diff --git a/xos/core/models/instance.py b/xos/core/models/instance.py
index 7f13eb8..6ba7cbf 100644
--- a/xos/core/models/instance.py
+++ b/xos/core/models/instance.py
@@ -104,6 +104,15 @@
     def get_controller (self):
         return self.node.site_deployment.controller
 
+    def tologdict(self):
+        d=super(Instance,self).tologdict()
+        try:
+            d['slice_name']=self.slice.name
+            d['controller_name']=self.get_controller().name
+        except:
+            pass
+        return d
+
     def __unicode__(self):
         if self.name and Slice.objects.filter(id=self.slice_id) and (self.name != self.slice.name):
             # NOTE: The weird check on self.slice_id was due to a problem when
diff --git a/xos/core/models/network.py b/xos/core/models/network.py
index 80ee9ba..6af72bf 100644
--- a/xos/core/models/network.py
+++ b/xos/core/models/network.py
@@ -207,6 +207,15 @@
     class Meta:
         unique_together = ('network', 'controller')
 
+    def tologdict(self):
+        d=super(ControllerNetwork,self).tologdict()
+        try:
+            d['network_name']=self.network.name
+            d['controller_name']=self.controller.name
+        except:
+            pass
+        return d
+ 
     @staticmethod
     def select_by_user(user):
         if user.is_admin:
diff --git a/xos/core/models/slice.py b/xos/core/models/slice.py
index 12c1ea2..a449691 100644
--- a/xos/core/models/slice.py
+++ b/xos/core/models/slice.py
@@ -184,6 +184,15 @@
     class Meta:
         unique_together = ('controller', 'slice')
      
+    def tologdict(self):
+        d=super(ControllerSlice,self).tologdict()
+        try:
+            d['slice_name']=self.slice.name
+            d['controller_name']=self.controller.name
+        except:
+            pass
+        return d
+
     def __unicode__(self):  return u'%s %s'  % (self.slice, self.controller)
 
     @staticmethod