diff --git a/daemon/core/emane/commeffect.py b/daemon/core/emane/commeffect.py
index 5ec67801..05efefc3 100644
--- a/daemon/core/emane/commeffect.py
+++ b/daemon/core/emane/commeffect.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class EmaneCommEffectModel(EmaneModel):
          "", "receivebufferperiod"),
     ]
     _confmatrix_shim_091 = [
-        ("defaultconnectivitymode", ConfigDataTypes.BOOL.value, "0",
+        ("defaultconnectivitymode", ConfigDataTypes.BOOL.value, "1",
          "On,Off", "defaultconnectivity"),
     ]
     _confmatrix_shim = _confmatrix_shim_base + _confmatrix_shim_091
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class EmaneCommEffectModel(EmaneModel):
         nemid = emane_node.getnemid(netif)
         nemid2 = emane_node.getnemid(netif2)
         mbw = bw
-
+	logger.info("sending comm effect event")
         event.append(
             nemid,
             latency=convert_none(delay),
diff --git a/daemon/core/emane/emanemodel.py b/daemon/core/emane/emanemodel.py
index 5752ed7e..080f4c3f 100644
--- a/daemon/core/emane/emanemodel.py
+++ b/daemon/core/emane/emanemodel.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class EmaneModel(WirelessModel):
         :param core.emane.emanemanager.EmaneManager emane_manager: emane manager for the session
         :return: nothing
         """
-        logger.info("%s has no post setup tasks: interface(%s)", ifc)
+        logger.info("emane model(%s) has no post setup tasks", self.name)
 
     def buildnemxmlfiles(self, e, ifc):
         """