diff --git a/src/modules/spa/spa-node.c b/src/modules/spa/spa-node.c
index c2907cb6e..09ce3f813 100644
--- a/src/modules/spa/spa-node.c
+++ b/src/modules/spa/spa-node.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 #include <spa/node/node.h>
 #include <spa/node/utils.h>
+#include <spa/utils/cleanup.h>
 #include <spa/utils/result.h>
 #include <spa/param/props.h>
 #include <spa/pod/iter.h>
@@ -223,16 +224,27 @@ struct pw_impl_node *pw_spa_node_load(struct pw_context *context,
 	struct spa_handle *handle;
 	void *iface;
 	const struct pw_properties *p;
+	struct pw_loop *loop;
 
 	if (properties) {
 		p = pw_context_get_properties(context);
 		pw_properties_set(properties, "clock.quantum-limit",
 				pw_properties_get(p, "default.clock.quantum-limit"));
+	} else {
+		properties = pw_properties_new(NULL, NULL);
+		if (properties == NULL)
+			return NULL;
+	}
+	loop =  pw_context_acquire_loop(context, &properties->dict);
+	if (loop == NULL) {
+		res = -errno;
+		goto error_exit;
 	}
 
-	handle = pw_context_load_spa_handle(context,
-			factory_name,
-			properties ? &properties->dict : NULL);
+	pw_properties_set(properties, PW_KEY_NODE_LOOP_NAME, loop->name);
+	pw_context_release_loop(context, loop);
+
+	handle = pw_context_load_spa_handle(context, factory_name, &properties->dict);
 	if (handle == NULL) {
 		res = -errno;
 		goto error_exit;
@@ -247,20 +259,15 @@ struct pw_impl_node *pw_spa_node_load(struct pw_context *context,
 
 	spa_node = iface;
 
-	if (properties != NULL) {
-		if ((res = setup_props(context, spa_node, properties)) < 0) {
-			pw_log_warn("can't setup properties: %s", spa_strerror(res));
-		}
-	}
+	if ((res = setup_props(context, spa_node, properties)) < 0)
+		pw_log_warn("can't setup properties: %s", spa_strerror(res));
 
 	this = pw_spa_node_new(context, flags,
-			       spa_node, handle, properties, user_data_size);
+			       spa_node, handle, spa_steal_ptr(properties), user_data_size);
 	if (this == NULL) {
 		res = -errno;
-		properties = NULL;
 		goto error_exit_unload;
 	}
-
 	return this;
 
 error_exit_unload:
diff --git a/src/pipewire/context.c b/src/pipewire/context.c
index 75c19b050..dbf5bb2e3 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/context.c
+++ b/src/pipewire/context.c
@@ -700,7 +700,8 @@ static struct pw_data_loop *acquire_data_loop(struct impl *impl, const char *nam
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	pw_log_info("using name:'%s' class:'%s' ref:%d", best_loop->impl->loop->name,
+	pw_log_info("%p: using name:'%s' class:'%s' ref:%d", impl,
+			best_loop->impl->loop->name,
 			best_loop->impl->class, best_loop->ref);
 
 	return best_loop->impl;
@@ -723,12 +724,12 @@ struct pw_loop *pw_context_acquire_loop(struct pw_context *context, const struct
 	name = props ? spa_dict_lookup(props, PW_KEY_NODE_LOOP_NAME) : NULL;
 	klass = props ? spa_dict_lookup(props, PW_KEY_NODE_LOOP_CLASS) : NULL;
 
-	pw_log_info("looking for name:'%s' class:'%s'", name, klass);
+	pw_log_info("%p: looking for name:'%s' class:'%s'", context, name, klass);
 
 	if ((impl->n_data_loops == 0) ||
 	    (name && fnmatch(name, context->main_loop->name, FNM_EXTMATCH) == 0) ||
 	    (klass && fnmatch(klass, "main", FNM_EXTMATCH) == 0)) {
-		pw_log_info("using main loop num-data-loops:%d", impl->n_data_loops);
+		pw_log_info("%p: using main loop num-data-loops:%d", context, impl->n_data_loops);
 		return context->main_loop;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/pipewire/impl-node.c b/src/pipewire/impl-node.c
index d541b3635..a2851f0f0 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/impl-node.c
+++ b/src/pipewire/impl-node.c
@@ -1561,7 +1561,7 @@ struct pw_impl_node *pw_context_create_node(struct pw_context *context,
 					SPA_FD_CLOEXEC | SPA_FD_NONBLOCK)) < 0)
 		goto error_clean;
 
-	pw_log_debug("%p: new fd:%d", this, res);
+	pw_log_debug("%p: new fd:%d loop:%s", this, res, this->data_loop->name);
 
 	this->source.fd = res;
 	this->source.func = node_on_fd_events;
diff --git a/src/pipewire/impl-port.c b/src/pipewire/impl-port.c
index a23daeb31..961531343 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/impl-port.c
+++ b/src/pipewire/impl-port.c
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ static int setup_mixer(struct pw_impl_port *port, const struct spa_pod *param)
 	int res;
 	const char *fallback_lib, *factory_name;
 	struct spa_handle *handle;
-	struct spa_dict_item items[2];
+	struct spa_dict_item items[3];
 	char quantum_limit[16];
 	void *iface;
 	struct pw_context *context = port->node->context;
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ static int setup_mixer(struct pw_impl_port *port, const struct spa_pod *param)
 	if ((res = spa_format_parse(param, &media_type, &media_subtype)) < 0)
 		return res;
 
-	pw_log_debug("%p: %s/%s", port,
+	pw_log_debug("%p/%p: %s/%s", port->node, port,
 			spa_debug_type_find_name(spa_type_media_type, media_type),
 			spa_debug_type_find_name(spa_type_media_subtype, media_subtype));
 
@@ -950,6 +950,7 @@ static int setup_mixer(struct pw_impl_port *port, const struct spa_pod *param)
 	spa_scnprintf(quantum_limit, sizeof(quantum_limit), "%u",
 			context->settings.clock_quantum_limit);
 	items[1] = SPA_DICT_ITEM_INIT("clock.quantum-limit", quantum_limit);
+	items[2] = SPA_DICT_ITEM_INIT(PW_KEY_NODE_LOOP_NAME, port->node->data_loop->name);
 
 	handle = pw_context_load_spa_handle(context, factory_name,
 			&SPA_DICT_INIT_ARRAY(items));