diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 4a68a78f..21816c79 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -350,6 +350,20 @@ docs = ["furo (>=2023.9.10)", "sphinx (>=7.2.6)", "sphinx-autodoc-typehints (>=1
 testing = ["covdefaults (>=2.3)", "coverage (>=7.3.2)", "diff-cover (>=8.0.1)", "pytest (>=7.4.3)", "pytest-cov (>=4.1)", "pytest-mock (>=3.12)", "pytest-timeout (>=2.2)"]
 typing = ["typing-extensions (>=4.8)"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fire"
+version = "0.6.0"
+description = "A library for automatically generating command line interfaces."
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+files = [
+    {file = "fire-0.6.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:54ec5b996ecdd3c0309c800324a0703d6da512241bc73b553db959d98de0aa66"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+six = "*"
+termcolor = "*"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fonttools"
 version = "4.51.0"
@@ -902,6 +916,7 @@ files = [
     {file = "msgpack-1.0.8-cp39-cp39-musllinux_1_1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:5fbb160554e319f7b22ecf530a80a3ff496d38e8e07ae763b9e82fadfe96f273"},
     {file = "msgpack-1.0.8-cp39-cp39-win32.whl", hash = "sha256:f9af38a89b6a5c04b7d18c492c8ccf2aee7048aff1ce8437c4683bb5a1df893d"},
     {file = "msgpack-1.0.8-cp39-cp39-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:ed59dd52075f8fc91da6053b12e8c89e37aa043f8986efd89e61fae69dc1b011"},
+    {file = "msgpack-1.0.8-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:24f727df1e20b9876fa6e95f840a2a2651e34c0ad147676356f4bf5fbb0206ca"},
     {file = "msgpack-1.0.8.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:95c02b0e27e706e48d0e5426d1710ca78e0f0628d6e89d5b5a5b91a5f12274f3"},
 ]
 
@@ -1129,7 +1144,6 @@ optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
 files = [
     {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:90c6fca2acf139569e74e8781709dccb6fe25940488755716d1d354d6bc58bce"},
-    {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp310-cp310-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:c7adfc142dac335d8c1e0dcbd37eb8617eac386596eb9e1a1b77791cf2498238"},
     {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:4abfe0be0d7221be4f12552995e58723c7422c80a659da13ca382697de830c08"},
     {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:8635c16bf3d99040fdf3ca3db669a7250ddf49c55dc4aa8fe0ae0fa8d6dcc1f0"},
     {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp310-cp310-musllinux_1_1_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:40ae1dffb3967a52203105a077415a86044a2bea011b5f321c6aa64b379a3f51"},
@@ -1143,14 +1157,12 @@ files = [
     {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp311-cp311-musllinux_1_1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:0cace394b6ea70c01ca1595f839cf193df35d1575986e484ad35c4aeae7266c1"},
     {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:873d13d177501a28b2756375d59816c365e42ed8417b41665f346289adc68d24"},
     {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp312-cp312-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:9dfde2a0ddef507a631dc9dc4af6a9489d5e2e740e226ad426a05cabfbd7c8ef"},
-    {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp312-cp312-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:e9b79011ff7a0f4b1d6da6a61aa1aa604fb312d6647de5bad20013682d1429ce"},
     {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:1cb51fe389360f3b5a4d57dbd2848a5f033350336ca3b340d1c53a1fad33bcad"},
     {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:eee3a87076c0756de40b05c5e9a6069c035ba43e8dd71c379e68cab2c20f16ad"},
     {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp312-cp312-musllinux_1_1_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:3e374f59e440d4ab45ca2fffde54b81ac3834cf5ae2cdfa69c90bc03bde04d76"},
     {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp312-cp312-musllinux_1_1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:43498c0bdb43d55cb162cdc8c06fac328ccb5d2eabe3cadeb3529ae6f0517c32"},
     {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:d187d355ecec3629624fccb01d104da7d7f391db0311145817525281e2804d23"},
     {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp39-cp39-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:0ca6377b8fca51815f382bd0b697a0814c8bda55115678cbc94c30aacbb6eff2"},
-    {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp39-cp39-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:9057e6aa78a584bc93a13f0a9bf7e753a5e9770a30b4d758b8d5f2a62a9433cd"},
     {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp39-cp39-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:001910ad31abc7bf06f49dcc903755d2f7f3a9186c0c040b827e522e9cef0863"},
     {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp39-cp39-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:66b479b0bd07204e37583c191535505410daa8df638fd8e75ae1b383851fe921"},
     {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp39-cp39-musllinux_1_1_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:a77e9d1c386196879aa5eb712e77461aaee433e54c68cf253053a73b7e49c33a"},
@@ -1625,6 +1637,19 @@ files = [
     {file = "pytz-2024.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2a29735ea9c18baf14b448846bde5a48030ed267578472d8955cd0e7443a9812"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "randomname"
+version = "0.2.1"
+description = "Generate random adj-noun names like docker and github."
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+files = [
+    {file = "randomname-0.2.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b79b98302ba4479164b0a4f87995b7bebbd1d91012aeda483341e3e58ace520e"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+fire = "*"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "requests"
 version = "2.32.3"
@@ -1976,4 +2001,4 @@ torch = ["torch", "torch", "torch"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.9"
-content-hash = "f21186ce8185581e0ab2b2106376f29464cb9e3e843e6747e78d7ef40c267265"
+content-hash = "6648c00561033dfa98965348627841318d1a9ffa4334b9353a98f0b33f4d107c"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 38f7f9b3..aee53130 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ torch = [
     {platform = "darwin", version="^2.0.0", source="PyPI", optional=true},
     {platform = "win32", version="^2.0.0", source="PyPI", optional=true},
 ]
+randomname = "^0.2.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.extras]
 plot = ["matplotlib", "plotly"]
diff --git a/simvue/factory/proxy/offline.py b/simvue/factory/proxy/offline.py
index add39c14..4bbd736b 100644
--- a/simvue/factory/proxy/offline.py
+++ b/simvue/factory/proxy/offline.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import time
 import typing
 import uuid
+import randomname
 
 from simvue.factory.proxy.base import SimvueBaseClass
 from simvue.utilities import (
@@ -65,6 +66,10 @@ def create_run(self, data) -> tuple[typing.Optional[str], typing.Optional[str]]:
         if not self._directory:
             self._logger.error("No directory specified")
             return (None, None)
+
+        if not self._name:
+            self._name = randomname.get_name()
+
         try:
             os.makedirs(self._directory, exist_ok=True)
         except Exception as err:
diff --git a/simvue/run.py b/simvue/run.py
index 78376811..edc8106a 100644
--- a/simvue/run.py
+++ b/simvue/run.py
@@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ def init(
 
         if not name:
             return False
+
         elif name is not True:
             self._name = name
 
@@ -1334,9 +1335,6 @@ def set_status(
         if self._mode == "disabled":
             return True
 
-            self._error("Cannot update run status, run is not initialised.")
-            return False
-
         if not self._active:
             self._error("Run is not active")
             return False