diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index fcce9eb..8efe4c7 100755
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@ const usage = `
 Scandium
 
 usage:
-  scandium create [options] <name>
-  scandium update [options] <name>
-  scandium environment show [options] <name>
+  scandium create [options]
+  scandium update [options]
+  scandium environment show [options]
 
 options:
-  <name>                       Name of the Lambda function.
-  --env-from-file=<path>       Read and set environmental variables from the specified file.
   --deploy-to=<stage>          Deploy the API to the specified stage, and make it callable from the Internet.
+  --env-from-file=<path>       Read and set environmental variables from the specified file.
   --help                       Show this help, then exit.
+  --name=<name>                Name of the Lambda function. Default to the name property in your package.json.
   --rest-api-id=<rest-api-id>  ID of the AWS API Gateway rest api to point to the Lambda function.
   --role=<role>                ARN of the IAM role that Lambda assumes when it executes your function.
   --swagger=<swagger>          Path to Swagger API definition used to configure AWS API Gateway.
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ async function main () {
   const listrOpts = (isCI || args['--verbose']) ? { renderer: listrVerboseRenderer } : {}
 
   const createList = new Listr([
+    tasks.parseOptions,
     tasks.packageApp,
     tasks.readEnvironmentFile,
     tasks.createLambdaRole,
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ async function main () {
   ], listrOpts)
 
   const updateList = new Listr([
+    tasks.parseOptions,
     tasks.packageApp,
     tasks.readEnvironmentFile,
     tasks.updateLambdaEnvironment,
@@ -59,6 +61,11 @@ async function main () {
     tasks.deployApi
   ], listrOpts)
 
+  const environmentList = new Listr([
+    tasks.parseOptions,
+    tasks.getCurrentEnvironment
+  ], listrOpts)
+
   if (!awsHasRegion()) {
     throw new UserError(awsHasRegion.errorText)
   }
@@ -72,10 +79,10 @@ async function main () {
   }
 
   if (args.environment && args.show) {
-    const environment = await amazon.getFunctionEnvironment({ functionName: args['<name>'] })
+    const { currentEnvironment } = await environmentList.run({ args })
 
-    for (const key of Object.keys(environment)) {
-      console.log(`${key}=${environment[key]}`)
+    for (const key of Object.keys(currentEnvironment)) {
+      console.log(`${key}=${currentEnvironment[key]}`)
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/tasks.js b/lib/tasks.js
index fe29cf5..7e025d2 100644
--- a/lib/tasks.js
+++ b/lib/tasks.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const fs = require('fs')
 const util = require('util')
 
 const dotenv = require('dotenv')
+const loadJsonFile = require('load-json-file')
 const parseArn = require('aws-arn-parser')
 const prettyBytes = require('pretty-bytes')
 
@@ -12,6 +13,25 @@ const UserError = require('./user-error')
 
 const readFile = util.promisify(fs.readFile)
 
+exports.parseOptions = {
+  title: 'Parse options',
+  task: async (ctx, task) => {
+    if (ctx.args['--name']) {
+      ctx.name = ctx.args['--name']
+    } else {
+      try {
+        ctx.name = (await loadJsonFile('package.json')).name
+      } catch (err) {
+        if (err.code !== 'ENOENT') throw err
+      }
+
+      if (!ctx.name) {
+        throw new UserError('Please specify a name using the --name flag')
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 exports.packageApp = {
   title: 'Packaging app for Lambda',
   task: async (ctx, task) => {
@@ -35,7 +55,7 @@ exports.createLambdaRole = {
       ctx.roleArn = ctx.args['--role']
       task.skip('Using provided role')
     } else {
-      ctx.roleArn = await amazon.createLambdaRole(ctx.args['<name>'])
+      ctx.roleArn = await amazon.createLambdaRole(ctx.name)
       task.title = `Created new Lambda role with ARN: ${ctx.roleArn}`
     }
   }
@@ -44,7 +64,7 @@ exports.createLambdaRole = {
 exports.createLambdaFunction = {
   title: 'Creating Lambda function',
   task: async (ctx, task) => {
-    ctx.lambdaArn = await amazon.createFunction({ zipFile: ctx.zipFile, functionName: ctx.args['<name>'], role: ctx.roleArn, environment: ctx.environment })
+    ctx.lambdaArn = await amazon.createFunction({ zipFile: ctx.zipFile, functionName: ctx.name, role: ctx.roleArn, environment: ctx.environment })
     task.title = `Created new Lambda function with ARN: ${ctx.lambdaArn}`
   }
 }
@@ -53,11 +73,11 @@ exports.updateLambdaFunction = {
   title: 'Updating Lambda function',
   task: async (ctx, task) => {
     try {
-      ctx.lambdaArn = await amazon.updateFunction({ zipFile: ctx.zipFile, functionName: ctx.args['<name>'] })
+      ctx.lambdaArn = await amazon.updateFunction({ zipFile: ctx.zipFile, functionName: ctx.name })
       task.title = `Updated existing Lambda function with ARN: ${ctx.lambdaArn}`
     } catch (err) {
       if (err.code === 'ResourceNotFoundException') {
-        throw new UserError(`Unable to find a Lambda function named "${ctx.args['<name>']}", did you mean to run the create command?`)
+        throw new UserError(`Unable to find a Lambda function named "${ctx.name}", did you mean to run the create command?`)
       }
 
       throw err
@@ -69,7 +89,7 @@ exports.updateLambdaEnvironment = {
   title: 'Update Lambda environment',
   enabled: (ctx) => Boolean(ctx.args['--env-from-file']),
   task: async (ctx, task) => {
-    await amazon.updateFunctionEnvironment({ functionName: ctx.args['<name>'], environment: ctx.environment })
+    await amazon.updateFunctionEnvironment({ functionName: ctx.name, environment: ctx.environment })
     task.title = `Updated existing Lambda environment`
   }
 }
@@ -78,7 +98,7 @@ exports.loadSwaggerDefinition = {
   title: 'Load Swagger definition',
   enabled: (ctx) => Boolean(ctx.args['--swagger']),
   task: async (ctx, task) => {
-    ctx.definition = await swagger.loadSwaggerFile(ctx.args['--swagger'], ctx.args['<name>'], ctx.lambdaArn)
+    ctx.definition = await swagger.loadSwaggerFile(ctx.args['--swagger'], ctx.name, ctx.lambdaArn)
     task.title = 'Loaded Swagger definition from file'
   }
 }
@@ -87,7 +107,7 @@ exports.generateSwaggerDefinition = {
   title: 'Generate Swagger definition',
   enabled: (ctx) => !ctx.args['--swagger'],
   task: async (ctx, task) => {
-    ctx.definition = await swagger.forwardAllDefinition(ctx.args['<name>'], ctx.lambdaArn)
+    ctx.definition = await swagger.forwardAllDefinition(ctx.name, ctx.lambdaArn)
     task.title = 'Generated "forward all" Swagger definition'
   }
 }
@@ -111,7 +131,7 @@ exports.updateApiGateway = {
     if (ctx.args['--rest-api-id']) {
       ctx.id = ctx.args['--rest-api-id']
     } else {
-      ctx.id = await amazon.findApiGateway(ctx.args['<name>'])
+      ctx.id = await amazon.findApiGateway(ctx.name)
     }
 
     await amazon.updateApiGateway({ id: ctx.id, definition: ctx.definition, lambdaArn: ctx.lambdaArn })
@@ -130,3 +150,10 @@ exports.deployApi = {
     task.title = `Now serving live requests at: https://${ctx.id}.execute-api.${region}.amazonaws.com/${stage}`
   }
 }
+
+exports.getCurrentEnvironment = {
+  title: 'Fetching current environment',
+  task: async (ctx, task) => {
+    ctx.currentEnvironment = await amazon.getFunctionEnvironment({ functionName: ctx.name })
+  }
+}