diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
index 56370529d..248598885 100644
--- a/.env.template
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 ## PRODUCTION
 ## ---------------------------------
 
+# Project Name that will be prefixed to docker containers
+PROJECT_NAME=open-data-capture
+
 # The domain name to use for your site in the production compose stack
 SITE_ADDRESS=:80
 # The domain name to use for the gateway service in the production compose stack
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 010bbdcb3..73f286087 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: open-data-capture
+name: ${PROJECT_NAME:-open-data-capture}
 volumes:
   caddy_data:
 services: