diff --git a/extras/Hadrons/Application.cc b/extras/Hadrons/Application.cc
index c746fa7e..0490c222 100644
--- a/extras/Hadrons/Application.cc
+++ b/extras/Hadrons/Application.cc
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ using namespace Hadrons;
  *                       Application implementation                           *
  ******************************************************************************/
 // constructors ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+#define MACOUT(macro)    macro              << " (" << #macro << ")"
+#define MACOUTS(macro) HADRONS_STR(macro) << " (" << #macro << ")"
+
 Application::Application(void)
 {
     initLogger();
@@ -57,21 +60,16 @@ Application::Application(void)
     LOG(Message) << "MPI partition        : " << mpi << std::endl;
     LOG(Message) << "Local lattice        : " << loc << std::endl;
     LOG(Message) << std::endl;
-    LOG(Message) << "** Default parameters (associated C macro)" << std::endl;
-    LOG(Message) << "ASCII output precision (DEFAULT_ASCII_PREC)           : "
-                 << DEFAULT_ASCII_PREC << std::endl;
-    LOG(Message) << "Fermion implementation (FIMPL)                        : "
-                 << HADRONS_STR(FIMPL) << std::endl;
-    LOG(Message) << "Fermion complex implementation (ZFIMPL)               : "
-                 << HADRONS_STR(ZFIMPL) << std::endl;
-    LOG(Message) << "Scalar implementation (SIMPL)                         : "
-                 << HADRONS_STR(SIMPL) << std::endl;
-    LOG(Message) << "Gauge implementation (GIMPL)                          : "
-                 << HADRONS_STR(GIMPL) << std::endl;
-    LOG(Message) << "Eigenvector base size (HADRONS_DEFAULT_LANCZOS_NBASIS): " 
-                 << HADRONS_DEFAULT_LANCZOS_NBASIS << std::endl;
-    LOG(Message) << "Schur decomposition (HADRONS_DEFAULT_SCHUR)           : " 
-                 << HADRONS_STR(HADRONS_DEFAULT_SCHUR) << std::endl;
+    LOG(Message) << "** Default parameters (and associated C macro)" << std::endl;
+    LOG(Message) << "ASCII output precision  : " << MACOUT(DEFAULT_ASCII_PREC) << std::endl;
+    LOG(Message) << "Fermion implementation  : " << MACOUTS(FIMPL) << std::endl;
+    LOG(Message) << "z-Fermion implementation: " << MACOUTS(ZFIMPL) << std::endl;
+    LOG(Message) << "Scalar implementation   : " << MACOUTS(SIMPL) << std::endl;
+    LOG(Message) << "Gauge implementation    : " << MACOUTS(GIMPL) << std::endl;
+    LOG(Message) << "Eigenvector base size   : " 
+                 << MACOUT(HADRONS_DEFAULT_LANCZOS_NBASIS) << std::endl;
+    LOG(Message) << "Schur decomposition     : " << MACOUTS(HADRONS_DEFAULT_SCHUR) << std::endl;
+    LOG(Message) << std::endl;
 }
 
 Application::Application(const Application::GlobalPar &par)