diff --git a/slider-core/src/main/java/org/apache/slider/client/SliderClient.java b/slider-core/src/main/java/org/apache/slider/client/SliderClient.java
index eeeee26..3555ae3 100644
--- a/slider-core/src/main/java/org/apache/slider/client/SliderClient.java
+++ b/slider-core/src/main/java/org/apache/slider/client/SliderClient.java
@@ -953,6 +953,7 @@
       AggregateConf definition =
         InstanceIO.loadInstanceDefinitionUnresolved(sliderFileSystem,
                                                     clusterDirectory);
+      definition.setName(name);
       return definition;
     } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
       throw UnknownApplicationInstanceException.unknownInstance(name, e);