diff --git a/base/task.py b/base/task.py
index cc795f3..67deb19 100644
--- a/base/task.py
+++ b/base/task.py
@@ -7,4 +7,10 @@ class Task(object):
 		pass
 
 	def run(self, info):
-		print 'Running ' + self.__module__ + "." + self.__class__.__name__
+		pass
+
+	def __str__(self):
+		if self.name is None:
+			return '{module}.{task}'.format(module=self.__module__, task=self.__class__.__name__)
+		else:
+			return self.name
diff --git a/base/tasklist.py b/base/tasklist.py
index 8472678..ddfcb82 100644
--- a/base/tasklist.py
+++ b/base/tasklist.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ class TaskList(list):
 
 	def run(self, bootstrap_info):
 		for task in self:
+			print('Running {taskname}'.format(taskname=task))
 			task.run(bootstrap_info)
 
 	def before(self, ref, task):