diff --git a/daemon/core/emulator/session.py b/daemon/core/emulator/session.py
index 9eb02a07..31e75de2 100644
--- a/daemon/core/emulator/session.py
+++ b/daemon/core/emulator/session.py
@@ -1869,7 +1869,14 @@ class Session(object):
             assign_address = self.master
             prefix = prefixes[0]
 
-        logging.info("controlnet prefix: %s - %s", type(prefix), prefix)
+        logging.info(
+            "controlnet(%s) prefix(%s) assign(%s) updown(%s) serverintf(%s)",
+            _id,
+            prefix,
+            assign_address,
+            updown_script,
+            server_interface,
+        )
         control_net = self.create_node(
             cls=CtrlNet,
             _id=_id,
diff --git a/daemon/core/nodes/network.py b/daemon/core/nodes/network.py
index 3ec84282..f7d6af69 100644
--- a/daemon/core/nodes/network.py
+++ b/daemon/core/nodes/network.py
@@ -808,7 +808,8 @@ class CtrlNet(CoreNetwork):
         :param prefix: control network ipv4 prefix
         :param hostid: host id
         :param bool start: start flag
-        :param str server: remote server node will run on, default is None for localhost
+        :param fabric.connection.Connection server: remote server node will run on,
+            default is None for localhost
         :param str assign_address: assigned address
         :param str updown_script: updown script
         :param serverintf: server interface
diff --git a/daemon/examples/python/distributed.py b/daemon/examples/python/distributed.py
index feb5e8bb..3cb3debd 100644
--- a/daemon/examples/python/distributed.py
+++ b/daemon/examples/python/distributed.py
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ def main():
     coreemu = CoreEmu()
     session = coreemu.create_session()
 
+    # set controlnet
+    session.options.set_config("controlnet", "172.16.0.0/24")
+
     # initialize distributed
     address = sys.argv[1]
     remote = sys.argv[2]