diff --git a/src/sync-log.h b/src/sync-log.h
index 767a9ff..1ab25e9 100644
--- a/src/sync-log.h
+++ b/src/sync-log.h
@@ -35,13 +35,18 @@
 public:
   SyncLog (const boost::filesystem::path &path, const std::string &localName);
 
-  // // fill in the map with device-name <-> locator pairs
-  // void
-  // initYP(map<Ccnx::Name, Ccnx::Name> &yp);
-
+  /**
+   * @brief Get local username
+   */
   inline const Ccnx::Name &
   GetLocalName () const;
 
+  /**
+   * @brief Get database ID of the local sync node (make sense only for the local database)
+   */
+  inline const sqlite3_int64
+  GetLocalSyncNodeId () const;
+
   sqlite3_int64
   GetNextLocalSeqNo (); // side effect: local seq_no will be increased
 
@@ -111,5 +116,11 @@
   return m_localName;
 }
 
+const sqlite3_int64
+SyncLog::GetLocalSyncNodeId () const
+{
+  return m_localDeviceId;
+}
+
 
 #endif // SYNC_LOG_H