diff --git a/src/webapp/src/org/apache/solr/servlet/SolrDispatchFilter.java b/src/webapp/src/org/apache/solr/servlet/SolrDispatchFilter.java
index b977da1b001..c46bae60f00 100644
--- a/src/webapp/src/org/apache/solr/servlet/SolrDispatchFilter.java
+++ b/src/webapp/src/org/apache/solr/servlet/SolrDispatchFilter.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class SolrDispatchFilter implements Filter
         singlecore = null;
       }
       else {
-        singlecore = new SolrCore( null, null, new SolrConfig(), null );
+        singlecore = new SolrCore( "core", null, new SolrConfig(), null );
         core = singlecore;
       }