diff --git a/modules/dsn/managers/radecmanager.cpp b/modules/dsn/managers/radecmanager.cpp
index e0028cb832..ebce19eff4 100644
--- a/modules/dsn/managers/radecmanager.cpp
+++ b/modules/dsn/managers/radecmanager.cpp
@@ -26,11 +26,16 @@
 
 namespace openspace {
     constexpr const char* _loggerCat = "RadecManager";
+    constexpr const char* KeyIdentifier = "ObjectIdentifier";
 
     RadecManager::RadecManager() = default;
-   bool RadecManager::extractMandatoryInfoFromDictionary(const char* identifier, std::unique_ptr<ghoul::Dictionary> &dictionary){
-     bool dataFilesSuccess = DataFileHelper::checkFileNames(identifier, dictionary, _dataFiles);
-     return dataFilesSuccess;
+    bool RadecManager::extractMandatoryInfoFromDictionary(const char* identifier, std::unique_ptr<ghoul::Dictionary> &dictionary){
+        if (dictionary->hasKeyAndValue<std::string>(KeyIdentifier)) {
+            objectIdentifier = dictionary->value<std::string>(KeyIdentifier);
+        }
+
+        bool dataFilesSuccess = DataFileHelper::checkFileNames(identifier, dictionary, _dataFiles);
+        return dataFilesSuccess;
     }
 
    bool RadecManager::correctHour(double time) const{
diff --git a/modules/dsn/managers/radecmanager.h b/modules/dsn/managers/radecmanager.h
index d961f1d3fc..a9c41385d3 100644
--- a/modules/dsn/managers/radecmanager.h
+++ b/modules/dsn/managers/radecmanager.h
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ namespace openspace {
        mutable Position position; 
        mutable glm::vec3 currentMinute;
        mutable double activeMinute = 0;
+       /* Identifier for object using the translation, used for logging */
+       std::string objectIdentifier;
 
        /*Used to check if the loaded file is still relevant or if we should look for another one. */
        mutable double _checkFileTime;
diff --git a/modules/dsn/translation/radectranslation.cpp b/modules/dsn/translation/radectranslation.cpp
index 04e52b74ad..8d7770a63f 100644
--- a/modules/dsn/translation/radectranslation.cpp
+++ b/modules/dsn/translation/radectranslation.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ namespace {
 namespace openspace {
 
 constexpr const char* _loggerCat = "RadecTranslation";
-constexpr const char* KeyIdentifier = "ObjectIdentifier";
 
 documentation::Documentation RadecTranslation::Documentation() {
     using namespace documentation;
@@ -67,10 +66,6 @@ RadecTranslation::RadecTranslation(const ghoul::Dictionary& dictionary)
 {
     std::unique_ptr<ghoul::Dictionary> dictionaryPtr = std::make_unique<ghoul::Dictionary>(dictionary);
     
-    if (dictionary.hasKeyAndValue<std::string>(KeyIdentifier)) {
-        _objectIdentifier = dictionary.value<std::string>(KeyIdentifier);
-    }
-
     extractData(dictionaryPtr);
 
     documentation::testSpecificationAndThrow(
@@ -85,10 +80,10 @@ void RadecTranslation::extractData(std::unique_ptr<ghoul::Dictionary> &dictionar
     constexpr const char* _identifier = "RadecTranslation";
 
     if (!radecManager.extractMandatoryInfoFromDictionary(_identifier, dictionary)) {
-        LERROR(fmt::format("{}: Did not manage to extract data for {}.", _identifier, _objectIdentifier.c_str()));
+        LERROR(fmt::format("{}: Did not manage to extract data for {}.", _identifier, radecManager.objectIdentifier.c_str()));
     }
     else {
-        LDEBUG(fmt::format("{}: Successfully read data for {}.", _identifier, _objectIdentifier.c_str()));
+        LDEBUG(fmt::format("{}: Successfully read data for {}.", _identifier, radecManager.objectIdentifier.c_str()));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/dsn/translation/radectranslation.h b/modules/dsn/translation/radectranslation.h
index 302614f110..12375134dd 100644
--- a/modules/dsn/translation/radectranslation.h
+++ b/modules/dsn/translation/radectranslation.h
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ private:
 
     RadecManager radecManager;
     mutable glm::vec3 _position;
-    /* Identifier for object using the translation, used for logging */
-    std::string _objectIdentifier;
 
     glm::dmat4 _rotEquatorialSphere = { -0.05487554,  0.4941095, -0.8676661, 0.0,
             -0.8734371 , -0.4448296, -0.1980764, 0.0,