diff --git a/spectrum_manager/src/APIServer.cpp b/spectrum_manager/src/APIServer.cpp
index 1b51e95b..fdefcc53 100644
--- a/spectrum_manager/src/APIServer.cpp
+++ b/spectrum_manager/src/APIServer.cpp
@@ -94,7 +94,15 @@ void APIServer::serve_instances(Server *server, Server::session *session, struct
 		Value instance;
 		instance.SetObject();
 		instance.AddMember("id", id.c_str(), json.GetAllocator());
-		instance.AddMember("name", id.c_str(), json.GetAllocator());
+
+		std::string name = get_config(m_config, id, "identity.name");
+		if (name.empty() || name == "Spectrum 2 Transport") {
+			instance.AddMember("name", id.c_str(), json.GetAllocator());
+		}
+		else {
+			statuses.push_back(name);
+			instance.AddMember("name", statuses.back().c_str(), json.GetAllocator());
+		}
 
 		std::string status = server->send_command(id, "status");
 		if (status.empty()) {
@@ -119,7 +127,9 @@ void APIServer::serve_instances(Server *server, Server::session *session, struct
 		usernames.push_back(username);
 		instance.AddMember("registered", !username.empty(), json.GetAllocator());
 		instance.AddMember("username", usernames.back().c_str(), json.GetAllocator());
-		instance.AddMember("frontend", is_slack(m_config, id) ? "slack" : "xmpp", json.GetAllocator());
+
+		usernames.push_back(get_config(m_config, id, "service.frontend"));
+		instance.AddMember("frontend", usernames.back().c_str(), json.GetAllocator());
 
 		instances.PushBack(instance, json.GetAllocator());
 	}
diff --git a/spectrum_manager/src/methods.cpp b/spectrum_manager/src/methods.cpp
index c4f7b793..208fbc06 100644
--- a/spectrum_manager/src/methods.cpp
+++ b/spectrum_manager/src/methods.cpp
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ static void handleConnected(boost::shared_ptr<Swift::Connection> m_conn, const s
 	}
 }
 
-bool is_slack(ManagerConfig *config, const std::string &jid) {
+std::string get_config(ManagerConfig *config, const std::string &jid, const std::string &key) {
 	path p(CONFIG_STRING(config, "service.config_directory"));
 
 	try {
@@ -528,16 +528,16 @@ bool is_slack(ManagerConfig *config, const std::string &jid) {
 					continue;
 				}
 
-				return CONFIG_STRING(&cfg, "service.frontend") == "slack";
+				return CONFIG_STRING(&cfg, key);
 			}
 		}
 
 	}
 	catch (const filesystem_error& ex) {
-		return false;
+		return "";
 	}
 
-	return false;
+	return "";
 }
 
 void ask_local_server(ManagerConfig *config, Swift::BoostNetworkFactories &networkFactories, const std::string &jid, const std::string &message) {
diff --git a/spectrum_manager/src/methods.h b/spectrum_manager/src/methods.h
index fa0e36b3..7d479335 100644
--- a/spectrum_manager/src/methods.h
+++ b/spectrum_manager/src/methods.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ void stop_instances(ManagerConfig *config, const std::string &_jid = "");
 int show_status(ManagerConfig *config);
 
 void ask_local_server(ManagerConfig *config, Swift::BoostNetworkFactories &networkFactories, const std::string &jid, const std::string &message);
-bool is_slack(ManagerConfig *config, const std::string &jid);
+std::string get_config(ManagerConfig *config, const std::string &jid, const std::string &key);
 
 std::vector<std::string> show_list(ManagerConfig *config, bool show = true);