diff --git a/src/cli/commands/monitor/index.ts b/src/cli/commands/monitor/index.ts
index c0448c3f12..cf9e27b0bc 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/monitor/index.ts
+++ b/src/cli/commands/monitor/index.ts
@@ -280,7 +280,11 @@ export default async function monitor(...args0: MethodArgs): Promise<any> {
           const res: MonitorResult = await promiseOrCleanup(
             snykMonitor(
               path,
-              generateMonitorMeta(options, extractedPackageManager),
+              generateMonitorMeta(
+                options,
+                extractedPackageManager,
+                projectName,
+              ),
               projectDeps,
               options,
               projectDeps.plugin as PluginMetadata,
@@ -346,12 +350,17 @@ export default async function monitor(...args0: MethodArgs): Promise<any> {
   throw new Error(output);
 }
 
-function generateMonitorMeta(options, packageManager?): MonitorMeta {
+function generateMonitorMeta(
+  options,
+  packageManager?,
+  projectName?,
+): MonitorMeta {
   return {
     method: 'cli',
     packageManager,
     'policy-path': options['policy-path'],
-    'project-name': options['project-name'] || config.PROJECT_NAME,
+    'project-name':
+      options['project-name'] || projectName || config.PROJECT_NAME,
     isDocker: !!options.docker,
     prune: !!options.pruneRepeatedSubdependencies,
     'remote-repo-url': options['remote-repo-url'],