diff --git a/app/index.js b/app/index.js
index 8aacb6b..b51461c 100644
--- a/app/index.js
+++ b/app/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ var path = require('path');
 var yeoman = require('yeoman-generator');
 var scriptBase = require('../script-base');
 
-
 var Generator = module.exports = function Generator(args, options, config) {
   yeoman.generators.Base.apply(this, arguments);
 
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ var Generator = module.exports = function Generator(args, options, config) {
   }
 
   this.config.defaults({
+    appName: this.appname,
     ui: this.options.ui,
     coffee: this.options.coffee,
     testFramework: this.testFramework,
diff --git a/script-base.js b/script-base.js
index e008123..19b5ff3 100644
--- a/script-base.js
+++ b/script-base.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ var backboneUtils = require('./util.js');
 var Generator = module.exports = function Generator() {
   yeoman.generators.NamedBase.apply(this, arguments);
 
+  this.appname = this.config.get('appName') || path.basename(process.cwd());
+
   this.env.options.appPath = this.config.get('appPath') || 'app';
 
   if (this.env.options.minsafe) {