diff --git a/backfiller/backfiller/main.py b/backfiller/backfiller/main.py
index 17b8a89..1c56126 100644
--- a/backfiller/backfiller/main.py
+++ b/backfiller/backfiller/main.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class BackfillerManager(object):
 	worker exists for a node, the manager starts one. If a worker corresponds to
 	a node not in the list, the manager stops it."""
 
-	NODE_INTERVAL = 5 #minutes between updating list of nodes
+	NODE_INTERVAL = 1 #minutes between updating list of nodes
 
 	def __init__(self, base_dir, stream, variants, nodes=None):
 		"""Constructor for BackfillerManager."""
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class BackfillerManager(object):
 		self.variants = variants
 		self.nodes = nodes
 		self.stopping = gevent.event.Event()
-		self.logger = self.logger = logging.getLogger("BackfillerManager({})".format(stream))
+		self.logger = logging.getLogger("BackfillerManager({})".format(stream))
 		self.workers = {} # {node url: worker}
 
 
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ class BackfillerWorker(object):
 	def __init__(self, manager, base_dir, node, stream, variants):
 		"""Constructor for BackfillerWorker"""
 		self.manager = manager
-		self.logger = manager.logger.getChild('BackfillerWorker({}/{})@{:x}'.format(node, stream, id(self)))
+		self.logger = manager.logger.getChild('BackfillerWorker({})'.format(node))
 		self.base_dir = base_dir
 		self.node = node
 		self.stream = stream
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ class BackfillerWorker(object):
 
 	def stop(self):
 		"""Tell the worker to shut down"""
+		self.logger.info('Stopping')
 		self.stopping.set()
 
 
@@ -288,7 +289,7 @@ class BackfillerWorker(object):
 	
 			for hour in hours:
 	
-				logging.info('Backfilling {}/{}'.format(variant, hour))
+				self.logger.info('Backfilling {}/{}'.format(variant, hour))
 	
 				local_segments = set(list_local_segments(self.base_dir, self.stream, variant, hour))
 				remote_segments = set(list_remote_segments(self.node, self.stream, variant, hour))
@@ -313,16 +314,16 @@ class BackfillerWorker(object):
 					try:
 						segment = common.parse_segment_path(path)
 					except ValueError as e:
-						logging.warning('File {} invaid: {}'.format(path, e))
+						self.logger.warning('File {} invaid: {}'.format(path, e))
 						continue
 	
 					#to avoid getting in the downloader's way ignore segments less than recent_cutoff old
 					if datetime.datetime.utcnow() - segment.start < datetime.timedelta(seconds=recent_cutoff):
-						logging.debug('Skipping {} as too recent'.format(path))
+						self.logger.debug('Skipping {} as too recent'.format(path))
 						continue
 	
 					get_remote_segment(self.base_dir, self.node, self.stream, variant, hour, missing_segment)
-				logging.info('{} segments in {}/{} backfilled'.format(len(missing_segments), variant, hour))
+				self.logger.info('{} segments in {}/{} backfilled'.format(len(missing_segments), variant, hour))
 
 
 	def run(self):