diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 23728b7f..70e6f0b4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
 							"valuesFormatting": {
 								"type": "string",
 								"description": "Set the way of showing variable values. 'disabled' - show value as is, 'parseText' - parse debuggers output text into structure, 'prettyPrinters' - enable debuggers custom pretty-printers if there are any",
-								"default": "parseText",
+								"default": "prettyPrinters",
 								"enum": [
 									"disabled",
 									"parseText",
diff --git a/src/backend/mi2/mi2.ts b/src/backend/mi2/mi2.ts
index e6411609..7f2b81e7 100644
--- a/src/backend/mi2/mi2.ts
+++ b/src/backend/mi2/mi2.ts
@@ -678,12 +678,10 @@ export class MI2 extends EventEmitter implements IBackend {
 		return threads.map(element => {
 			const ret: Thread = {
 				id: parseInt(MINode.valueOf(element, "id")),
-				targetId: MINode.valueOf(element, "target-id")
+				targetId: MINode.valueOf(element, "target-id"),
+				name: MINode.valueOf(element, "name") || MINode.valueOf(element, "details")
 			};
 
-			ret.name = MINode.valueOf(element, "details")
-				|| undefined;
-
 			return ret;
 		});
 	}
@@ -832,10 +830,14 @@ export class MI2 extends EventEmitter implements IBackend {
 		return await this.sendCommand(command);
 	}
 
-	async varCreate(expression: string, name: string = "-", frame: string = "@"): Promise<VariableObject> {
+	async varCreate(threadId: number, frameLevel: number, expression: string, name: string = "-", frame: string = "@"): Promise<VariableObject> {
 		if (trace)
 			this.log("stderr", "varCreate");
-		const res = await this.sendCommand(`var-create ${this.quote(name)} ${frame} "${expression}"`);
+		let miCommand = "var-create ";
+		if (threadId != 0) {
+			miCommand += `--thread ${threadId} --frame ${frameLevel}`
+		}
+		const res = await this.sendCommand(`${miCommand} ${this.quote(name)} ${frame} "${expression}"`);
 		return new VariableObject(res.result(""));
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/mibase.ts b/src/mibase.ts
index 152e7875..9a273e8a 100644
--- a/src/mibase.ts
+++ b/src/mibase.ts
@@ -283,7 +283,11 @@ export class MI2DebugSession extends DebugSession {
 				response.body.threads.push(new Thread(thread.id, thread.id + ":" + threadName));
 			}
 			this.sendResponse(response);
-		}).catch(error => {
+		}).catch((error: MIError) => {
+			if (error.message === 'Selected thread is running.') {
+				console.error(error);
+				return;
+			}
 			this.sendErrorResponse(response, 17, `Could not get threads: ${error}`);
 		});
 	}
@@ -479,7 +483,7 @@ export class MI2DebugSession extends DebugSession {
 									varObj = this.variableHandles.get(varId) as any;
 								} catch (err) {
 									if (err instanceof MIError && err.message == "Variable object not found") {
-										varObj = await this.miDebugger.varCreate(variable.name, varObjName);
+										varObj = await this.miDebugger.varCreate(id.threadId, id.level, variable.name, varObjName);
 										const varId = findOrCreateVariable(varObj);
 										varObj.exp = variable.name;
 										varObj.id = varId;