diff --git a/Changelog.txt b/Changelog.txt
index fd6a946..510df4d 100644
--- a/Changelog.txt
+++ b/Changelog.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Release 0.2.3 (2017-01-27)
 ==========================
 
+- Added label convention to hackrf discovery routine
 - Support filtering specific devices by serial number
 - Switch to format constants in streaming implementation
 
diff --git a/HackRF_Registation.cpp b/HackRF_Registation.cpp
index 2afbb1a..9430e17 100644
--- a/HackRF_Registation.cpp
+++ b/HackRF_Registation.cpp
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ static std::vector<SoapySDR::Kwargs> find_HackRF(const SoapySDR::Kwargs &args)
 						read_partid_serialno.serial_no[3]);
 				options["serial"] = serial_str;
 
+				//generate a displayable label string with trimmed serial
+				size_t ofs = 0;
+				while (ofs < sizeof(serial_str) and serial_str[ofs] == '0') ofs++;
+				char label_str[100];
+				sprintf(label_str, "%s #%d %s", options["device"].c_str(), i, serial_str+ofs);
+				options["label"] = label_str;
+
 				//filter based on serial and idx
 				const bool serialMatch = args.count("serial") == 0 or args.at("serial") == options["serial"];
 				const bool idxMatch = args.count("hackrf") == 0 or std::stoi(args.at("hackrf")) == i;
diff --git a/HackRF_Settings.cpp b/HackRF_Settings.cpp
index 8a0a2c9..475e879 100644
--- a/HackRF_Settings.cpp
+++ b/HackRF_Settings.cpp
@@ -25,13 +25,8 @@
 
 SoapyHackRF::SoapyHackRF( const SoapySDR::Kwargs &args )
 {
-	std::string argsStr;
-	for (const auto &pair : args)
-	{
-		if (not argsStr.empty()) argsStr += ", ";
-		argsStr += pair.first + "=" + pair.second;
-	}
-	SoapySDR_logf( SOAPY_SDR_INFO, "Opening HackRF device instance {%s}...", argsStr.c_str());
+	if (args.count("label") != 0)
+		SoapySDR_logf( SOAPY_SDR_INFO, "Opening %s...", args.at("label").c_str());
 
 	_rx_stream=new RXStream();