diff --git a/src/ui/layerbrowser/layerbrowser.component.ts b/src/ui/layerbrowser/layerbrowser.component.ts
index 174275636e8f9012221e26342070da6b246fc3ee..b144220b66e0ce2e5727436fd85244732540e8dd 100644
--- a/src/ui/layerbrowser/layerbrowser.component.ts
+++ b/src/ui/layerbrowser/layerbrowser.component.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Component,  OnDestroy } from "@angular/core";
 import { NgLayerInterface } from "../../atlasViewer/atlasViewer.component";
 import { Store, select } from "@ngrx/store";
-import { ViewerStateInterface, isDefined, REMOVE_NG_LAYER, FORCE_SHOW_SEGMENT } from "../../services/stateStore.service";
+import { ViewerStateInterface, isDefined, REMOVE_NG_LAYER, FORCE_SHOW_SEGMENT, safeFilter } from "../../services/stateStore.service";
 import { Subscription, Observable } from "rxjs";
 import { filter, distinctUntilChanged, map, delay } from "rxjs/operators";
 
@@ -20,9 +20,18 @@ export class LayerBrowser implements OnDestroy{
   public forceShowSegment$ : Observable<boolean|null>
   private subscriptions : Subscription[] = []
   private disposeHandler : any
+  
+  /* TODO temporary measure. when datasetID can be used, will use  */
+  public fetchedDataEntries$ : Observable<any>
 
   constructor(private store : Store<ViewerStateInterface>){
 
+    this.fetchedDataEntries$ = this.store.pipe(
+      select('dataStore'),
+      safeFilter('fetchedDataEntries'),
+      map(v=>v.fetchedDataEntries)
+    )
+
     this.forceShowSegment$ = this.store.pipe(
       select('ngViewerState'),
       filter(state => isDefined(state) && typeof state.forceShowSegment !== 'undefined'),
@@ -124,7 +133,6 @@ export class LayerBrowser implements OnDestroy{
 ${this.forceShowSegmentCurrentState === true ? 'always show' : this.forceShowSegmentCurrentState === false ? 'always hide' : 'auto'}`
   }
 
-
   get segmentationAdditionalClass(){
     return this.forceShowSegmentCurrentState === null
       ? 'blue'
diff --git a/src/ui/layerbrowser/layerbrowser.template.html b/src/ui/layerbrowser/layerbrowser.template.html
index 8518e1ffa69d9a362150b030d354d4b425ff7bb5..a1675da878dd112ca00affd97d675df4a5dfec07 100644
--- a/src/ui/layerbrowser/layerbrowser.template.html
+++ b/src/ui/layerbrowser/layerbrowser.template.html
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
       [ngClass] = "{'muted-text muted' : !classVisible(ngLayer)}">
 
       <div heading>
-        {{ ngLayer.name }} : {{ ngLayer.type }}
+        {{ ngLayer.name | getLayerNameFromDatasets : (fetchedDataEntries$ | async) }} : {{ ngLayer.type }}
       </div>
 
       <div body>
diff --git a/src/ui/ui.module.ts b/src/ui/ui.module.ts
index 126f68241632bc220e4c24b3c00ed427d28b38ef..73348dbc76cad14d8387f37ee84dbfe47e19fe03 100644
--- a/src/ui/ui.module.ts
+++ b/src/ui/ui.module.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import { LayerBrowser } from "./layerbrowser/layerbrowser.component";
 import { TooltipModule } from "ngx-bootstrap/tooltip";
 import { KgEntryViewer } from "./kgEntryViewer/kgentry.component";
 import { SubjectViewer } from "./kgEntryViewer/subjectViewer/subjectViewer.component";
+import { GetLayerNameFromDatasets } from "../util/pipes/getLayerNamePipe.pipe";
 
 
 @NgModule({
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ import { SubjectViewer } from "./kgEntryViewer/subjectViewer/subjectViewer.compo
     GetUniqueProperty,
     FilterDataEntriesbyType,
     SafeStylePipe,
-    
+    GetLayerNameFromDatasets
   ],
   entryComponents : [
 
diff --git a/src/util/pipes/getLayerNamePipe.pipe.ts b/src/util/pipes/getLayerNamePipe.pipe.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..26457608432b4b15d2f66a5db20ce25fb524b545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/pipes/getLayerNamePipe.pipe.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { Pipe, PipeTransform } from "@angular/core";
+
+
+@Pipe({
+  name : 'getLayerNameFromDatasets'
+})
+
+export class GetLayerNameFromDatasets implements PipeTransform{
+  public transform(ngLayerName:string, datasets? : any[]):string{
+    if(!datasets)
+      return ngLayerName
+    
+    const foundDataset = datasets.find(ds => ds.files.findIndex(file => file.url === ngLayerName) >= 0)
+    
+    return foundDataset
+      ? foundDataset.name
+      : ngLayerName
+  }
+}
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