index 35838fa5..c3d64035 100644
--- a/clinical-domain-agent/src/main/java/care/smith/fts/cda/DefaultTransferProcessRunner.java
+++ b/clinical-domain-agent/src/main/java/care/smith/fts/cda/DefaultTransferProcessRunner.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package care.smith.fts.cda;
 
 import static care.smith.fts.util.JsonLogFormatter.asJson;
+import static care.smith.fts.util.NanoIdUtils.nanoId;
 import static java.util.stream.Stream.concat;
 
 import care.smith.fts.api.ConsentedPatient;
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Queue;
-import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
@@ -39,9 +39,8 @@ public DefaultTransferProcessRunner(
 
   @Override
   public String start(TransferProcessDefinition process, List<String> pids) {
-    var processId = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
-    log.info("Run process with processId: {}", processId);
-    log.info("Project configuration: {}", asJson(om, process.rawConfig()));
+    var processId = nanoId(6);
+    log.info("[Process {}] Created, config: {}", processId, asJson(om, process.rawConfig()));
     var transferProcessInstance = new TransferProcessInstance(process, processId, pids);
 
     startOrQueue(processId, transferProcessInstance);
@@ -56,6 +55,7 @@ private synchronized void startOrQueue(
       transferProcessInstance.execute();
       instances.put(processId, transferProcessInstance);
     } else {
+      log.info("[Process {}] Queued", processId);
       queued.add(transferProcessInstance);
     }
   }
@@ -126,9 +126,10 @@ public void execute() {
           .transform(this::selectData)
           .transform(this::deidentify)
           .transform(this::sendBundles)
-          .doOnComplete(this::updateStatus)
+          .doOnComplete(this::onComplete)
           .doOnComplete(DefaultTransferProcessRunner.this::onComplete)
           .subscribe();
+      log.info("[Process {}] Started", processId());
     }
 
     private Flux<ConsentedPatient> selectCohort(List<String> pids) {
@@ -159,8 +160,9 @@ private Flux<Result> sendBundles(Flux<TransportBundle> deidentification) {
           .onErrorContinue((e, r) -> status.updateAndGet(TransferProcessStatus::incSkippedBundles));
     }
 
-    private void updateStatus() {
-      status.updateAndGet(s -> s.phase() != Phase.FATAL ? checkCompletion(s) : s);
+    private void onComplete() {
+      var status = this.status.updateAndGet(s -> s.phase() != Phase.FATAL ? checkCompletion(s) : s);
+      log.info("[Process {}] Finished with: {}", processId(), status.phase());
     }
 
     private TransferProcessStatus checkCompletion(TransferProcessStatus s) {
diff --git a/util/pom.xml b/util/pom.xml
index 6c3d4b7b..d3e553ed 100644
--- a/util/pom.xml
+++ b/util/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@
       <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.aventrix.jnanoid</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jnanoid</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
diff --git a/util/src/main/java/care/smith/fts/util/NanoIdUtils.java b/util/src/main/java/care/smith/fts/util/NanoIdUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..92365db4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/src/main/java/care/smith/fts/util/NanoIdUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package care.smith.fts.util;
+
+import static com.aventrix.jnanoid.jnanoid.NanoIdUtils.DEFAULT_ALPHABET;
+import static com.aventrix.jnanoid.jnanoid.NanoIdUtils.DEFAULT_NUMBER_GENERATOR;
+import static com.aventrix.jnanoid.jnanoid.NanoIdUtils.randomNanoId;
+
+public interface NanoIdUtils {
+
+  static String nanoId(int size) {
+    return randomNanoId(DEFAULT_NUMBER_GENERATOR, DEFAULT_ALPHABET, size);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/util/src/test/java/care/smith/fts/util/NanoIdUtilsTest.java b/util/src/test/java/care/smith/fts/util/NanoIdUtilsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ebc9b97e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/src/test/java/care/smith/fts/util/NanoIdUtilsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package care.smith.fts.util;
+
+import static care.smith.fts.util.NanoIdUtils.nanoId;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
+
+import java.util.stream.IntStream;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
+
+class NanoIdUtilsTest {
+  private static Stream<Arguments> significantSizes() {
+    return IntStream.rangeClosed(1, 21).mapToObj(Arguments::of);
+  }
+
+  @ParameterizedTest(name = "size of {0}")
+  @MethodSource("significantSizes")
+  public void idHasSpecifiedSize(int size) {
+    assertThat(nanoId(size)).hasSize(size);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void zeroSizeNotAllowed() {
+    assertThatExceptionOfType(IllegalArgumentException.class).isThrownBy(() -> nanoId(0));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void negativeSizeNotAllowed() {
+    assertThatExceptionOfType(IllegalArgumentException.class).isThrownBy(() -> nanoId(-1));
+  }
+}