diff --git a/hoot-core/src/main/cpp/hoot/core/criterion/StatsAreaCriterion.h b/hoot-core/src/main/cpp/hoot/core/criterion/StatsAreaCriterion.h
index 1d04780..3fae38a 100644
--- a/hoot-core/src/main/cpp/hoot/core/criterion/StatsAreaCriterion.h
+++ b/hoot-core/src/main/cpp/hoot/core/criterion/StatsAreaCriterion.h
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ public:
virtual ElementCriterionPtr clone() { return ElementCriterionPtr(new StatsAreaCriterion()); }
virtual QString getDescription() const { return "Identifies areas for use by statistics"; }
+
+ virtual QString toString() const override
+ { return QString::fromStdString(className()).remove("hoot::"); }
+
};
}