diff --git a/datamover/dist/etc/log.xml b/datamover/dist/etc/log.xml
index 312cff0c9b8821ce10b6c73d677fa2bdb8007664..c8169840b4af29e598668b8d51f1635abb12eb51 100644
--- a/datamover/dist/etc/log.xml
+++ b/datamover/dist/etc/log.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   
   </appender>
 
-  <appender name="MANUAL_INTERVENTION" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender">
+  <appender name="MANUAL_INTERVENTION_APPENDER" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender">
 
     <param name="File" value="log/manual_intervention.txt"/>
     <param name="DatePattern" value="'.'yyyy-MM-dd"/>
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@
     <appender-ref ref="EMAIL" />
   </category>    
   
-  <logger name="OPERATION.ch.systemsx.cisd.datamover.GatePathHandlerDecorator">
+  <logger name="MANUAL_INTERVENTION">
      <level value ="info" />
-     <appender-ref ref="MANUAL_INTERVENTION" />
+     <appender-ref ref="MANUAL_INTERVENTION_APPENDER" />
   </logger>
 
   <root>
diff --git a/datamover/dist/etc/service.properties b/datamover/dist/etc/service.properties
index 1ce6313486c106629e3de30d9094774e5dcb5ede..3742e25dbe26ac6fb6ba344e7c9041cadab95897 100644
--- a/datamover/dist/etc/service.properties
+++ b/datamover/dist/etc/service.properties
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ prefix-for-incoming = %t_
 # Optional (remove comments when changing the values)
 #
 # rsync-executable = <path to rsync>
-# ssh-executable = <path to ssh>
 # hard-link-executable = <path to ln for creating hard links>
 # outgoing-host = <host where the outgoing directory is located (specify only when using an ssh tunnel)>
 # incoming-host = <host where the incoming directory is located (specify only when using an ssh tunnel)>
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ prefix-for-incoming = %t_
 # failure-interval = <time interval to wait after a failure before the operation is re-tried in seconds>
 # max-retries = <maximal number of retries when an operation fails>
 # cleansing-regex = <regex of paths that should be removed before moving a path to outgoing>
-# manual-intervention-regex = <regex of paths that need manual intervention>
+# manual-intervention-regex = <regex of paths that need manual intervention, default prefix-for-incoming corresponds to '[0-9]{14}_'>
 # treat-incoming-as-remote = <true or false, when switched on, than incoming directory is treated as remote> 
 # extra-copy-dir = <path to a directory. If specified, a copy of incoming data will be made there>
 # prefix-for-incoming = prefix that is put in front of every incoming data directory, %t will be replaced with time stamp
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/datamover/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/datamover/LocalProcessor.java b/datamover/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/datamover/LocalProcessor.java
index f76858b47caaac59aefadfbd8f923a82c9601820..3f5fe11721377509e9627885c4ab40e35e23b9c7 100644
--- a/datamover/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/datamover/LocalProcessor.java
+++ b/datamover/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/datamover/LocalProcessor.java
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ public class LocalProcessor implements IPathHandler, IRecoverableTimerTaskFactor
 {
     private static final Logger operationLog = LogFactory.getLogger(LogCategory.OPERATION, LocalProcessor.class);
 
+    private static final Logger manualInterventionLog = Logger.getLogger("MANUAL_INTERVENTION");
+
     private static final ISimpleLogger errorLog = new Log4jSimpleLogger(Level.ERROR, operationLog);
 
     private static final Logger notificationLog = LogFactory.getLogger(LogCategory.NOTIFY, LocalProcessor.class);
@@ -260,8 +262,9 @@ public class LocalProcessor implements IPathHandler, IRecoverableTimerTaskFactor
             manualInterventionFilter.add(PathType.ALL, manualInterventionRegex);
         }
 
-        final boolean filtered = manualInterventionFilter.accept(resource);
-        if (filtered)
+        final boolean needsManualIntervention = manualInterventionFilter.accept(resource);
+        logManualIntervention(resource, needsManualIntervention);
+        if (needsManualIntervention)
         {
             log(resource, "Moving to manual intervention directory");
             File movedFile = mover.tryMove(resource, manualInterventionDir);
@@ -279,4 +282,14 @@ public class LocalProcessor implements IPathHandler, IRecoverableTimerTaskFactor
             operationLog.info(String.format("%s on %s", description, path.getPath()));
         }
     }
+    
+    private static void logManualIntervention(File path, boolean needsManualIntervention)
+    {
+        if (manualInterventionLog.isInfoEnabled())
+        {
+            manualInterventionLog.info(String.format("%s %s [created: %3$tY-%3$tm-%3$td %3$tH:%3$tM:%3$tS]",
+                    needsManualIntervention ? "ATTENTION" : "DEFAULT", path.getAbsolutePath(), path.lastModified()));
+        }
+    }
+
 }