diff --git a/src/include/v3270.h b/src/include/v3270.h
index 920cba2..078658a 100644
--- a/src/include/v3270.h
+++ b/src/include/v3270.h
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
  #endif // v3270_char
 
  LIB3270_EXPORT GtkWidget		* v3270_new(void);
- LIB3270_EXPORT GtkWidget		* v3270_new_trace_window(GtkWidget *widget);
+ LIB3270_EXPORT GtkWidget		* v3270_trace_window_new(GtkWidget *widget, const gchar *header);
  LIB3270_EXPORT GType 			  v3270_get_type(void);
  LIB3270_EXPORT void		  	  v3270_reload(GtkWidget * widget);
  LIB3270_EXPORT void			  v3270_set_font_family(GtkWidget *widget, const gchar *name);
diff --git a/src/testprogram/testprogram.c b/src/testprogram/testprogram.c
index bbc048b..dcb05cd 100644
--- a/src/testprogram/testprogram.c
+++ b/src/testprogram/testprogram.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static void activate(GtkApplication* app, G_GNUC_UNUSED gpointer user_data) {
 	// v3270_set_font_family(terminal,"Droid Sans Mono");
 	g_signal_connect(terminal,"field_clicked",G_CALLBACK(field_clicked),window);
 
-	GtkWidget *trace = v3270_new_trace_window(terminal);
+	GtkWidget *trace = v3270_trace_window_new(terminal,NULL);
 	if(trace) {
 		g_signal_connect(trace, "destroy", G_CALLBACK(trace_window_destroy), v3270_get_session(terminal));
 		lib3270_toggle(v3270_get_session(terminal),LIB3270_TOGGLE_SSL_TRACE);
diff --git a/src/trace/widget.c b/src/trace/widget.c
index cc2d9df..7b8b267 100644
--- a/src/trace/widget.c
+++ b/src/trace/widget.c
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
 	gtk_widget_destroy(window);
  }
 
- LIB3270_EXPORT GtkWidget * v3270_new_trace_window(GtkWidget *widget)
+ LIB3270_EXPORT GtkWidget * v3270_trace_window_new(GtkWidget *widget, const gchar *header)
  {
 	g_return_val_if_fail(GTK_IS_V3270(widget),NULL);
 
@@ -456,6 +456,10 @@
 
 	gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(window),vbox);
 	gtk_widget_show_all(window);
+
+	if(header)
+		v3270_trace_append_text(trace,header);
+
  	return window;
  }
 
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