diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-systems/omnitrace.cfg b/projects/rocprofiler-systems/omnitrace.cfg
index 4932f1d91c..46ca531dbb 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-systems/omnitrace.cfg
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-systems/omnitrace.cfg
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ buffers {
 
 data_sources {
   config {
-      name: "omnitrace"
+      name: "track_event"
   }
 }
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-systems/source/lib/omnitrace/library.cpp b/projects/rocprofiler-systems/source/lib/omnitrace/library.cpp
index 1942e9cebc..db6da02c81 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-systems/source/lib/omnitrace/library.cpp
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-systems/source/lib/omnitrace/library.cpp
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ omnitrace_init_tooling_hidden()
         buffer_config->set_fill_policy(_policy);
 
         auto* ds_cfg = cfg.add_data_sources()->mutable_config();
-        ds_cfg->set_name("omnitrace");
+        ds_cfg->set_name("track_event");  // this MUST be track_event
         ds_cfg->set_track_event_config_raw(track_event_cfg.SerializeAsString());
 
         args.shmem_size_hint_kb = shmem_size_hint;