diff --git a/src/db/db/dbNetlistDeviceExtractor.cc b/src/db/db/dbNetlistDeviceExtractor.cc
index 581861ac7..e5541ee98 100644
--- a/src/db/db/dbNetlistDeviceExtractor.cc
+++ b/src/db/db/dbNetlistDeviceExtractor.cc
@@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ std::string NetlistDeviceExtractor::cell_name () const
 void NetlistDeviceExtractor::error (const std::string &msg)
 {
   m_log_entries.push_back (db::LogEntryData (db::Error, cell_name (), msg));
+  m_log_entries.back ().set_category_name ("device-extract");
 
   if (tl::verbosity () >= 20) {
     tl::error << m_log_entries.back ().to_string ();
@@ -558,6 +559,7 @@ void NetlistDeviceExtractor::error (const std::string &msg, const db::DPolygon &
 {
   m_log_entries.push_back (db::LogEntryData (db::Error, cell_name (), msg));
   m_log_entries.back ().set_geometry (poly);
+  m_log_entries.back ().set_category_name ("device-extract");
 
   if (tl::verbosity () >= 20) {
     tl::error << m_log_entries.back ().to_string ();
@@ -569,6 +571,7 @@ void NetlistDeviceExtractor::error (const std::string &category_name, const std:
   m_log_entries.push_back (db::LogEntryData (db::Error, cell_name (), msg));
   m_log_entries.back ().set_category_name (category_name);
   m_log_entries.back ().set_category_description (category_description);
+  m_log_entries.back ().set_category_name ("device-extract");
 
   if (tl::verbosity () >= 20) {
     tl::error << m_log_entries.back ().to_string ();
@@ -581,6 +584,7 @@ void NetlistDeviceExtractor::error (const std::string &category_name, const std:
   m_log_entries.back ().set_category_name (category_name);
   m_log_entries.back ().set_category_description (category_description);
   m_log_entries.back ().set_geometry (poly);
+  m_log_entries.back ().set_category_name ("device-extract");
 
   if (tl::verbosity () >= 20) {
     tl::error << m_log_entries.back ().to_string ();
@@ -590,6 +594,7 @@ void NetlistDeviceExtractor::error (const std::string &category_name, const std:
 void NetlistDeviceExtractor::warn (const std::string &msg)
 {
   m_log_entries.push_back (db::LogEntryData (db::Warning, cell_name (), msg));
+  m_log_entries.back ().set_category_name ("device-extract");
 
   if (tl::verbosity () >= 20) {
     tl::warn << m_log_entries.back ().to_string ();
@@ -600,6 +605,7 @@ void NetlistDeviceExtractor::warn (const std::string &msg, const db::DPolygon &p
 {
   m_log_entries.push_back (db::LogEntryData (db::Warning, cell_name (), msg));
   m_log_entries.back ().set_geometry (poly);
+  m_log_entries.back ().set_category_name ("device-extract");
 
   if (tl::verbosity () >= 20) {
     tl::warn << m_log_entries.back ().to_string ();
@@ -611,6 +617,7 @@ void NetlistDeviceExtractor::warn (const std::string &category_name, const std::
   m_log_entries.push_back (db::LogEntryData (db::Warning, cell_name (), msg));
   m_log_entries.back ().set_category_name (category_name);
   m_log_entries.back ().set_category_description (category_description);
+  m_log_entries.back ().set_category_name ("device-extract");
 
   if (tl::verbosity () >= 20) {
     tl::warn << m_log_entries.back ().to_string ();
@@ -623,6 +630,7 @@ void NetlistDeviceExtractor::warn (const std::string &category_name, const std::
   m_log_entries.back ().set_category_name (category_name);
   m_log_entries.back ().set_category_description (category_description);
   m_log_entries.back ().set_geometry (poly);
+  m_log_entries.back ().set_category_name ("device-extract");
 
   if (tl::verbosity () >= 20) {
     tl::warn << m_log_entries.back ().to_string ();