diff --git a/src/libs/pestpp_common/Ensemble.cpp b/src/libs/pestpp_common/Ensemble.cpp
index bf8f940c..a7c33d7a 100644
--- a/src/libs/pestpp_common/Ensemble.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/pestpp_common/Ensemble.cpp
@@ -2179,7 +2179,8 @@ ParameterEnsemble ParameterEnsemble::zeros_like(int nrows)
 
 }
 
-map<int,int> ParameterEnsemble::add_runs(RunManagerAbstract *run_mgr_ptr,const vector<int> &real_idxs, int da_cycle)
+map<int,int> ParameterEnsemble::add_runs(RunManagerAbstract *run_mgr_ptr,const vector<int> &real_idxs,
+                                         int da_cycle, string additional_tag)
 {
 	//add runs to the run manager using int indices
 	map<int,int> real_run_ids;
@@ -2205,6 +2206,7 @@ map<int,int> ParameterEnsemble::add_runs(RunManagerAbstract *run_mgr_ptr,const v
 			run_real_names.push_back(real_names[i]);
 	else
 		run_real_names = real_names;
+	
 	int idx;
 	map<string, int> rmap;
 
@@ -2219,8 +2221,15 @@ map<int,int> ParameterEnsemble::add_runs(RunManagerAbstract *run_mgr_ptr,const v
 		ss << " da_cycle:" << da_cycle << " ";
 		info_txt = ss.str();
 	}
-	for (auto &rname : run_real_names)
+	if (additional_tag.size() > 0)
+    {
+	    info_txt = info_txt + " " + additional_tag;
+    }
+	string rname,rinfo_txt;
+	//for (auto &rname : run_real_names)
+	for (int i=0;i<run_real_names.size();i++)
 	{
+	    rname = run_real_names[i];
 		//idx = find(real_names.begin(), real_names.end(), rname) - real_names.begin();
 		idx = rmap[rname];
 		//Eigen::VectorXd rvector = get_real_vector(idx);
@@ -2233,14 +2242,13 @@ map<int,int> ParameterEnsemble::add_runs(RunManagerAbstract *run_mgr_ptr,const v
 			par_transform.numeric2model_ip(pars_real);
 		replace_fixed(rname, pars_real);
 		nn = pars_real.get_notnormal_keys();
-		if (nn.size() > 0)
-		{
-			stringstream ss;
-			ss << "ParameterEnsemble:: add_runs() error: denormal values for realization " << rname << " : ";
-			for (auto n : nn)
-				ss << n << ",";
-			throw_ensemble_error(ss.str());
-		}
+		if (nn.size() > 0) {
+            stringstream ss;
+            ss << "ParameterEnsemble:: add_runs() error: denormal values for realization " << rname << " : ";
+            for (auto n : nn)
+                ss << n << ",";
+            throw_ensemble_error(ss.str());
+        }
 		run_id = run_mgr_ptr->add_run(pars_real,info_txt+"  realization:"+rname);
 		real_run_ids[idx]  = run_id;
 	}
diff --git a/src/libs/pestpp_common/Ensemble.h b/src/libs/pestpp_common/Ensemble.h
index ee735338..1459ea44 100644
--- a/src/libs/pestpp_common/Ensemble.h
+++ b/src/libs/pestpp_common/Ensemble.h
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ class ParameterEnsemble : public Ensemble
 	ParamTransformSeq get_par_transform() const { return par_transform; }
 	void transform_ip(transStatus to_tstat);
 	void set_pest_scenario(Pest *_pest_scenario);
-	map<int,int> add_runs(RunManagerAbstract *run_mgr_ptr,const vector<int> &real_idxs=vector<int>(),int da_cycle=NetPackage::NULL_DA_CYCLE);
+	map<int,int> add_runs(RunManagerAbstract *run_mgr_ptr,const vector<int> &real_idxs=vector<int>(),
+	        int da_cycle=NetPackage::NULL_DA_CYCLE, string additional_tag="");
 	void set_fixed_names();
 	void draw_uniform(int num_reals, vector<string> par_names, PerformanceLog* plog, int level, ofstream& frec);
 	map<string,double> draw(int num_reals, Parameters par, Covariance &cov, PerformanceLog *plog, int level, ofstream& frec);
diff --git a/src/libs/pestpp_common/EnsembleMethodUtils.cpp b/src/libs/pestpp_common/EnsembleMethodUtils.cpp
index 72befd71..f35d6725 100644
--- a/src/libs/pestpp_common/EnsembleMethodUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/pestpp_common/EnsembleMethodUtils.cpp
@@ -5130,11 +5130,16 @@ vector<ObservationEnsemble> EnsembleMethod::run_lambda_ensembles(vector<Paramete
 	vector<map<int, int>> real_run_ids_vec;
 	//ParameterEnsemble pe_lam;
 	//for (int i=0;i<pe_lams.size();i++)
-	for (auto& pe_lam : pe_lams)
+	//for (auto& pe_lam : pe_lams)
+	string additional_tag;
+	for (int i=0;i<pe_lams.size();i++)
 	{
+	    ss.str("");
+	    ss << " lambda:" << lam_vals[i] << " scale_fac:" << scale_vals[i];
+	    additional_tag = ss.str();
 		try
 		{
-			real_run_ids_vec.push_back(pe_lam.add_runs(run_mgr_ptr, pe_subset_idxs,cycle));
+			real_run_ids_vec.push_back(pe_lams[i].add_runs(run_mgr_ptr, pe_subset_idxs,cycle,additional_tag));
 		}
 		catch (const exception& e)
 		{