diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 9c05b7c8..68dac33e 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -46,7 +46,12 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
-	appConfig, err := config.NewAppConfig("lazydocker", version, commit, date, buildSource, debuggingFlag, composeFiles)
+	projectDir, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	appConfig, err := config.NewAppConfig("lazydocker", version, commit, date, buildSource, debuggingFlag, composeFiles, projectDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err.Error())
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/config/app_config.go b/pkg/config/app_config.go
index 3976ad98..8c4ca92c 100644
--- a/pkg/config/app_config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/app_config.go
@@ -362,10 +362,11 @@ type AppConfig struct {
 	BuildSource string `long:"build-source" env:"BUILD_SOURCE" default:""`
 	UserConfig  *UserConfig
 	ConfigDir   string
+	ProjectDir  string
 }
 
 // NewAppConfig makes a new app config
-func NewAppConfig(name, version, commit, date string, buildSource string, debuggingFlag bool, composeFiles []string) (*AppConfig, error) {
+func NewAppConfig(name, version, commit, date string, buildSource string, debuggingFlag bool, composeFiles []string, projectDir string) (*AppConfig, error) {
 	configDir, err := findOrCreateConfigDir(name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -390,6 +391,7 @@ func NewAppConfig(name, version, commit, date string, buildSource string, debugg
 		BuildSource: buildSource,
 		UserConfig:  userConfig,
 		ConfigDir:   configDir,
+		ProjectDir:  projectDir,
 	}
 
 	return appConfig, nil
diff --git a/pkg/gui/project_panel.go b/pkg/gui/project_panel.go
index e143e5f6..88b5897e 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/project_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/project_panel.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package gui
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"path"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
@@ -30,9 +31,11 @@ func (gui *Gui) getProjectContextTitles() []string {
 func (gui *Gui) refreshProject() error {
 	v := gui.getProjectView()
 
+	dirName := path.Base(gui.Config.ProjectDir)
+
 	gui.g.Update(func(*gocui.Gui) error {
 		v.Clear()
-		fmt.Fprint(v, "lazydocker")
+		fmt.Fprint(v, dirName)
 		return nil
 	})