diff --git a/src/sysc/scc/configurable_tracer.cpp b/src/sysc/scc/configurable_tracer.cpp
index da56b966..4be06ef8 100644
--- a/src/sysc/scc/configurable_tracer.cpp
+++ b/src/sysc/scc/configurable_tracer.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 
 #include "configurable_tracer.h"
 #include "traceable.h"
-
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <fmt/format.h>
 using namespace sc_core;
 using namespace scc;
 
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ void configurable_tracer::descend(const sc_core::sc_object* obj, bool trace) {
                 descend(o, trace);
         return;
     } else if(kind == "sc_module") {
+        auto module_name = obj->name();
         auto trace_enable = get_trace_enabled(obj, default_trace_enable_handle.get_cci_value().get<bool>());
         if(trace_enable)
             obj->trace(trf);
diff --git a/src/sysc/scc/configurer.cpp b/src/sysc/scc/configurer.cpp
index 5cbc0f51..7d1aa87e 100644
--- a/src/sysc/scc/configurer.cpp
+++ b/src/sysc/scc/configurer.cpp
@@ -643,13 +643,18 @@ void mirror_sc_attributes(configurer::broker_t& broker, configurer::cci_param_cl
 }
 
 bool cci_name_ignore(std::pair<std::string, cci::cci_value> const& preset_value) {
-    std::string ending(SCC_LOG_LEVEL_PARAM_NAME);
     auto& name = preset_value.first;
-    if(name.length() >= ending.length()) {
-        return (0 == name.compare(name.length() - ending.length(), ending.length(), ending));
-    } else {
+    if(name.length() < SCC_LOG_LEVEL_PARAM_NAME_LEN) // name is to short to hold the log level
         return false;
-    }
+    size_t dot = name.find_last_of(".");
+    if(dot == std::string::npos)
+        return name == SCC_LOG_LEVEL_PARAM_NAME;
+    if(name.substr(dot, name.size() - dot).compare(SCC_LOG_LEVEL_PARAM_NAME) != 0)
+        // the parameter name is not SCC_LOG_LEVEL_PARAM_NAME
+        return false;
+    std::string module_name = name.substr(0, dot);
+    // ignore the SCC_LOG_LEVEL_PARAM_NAME preset if module exists
+    return sc_core::sc_find_object(name.c_str()) != nullptr;
 }
 } // namespace
 #ifdef HAS_YAMPCPP
diff --git a/src/sysc/scc/report.cpp b/src/sysc/scc/report.cpp
index 7ed8ba77..4a859e4a 100644
--- a/src/sysc/scc/report.cpp
+++ b/src/sysc/scc/report.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ struct char_hash {
 };
 static class {
     std::unordered_map<char const*, sc_core::sc_verbosity, char_hash, char_equal_to> table;
-    std::vector<std::string> cache;
+    std::deque<std::string> cache;
     std::mutex mtx;
 
 public:
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static class {
     }
     void insert(char const* key, sc_core::sc_verbosity verb) {
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mtx);
-        cache.push_back(key);
+        cache.emplace_back(key);
         table.insert({cache.back().c_str(), verb});
     }
     void clear() {
diff --git a/src/sysc/scc/report.h b/src/sysc/scc/report.h
index 61af3846..1a0367a0 100644
--- a/src/sysc/scc/report.h
+++ b/src/sysc/scc/report.h
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ writing. By default spdlog logs asyncronously to keep the performance impact low
  */
 //! the name of the CCI property to attach to modules to control logging of this module
 #define SCC_LOG_LEVEL_PARAM_NAME "log_level"
+#define SCC_LOG_LEVEL_PARAM_NAME_LEN 9
+
 /** \ingroup scc-sysc
  *  @{
  */