@@ -114,10 +114,11 @@
 (define *passnum*           0) ;; when running track calls to run-tests or similar
 ;; (define *alt-log-file* #f)  ;; used by -log
 (define *common:denoise*    (make-hash-table)) ;; for low noise printing
 (define *default-log-port*  (current-error-port))
 (define *time-zero* (current-seconds)) ;; for the watchdog
+(define *default-area-tag* "local")
 
 ;; DATABASE
 (define *dbstruct-db*         #f) ;; used to cache the dbstruct in db:setup. Goal is to remove this.
 ;; db stats
 (define *db-stats*            (make-hash-table)) ;; hash of vectors < count duration-total >