diff --git a/arion-compose.cabal b/arion-compose.cabal
index ac1c333..2920bc6 100644
--- a/arion-compose.cabal
+++ b/arion-compose.cabal
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ library
   exposed-modules:     Arion.Nix
                        Arion.Aeson
                        Arion.DockerCompose
+                       Arion.ExtendedInfo
                        Arion.Images
                        Arion.Services
   other-modules:       Paths_arion_compose
diff --git a/examples/minimal/arion-compose.nix b/examples/minimal/arion-compose.nix
index ab3c7e8..e864794 100644
--- a/examples/minimal/arion-compose.nix
+++ b/examples/minimal/arion-compose.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { pkgs, ... }:
 {
+  config.name = "webapp";
   config.services = {
 
     webserver = {
diff --git a/src/haskell/exe/Main.hs b/src/haskell/exe/Main.hs
index 1816cd4..ca219c9 100644
--- a/src/haskell/exe/Main.hs
+++ b/src/haskell/exe/Main.hs
@@ -10,6 +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 Options.Applicative
 import Control.Monad.Fail
@@ -142,20 +143,24 @@ runDC cmd (DockerComposeArgs args) _opts = do
 
 runBuildAndDC :: Text -> DockerComposeArgs -> CommonOptions -> IO ()
 runBuildAndDC cmd dopts opts = do
-  withBuiltComposeFile opts $ \path -> do
-    loadImages path
-    DockerCompose.run DockerCompose.Args
-      { files = [path]
-      , otherArgs = [cmd] ++ unDockerComposeArgs dopts
-      }
+  withBuiltComposeFile opts $ callDC cmd dopts True
 
 runEvalAndDC :: Text -> DockerComposeArgs -> CommonOptions -> IO ()
 runEvalAndDC cmd dopts opts = do
-  withComposeFile opts $ \path ->
-    DockerCompose.run DockerCompose.Args
-      { files = [path]
-      , otherArgs = [cmd] ++ unDockerComposeArgs dopts
-      }
+  withComposeFile opts $ callDC cmd dopts False
+
+callDC :: Text -> DockerComposeArgs -> Bool -> FilePath -> IO ()
+callDC cmd dopts shouldLoadImages path = do
+  extendedInfo <- loadExtendedInfoFromPath path
+  when shouldLoadImages $ loadImages (images extendedInfo)
+  let firstOpts =
+        do
+          n <- toList (name extendedInfo)
+          ["--project-name", n]
+  DockerCompose.run DockerCompose.Args
+    { files = [path]
+    , otherArgs = firstOpts ++ [cmd] ++ unDockerComposeArgs dopts
+    }
 
 withBuiltComposeFile :: CommonOptions -> (FilePath -> IO r) -> IO r
 withBuiltComposeFile opts cont = case prebuiltComposeFile opts of
diff --git a/src/haskell/lib/Arion/ExtendedInfo.hs b/src/haskell/lib/Arion/ExtendedInfo.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbdf338
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/haskell/lib/Arion/ExtendedInfo.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveAnyClass #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-
+
+Parses the x-arion field in the generated compose file.
+
+-}
+module Arion.ExtendedInfo where
+
+import Prelude()
+import Protolude
+import Data.Aeson as Aeson
+import Arion.Aeson
+import Control.Lens
+import Data.Aeson.Lens
+
+data Image = Image
+  { image :: Maybe Text -- ^ image tar.gz file path
+  , imageExe :: Maybe Text -- ^ path to exe producing image tar
+  , imageName :: Text
+  , imageTag :: Text
+  } deriving (Eq, Show, Generic, Aeson.ToJSON, Aeson.FromJSON)
+
+data ExtendedInfo = ExtendedInfo {
+    name :: Maybe Text,
+    images :: [Image]
+  } deriving (Eq, Show)
+
+loadExtendedInfoFromPath :: FilePath -> IO ExtendedInfo
+loadExtendedInfoFromPath fp = do
+  v <- decodeFile fp
+  pure ExtendedInfo {
+    -- TODO: use aeson derived instance?
+    name = v ^? key "x-arion" . key "name" . _String,
+    images = (v :: Aeson.Value) ^.. key "x-arion" . key "images" . _Array . traverse . _JSON
+  }
diff --git a/src/haskell/lib/Arion/Images.hs b/src/haskell/lib/Arion/Images.hs
index 40e0108..350ac93 100644
--- a/src/haskell/lib/Arion/Images.hs
+++ b/src/haskell/lib/Arion/Images.hs
@@ -8,38 +8,23 @@ module Arion.Images
 import Prelude()
 import Protolude hiding (to)
 
-import qualified Data.Aeson as Aeson
-import           Arion.Aeson (decodeFile)
 import qualified System.Process as Process
 import qualified Data.Text as T
 
-import Control.Lens
-import Data.Aeson.Lens
-
-data Image = Image
-  { image :: Maybe Text -- ^ image tar.gz file path
-  , imageExe :: Maybe Text -- ^ path to exe producing image tar
-  , imageName :: Text
-  , imageTag :: Text
-  } deriving (Generic, Aeson.ToJSON, Aeson.FromJSON, Show)
+import Arion.ExtendedInfo (Image(..))
 
 type TaggedImage = Text
 
 -- | Subject to change
-loadImages :: FilePath -> IO ()
-loadImages fp = do
-
-  v <- decodeFile fp
+loadImages :: [Image] -> IO ()
+loadImages requestedImages = do
 
   loaded <- getDockerImages
 
   let
-    images :: [Image]
-    images = (v :: Aeson.Value) ^.. key "x-arion" . key "images" . _Array . traverse . _JSON
-
     isNew i = (imageName i <> ":" <> imageTag i) `notElem` loaded
 
-  traverse_ loadImage . filter isNew $ images
+  traverse_ loadImage . filter isNew $ requestedImages
 
 loadImage :: Image -> IO ()
 loadImage (Image { image = Just imgPath, imageName = name }) =
diff --git a/src/nix/modules.nix b/src/nix/modules.nix
index 64f3650..b176b2e 100644
--- a/src/nix/modules.nix
+++ b/src/nix/modules.nix
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
     ./modules/composition/images.nix
     ./modules/composition/service-info.nix
     ./modules/composition/arion-base-image.nix
+    ./modules/composition/composition.nix
 ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/nix/modules/composition/composition.nix b/src/nix/modules/composition/composition.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe4daf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nix/modules/composition/composition.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ config, lib, ... }:
+let
+  inherit (lib) types mkOption;
+
+  link = url: text:
+    ''link:${url}[${text}]'';
+
+in
+{
+  options = {
+    name = mkOption {
+      description = ''
+        Name of the project.
+
+        See ${link "https://docs.docker.com/compose/reference/envvars/#compose_project_name" "COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME"}
+      '';
+      type = types.nullOr types.str;
+      default = null;
+    };
+  };
+  config = {
+    docker-compose.extended.name = config.name;
+  };
+}