diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 025ae06520..786e032624 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1317,8 +1317,7 @@ bool AppInitMain(const util::Ref& context, NodeContext& node)
     node.scheduler = MakeUnique<CScheduler>();
 
     // Start the lightweight task scheduler thread
-    CScheduler::Function serviceLoop = [&node]{ node.scheduler->serviceQueue(); };
-    threadGroup.create_thread(std::bind(&TraceThread<CScheduler::Function>, "scheduler", serviceLoop));
+    threadGroup.create_thread([&] { TraceThread("scheduler", [&] { node.scheduler->serviceQueue(); }); });
 
     // Gather some entropy once per minute.
     node.scheduler->scheduleEvery([]{
diff --git a/src/test/util/setup_common.cpp b/src/test/util/setup_common.cpp
index 86dac55b2b..37cdbf2dd6 100644
--- a/src/test/util/setup_common.cpp
+++ b/src/test/util/setup_common.cpp
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ TestingSetup::TestingSetup(const std::string& chainName, const std::vector<const
 
     // We have to run a scheduler thread to prevent ActivateBestChain
     // from blocking due to queue overrun.
-    threadGroup.create_thread([&]{ m_node.scheduler->serviceQueue(); });
+    threadGroup.create_thread([&] { TraceThread("scheduler", [&] { m_node.scheduler->serviceQueue(); }); });
     GetMainSignals().RegisterBackgroundSignalScheduler(*m_node.scheduler);
 
     pblocktree.reset(new CBlockTreeDB(1 << 20, true));