diff --git a/dependency-check-cli/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/App.java b/dependency-check-cli/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/App.java
index ffa1779a8..dbc557a61 100644
--- a/dependency-check-cli/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/App.java
+++ b/dependency-check-cli/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/App.java
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public class App {
         } else if (cli.isRunScan()) {
             populateSettings(cli);
             try {
-                runScan(cli.getReportDirectory(), cli.getReportFormat(), cli.getApplicationName(), cli.getScanFiles(),
+                runScan(cli.getReportDirectory(), cli.getReportFormat(), cli.getProjectName(), cli.getScanFiles(),
                         cli.getExcludeList(), cli.getSymLinkDepth());
             } catch (InvalidScanPathException ex) {
                 LOGGER.error("An invalid scan path was detected; unable to scan '//*' paths");
diff --git a/dependency-check-cli/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/CliParser.java b/dependency-check-cli/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/CliParser.java
index b48e316c9..02cf78d31 100644
--- a/dependency-check-cli/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/CliParser.java
+++ b/dependency-check-cli/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/CliParser.java
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ public final class CliParser {
             if (getPathToMono() != null) {
                 validatePathExists(getPathToMono(), ARGUMENT.PATH_TO_MONO);
             }
-            if (!line.hasOption(ARGUMENT.APP_NAME)) {
-                throw new ParseException("Missing 'app' argument; the scan cannot be run without the an application name.");
+            if (!line.hasOption(ARGUMENT.APP_NAME) && !line.hasOption(ARGUMENT.PROJECT)) {
+                throw new ParseException("Missing '" + ARGUMENT.PROJECT + "' argument; the scan cannot be run without the an project name.");
             }
             if (line.hasOption(ARGUMENT.OUTPUT_FORMAT)) {
                 final String format = line.getOptionValue(ARGUMENT.OUTPUT_FORMAT);
@@ -217,9 +217,9 @@ public final class CliParser {
         final Option noUpdate = new Option(ARGUMENT.DISABLE_AUTO_UPDATE_SHORT, ARGUMENT.DISABLE_AUTO_UPDATE,
                 false, "Disables the automatic updating of the CPE data.");
 
-        final Option appName = OptionBuilder.withArgName("name").hasArg().withLongOpt(ARGUMENT.APP_NAME)
-                .withDescription("The name of the application being scanned. This is a required argument.")
-                .create(ARGUMENT.APP_NAME_SHORT);
+        final Option projectName = OptionBuilder.withArgName("name").hasArg().withLongOpt(ARGUMENT.PROJECT)
+                .withDescription("The name of the project being scanned. This is a required argument.")
+                .create();
 
         final Option path = OptionBuilder.withArgName("path").hasArg().withLongOpt(ARGUMENT.SCAN)
                 .withDescription("The path to scan - this option can be specified multiple times. Ant style"
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ public final class CliParser {
                 .addOptionGroup(exog)
                 .addOption(out)
                 .addOption(outputFormat)
-                .addOption(appName)
+                .addOption(projectName)
                 .addOption(version)
                 .addOption(help)
                 .addOption(advancedHelp)
@@ -444,8 +444,12 @@ public final class CliParser {
         final Option proxyServer = OptionBuilder.withArgName("url").hasArg().withLongOpt(ARGUMENT.PROXY_URL)
                 .withDescription("The proxy url argument is deprecated, use proxyserver instead.")
                 .create();
+        final Option appName = OptionBuilder.withArgName("name").hasArg().withLongOpt(ARGUMENT.APP_NAME)
+                .withDescription("The name of the project being scanned. This is a required argument.")
+                .create(ARGUMENT.APP_NAME_SHORT);
 
         options.addOption(proxyServer);
+        options.addOption(appName);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -715,8 +719,14 @@ public final class CliParser {
      *
      * @return the application name.
      */
-    public String getApplicationName() {
-        return line.getOptionValue(ARGUMENT.APP_NAME);
+    public String getProjectName() {
+        String appName = line.getOptionValue(ARGUMENT.APP_NAME);
+        String name = line.getOptionValue(ARGUMENT.PROJECT);
+        if (name == null && appName != null) {
+            name = appName;
+            LOGGER.warn("The '" + ARGUMENT.APP_NAME + "' should no longer be used; use '" + ARGUMENT.PROJECT + "' instead.");
+        }
+        return name;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -975,13 +985,19 @@ public final class CliParser {
          * The short CLI argument name specifying the output format to write the reports to.
          */
         public static final String OUTPUT_FORMAT_SHORT = "f";
+        /**
+         * The long CLI argument name specifying the name of the project to be scanned.
+         */
+        public static final String PROJECT = "project";
         /**
          * The long CLI argument name specifying the name of the application to be scanned.
          */
+        @Deprecated
         public static final String APP_NAME = "app";
         /**
          * The short CLI argument name specifying the name of the application to be scanned.
          */
+        @Deprecated
         public static final String APP_NAME_SHORT = "a";
         /**
          * The long CLI argument name asking for help.
diff --git a/dependency-check-maven/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/maven/AggregateMojo.java b/dependency-check-maven/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/maven/AggregateMojo.java
index 38ecf9f81..82697e6d5 100644
--- a/dependency-check-maven/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/maven/AggregateMojo.java
+++ b/dependency-check-maven/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/maven/AggregateMojo.java
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ public class AggregateMojo extends BaseDependencyCheckMojo {
                     //we shouldn't write this because nothing is configured to generate this report.
                     outputDir = new File(current.getBuild().getDirectory());
                 }
+                getLog().warn("\n\n\nwritting: " + outputDir);
+                getLog().warn("for: " + current.getName());
                 writeReports(engine, current, outputDir);
             }
         }