diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/partials/NixOSOptions.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/partials/NixOSOptions.adoc
index 98253bc..34f4bfb 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/partials/NixOSOptions.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/partials/NixOSOptions.adoc
@@ -68,26 +68,6 @@ intended for production-like deployment scenarios.
 Type:: signed integer
 No Default:: {blank}
 
-No Example:: {blank}
-
-== name
-
-Name of the project.
-
-See link:https://docs.docker.com/compose/reference/envvars/#compose_project_name[COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME]
-
-
-[discrete]
-=== details
-
-Type:: null or string
-Default::
-+
-----
-null
-----
-
-
 No Example:: {blank}
 
 == out.dockerComposeYaml
@@ -126,6 +106,26 @@ No Default:: {blank}
 Read Only:: {blank}
 No Example:: {blank}
 
+== project.name
+
+Name of the project.
+
+See link:https://docs.docker.com/compose/reference/envvars/#compose_project_name[COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME]
+
+
+[discrete]
+=== details
+
+Type:: null or string
+Default::
++
+----
+null
+----
+
+
+No Example:: {blank}
+
 == services
 
 An attribute set of service configurations. A service specifies how to run an image as a container.
diff --git a/examples/minimal/arion-compose.nix b/examples/minimal/arion-compose.nix
index e864794..9531a9f 100644
--- a/examples/minimal/arion-compose.nix
+++ b/examples/minimal/arion-compose.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { pkgs, ... }:
 {
-  config.name = "webapp";
+  config.project.name = "webapp";
   config.services = {
 
     webserver = {
diff --git a/src/haskell/exe/Main.hs b/src/haskell/exe/Main.hs
index ca219c9..0492b2c 100644
--- a/src/haskell/exe/Main.hs
+++ b/src/haskell/exe/Main.hs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import           Arion.Aeson
 import           Arion.Images (loadImages)
 import qualified Arion.DockerCompose as DockerCompose
 import           Arion.Services (getDefaultExec)
-import           Arion.ExtendedInfo (loadExtendedInfoFromPath, ExtendedInfo(images, name))
+import           Arion.ExtendedInfo (loadExtendedInfoFromPath, ExtendedInfo(images, projectName))
 
 import Options.Applicative
 import Control.Monad.Fail
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ callDC cmd dopts shouldLoadImages path = do
   when shouldLoadImages $ loadImages (images extendedInfo)
   let firstOpts =
         do
-          n <- toList (name extendedInfo)
+          n <- toList (projectName extendedInfo)
           ["--project-name", n]
   DockerCompose.run DockerCompose.Args
     { files = [path]
diff --git a/src/haskell/lib/Arion/ExtendedInfo.hs b/src/haskell/lib/Arion/ExtendedInfo.hs
index dbdf338..92a7668 100644
--- a/src/haskell/lib/Arion/ExtendedInfo.hs
+++ b/src/haskell/lib/Arion/ExtendedInfo.hs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ data Image = Image
   } deriving (Eq, Show, Generic, Aeson.ToJSON, Aeson.FromJSON)
 
 data ExtendedInfo = ExtendedInfo {
-    name :: Maybe Text,
+    projectName :: Maybe Text,
     images :: [Image]
   } deriving (Eq, Show)
 
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ loadExtendedInfoFromPath fp = do
   v <- decodeFile fp
   pure ExtendedInfo {
     -- TODO: use aeson derived instance?
-    name = v ^? key "x-arion" . key "name" . _String,
+    projectName = v ^? key "x-arion" . key "project" . key "name" . _String,
     images = (v :: Aeson.Value) ^.. key "x-arion" . key "images" . _Array . traverse . _JSON
   }
diff --git a/src/haskell/testdata/Arion/NixSpec/arion-compose.json b/src/haskell/testdata/Arion/NixSpec/arion-compose.json
index 63c239d..479fe96 100644
--- a/src/haskell/testdata/Arion/NixSpec/arion-compose.json
+++ b/src/haskell/testdata/Arion/NixSpec/arion-compose.json
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@
                 "imageTag": "<HASH>"
             }
         ],
-        "name": null,
+        "project": {
+            "name": null
+        },
         "serviceInfo": {
             "webserver": {
                 "defaultExec": [
diff --git a/src/haskell/testdata/docker-compose-example.json b/src/haskell/testdata/docker-compose-example.json
index 6392c4d..6fdaa0b 100644
--- a/src/haskell/testdata/docker-compose-example.json
+++ b/src/haskell/testdata/docker-compose-example.json
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@
         "imageTag": "xr4ljmz3qfcwlq9rl4mr4qdrzw93rl70"
       }
     ],
-    "name": null,
+    "project": {
+      "name": null
+    },
     "serviceInfo": {
       "webserver": {
         "defaultExec": [
diff --git a/src/nix/modules/composition/composition.nix b/src/nix/modules/composition/composition.nix
index fe4daf9..fa46617 100644
--- a/src/nix/modules/composition/composition.nix
+++ b/src/nix/modules/composition/composition.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ let
 in
 {
   options = {
-    name = mkOption {
+    project.name = mkOption {
       description = ''
         Name of the project.
 
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ in
     };
   };
   config = {
-    docker-compose.extended.name = config.name;
+    docker-compose.extended.project.name = config.project.name;
   };
 }