diff --git a/packages/wakatime/AUTHORS b/packages/wakatime/AUTHORS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0dac33c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/wakatime/AUTHORS
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+WakaTime is written and maintained by Alan Hamlett and
+various contributors:
+
+
+Development Lead
+----------------
+
+- Alan Hamlett <alan.hamlett@gmail.com>
+
+
+Patches and Suggestions
+-----------------------
+
+- 3onyc <3onyc@x3tech.com>
diff --git a/packages/wakatime/HISTORY.rst b/packages/wakatime/HISTORY.rst
index ba6dc3f..45d8389 100644
--- a/packages/wakatime/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/packages/wakatime/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ History
 -------
 
 
+0.5.0 (2013-12-13)
+++++++++++++++++++
+
+- Convert ~/.wakatime.conf to ~/.wakatime.cfg and use configparser format
+- new [projectmap] section in cfg file for naming projects based on folders
+
+
 0.4.10 (2013-11-13)
 +++++++++++++++++++
 
diff --git a/packages/wakatime/README.rst b/packages/wakatime/README.rst
index ee5be89..854cc85 100644
--- a/packages/wakatime/README.rst
+++ b/packages/wakatime/README.rst
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 WakaTime
 ========
 
-Automatic time tracking for your text editor. This is the command line
-event appender for the WakaTime api. You shouldn't need to directly
-use this outside of a text editor plugin.
+Automatic time tracking for your text editor. This is the common interface
+for the WakaTime api. You shouldn't need to directly use this package.
+
+Go to http://wakatime.com to install the plugin for your text editor.
 
 
 Installation
diff --git a/packages/wakatime/wakatime-cli.py b/packages/wakatime/wakatime-cli.py
index 690712d..8552075 100644
--- a/packages/wakatime/wakatime-cli.py
+++ b/packages/wakatime/wakatime-cli.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     wakatime-cli
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-    Action event appender for Wakati.Me, auto time tracking for text editors.
+    Command-line entry point.
 
     :copyright: (c) 2013 Alan Hamlett.
     :license: BSD, see LICENSE for more details.
diff --git a/packages/wakatime/wakatime/__init__.py b/packages/wakatime/wakatime/__init__.py
index 38b26cf..0f75011 100644
--- a/packages/wakatime/wakatime/__init__.py
+++ b/packages/wakatime/wakatime/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
     wakatime
     ~~~~~~~~
 
-    Action event appender for Wakati.Me, auto time tracking for text editors.
+    Common interface to WakaTime.com for most text editor plugins.
+    WakaTime.com is fully automatic time tracking for text editors.
+    More info at http://wakatime.com
 
     :copyright: (c) 2013 Alan Hamlett.
     :license: BSD, see LICENSE for more details.
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 __title__ = 'wakatime'
-__version__ = '0.4.10'
+__version__ = '0.5.0'
 __author__ = 'Alan Hamlett'
 __license__ = 'BSD'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2013 Alan Hamlett'
@@ -26,6 +28,15 @@ import re
 import sys
 import time
 import traceback
+try:
+    import ConfigParser as configparser
+except ImportError:
+    import configparser
+try:
+    from urllib2 import HTTPError, Request, urlopen
+except ImportError:
+    from urllib.error import HTTPError
+    from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), 'packages'))
@@ -35,11 +46,6 @@ from .stats import get_file_stats
 from .packages import argparse
 from .packages import simplejson as json
 from .packages import tzlocal
-try:
-    from urllib2 import HTTPError, Request, urlopen
-except ImportError:
-    from urllib.error import HTTPError
-    from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
 
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -52,46 +58,82 @@ class FileAction(argparse.Action):
         setattr(namespace, self.dest, values)
 
 
-def parseConfigFile(configFile):
-    if not configFile:
-        configFile = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.wakatime.conf')
+def upgradeConfigFile(configFile):
+    """For backwards-compatibility, upgrade the existing config file
+    to work with configparser and rename from .wakatime.conf to .wakatime.cfg.
+    """
 
-    # define default config values
-    configs = {
-        'api_key': None,
-        'ignore': [],
-        'verbose': False,
-    }
-
-    if not os.path.isfile(configFile):
-        return configs
+    if os.path.isfile(configFile):
+        # if upgraded cfg file already exists, don't overwrite it
+        return
 
+    oldConfig = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.wakatime.conf')
     try:
-        with open(configFile) as fh:
-            for line in fh:
+        configs = {
+            'ignore': [],
+        }
+
+        with open(oldConfig) as fh:
+            for line in fh.readlines():
                 line = line.split('=', 1)
                 if len(line) == 2 and line[0].strip() and line[1].strip():
-                    line[0] = line[0].strip()
-                    line[1] = line[1].strip()
-                    if line[0] in configs:
-                        if isinstance(configs[line[0]], list):
-                            configs[line[0]].append(line[1])
-                        elif isinstance(configs[line[0]], bool):
-                            configs[line[0]] = True if line[1].lower() == 'true' else False
-                        else:
-                            configs[line[0]] = line[1]
+                    if line[0].strip() == 'ignore':
+                        configs['ignore'].append(line[1].strip())
                     else:
-                        configs[line[0]] = line[1]
+                        configs[line[0].strip()] = line[1].strip()
+
+        with open(configFile, 'w') as fh:
+            fh.write("[settings]\n")
+            for name, value in configs.items():
+                if isinstance(value, list):
+                    fh.write("%s=\n" % name)
+                    for item in value:
+                        fh.write("    %s\n" % item)
+                else:
+                    fh.write("%s = %s\n" % (name, value))
+
+        os.remove(oldConfig)
     except IOError:
-        print('Error: Could not read from config file ~/.wakatime.conf')
+        pass
+
+
+def parseConfigFile(configFile):
+    """Returns a configparser.SafeConfigParser instance with configs
+    read from the config file. Default location of the config file is
+    at ~/.wakatime.cfg.
+    """
+
+    if not configFile:
+        configFile = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.wakatime.cfg')
+
+    upgradeConfigFile(configFile)
+
+    configs = configparser.SafeConfigParser()
+    try:
+        with open(configFile) as fh:
+            try:
+                configs.readfp(fh)
+            except configparser.Error:
+                print(traceback.format_exc())
+                return None
+    except IOError:
+        if not os.path.isfile(configFile):
+            print('Error: Could not read from config file ~/.wakatime.conf')
     return configs
 
 
 def parseArguments(argv):
+    """Parse command line arguments and configs from ~/.wakatime.cfg.
+    Command line arguments take precedence over config file settings.
+    Returns instances of ArgumentParser and SafeConfigParser.
+    """
+
     try:
         sys.argv
     except AttributeError:
         sys.argv = argv
+
+    # define supported command line arguments
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
             description='Wakati.Me event api appender')
     parser.add_argument('--file', dest='targetFile', metavar='file',
@@ -119,27 +161,45 @@ def parseArguments(argv):
     parser.add_argument('--verbose', dest='verbose', action='store_true',
             help='turns on debug messages in log file')
     parser.add_argument('--version', action='version', version=__version__)
+
+    # parse command line arguments
     args = parser.parse_args(args=argv[1:])
+
+    # use current unix epoch timestamp by default
     if not args.timestamp:
         args.timestamp = time.time()
 
-    # set arguments from config file
+    # parse ~/.wakatime.cfg file
     configs = parseConfigFile(args.config)
+    if configs is None:
+        return args, configs
+
+    # update args from configs
     if not args.key:
-        default_key = configs.get('api_key')
+        default_key = None
+        if configs.has_option('settings', 'api_key'):
+            default_key = configs.get('settings', 'api_key')
         if default_key:
             args.key = default_key
         else:
             parser.error('Missing api key')
-    for pattern in configs.get('ignore', []):
-        if not args.ignore:
-            args.ignore = []
-        args.ignore.append(pattern)
-    if not args.verbose and 'verbose' in configs:
-        args.verbose = configs['verbose']
-    if not args.logfile and 'logfile' in configs:
-        args.logfile = configs['logfile']
-    return args
+    if not args.ignore:
+        args.ignore = []
+    if configs.has_option('settings', 'ignore'):
+        try:
+            for pattern in configs.get('settings', 'ignore').split("\n"):
+                if pattern.strip() != '':
+                    args.ignore.append(pattern)
+        except TypeError:
+            pass
+    if not args.verbose and configs.has_option('settings', 'verbose'):
+        args.verbose = configs.getboolean('settings', 'verbose')
+    if not args.verbose and configs.has_option('settings', 'debug'):
+        args.verbose = configs.getboolean('settings', 'debug')
+    if not args.logfile and configs.has_option('settings', 'logfile'):
+        args.logfile = configs.get('settings', 'logfile')
+
+    return args, configs
 
 
 def should_ignore(fileName, patterns):
@@ -233,28 +293,39 @@ def send_action(project=None, branch=None, stats={}, key=None, targetFile=None,
 def main(argv=None):
     if not argv:
         argv = sys.argv
-    args = parseArguments(argv)
+
+    args, configs = parseArguments(argv)
+    if configs is None:
+        return 103 # config file parsing error
+
     setup_logging(args, __version__)
+
     ignore = should_ignore(args.targetFile, args.ignore)
     if ignore is not False:
         log.debug('File ignored because matches pattern: %s' % ignore)
         return 0
+
     if os.path.isfile(args.targetFile):
+
+        stats = get_file_stats(args.targetFile)
+
+        project = find_project(args.targetFile, configs=configs)
         branch = None
         name = None
-        stats = get_file_stats(args.targetFile)
-        project = find_project(args.targetFile)
         if project:
             branch = project.branch()
-            name = project.name()
+            project_name = project.name()
+
         if send_action(
-                project=name,
+                project=project_name,
                 branch=branch,
                 stats=stats,
                 **vars(args)
             ):
-            return 0
-        return 102
+            return 0 # success
+
+        return 102 # api error
+
     else:
         log.debug('File does not exist; ignoring this action.')
-    return 101
+        return 0
diff --git a/packages/wakatime/wakatime/project.py b/packages/wakatime/wakatime/project.py
index e27a219..88827be 100644
--- a/packages/wakatime/wakatime/project.py
+++ b/packages/wakatime/wakatime/project.py
@@ -12,25 +12,34 @@
 import logging
 import os
 
-from .projects.wakatime import WakaTime
 from .projects.git import Git
 from .projects.mercurial import Mercurial
+from .projects.projectmap import ProjectMap
 from .projects.subversion import Subversion
+from .projects.wakatime import WakaTime
 
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+
+# List of plugin classes to find a project for the current file path.
+# Project plugins will be processed with priority in the order below.
 PLUGINS = [
     WakaTime,
+    ProjectMap,
     Git,
     Mercurial,
     Subversion,
 ]
 
 
-def find_project(path):
+def find_project(path, configs=None):
     for plugin in PLUGINS:
-        project = plugin(path)
+        plugin_name = plugin.__name__.lower()
+        plugin_configs = None
+        if configs and configs.has_section(plugin_name):
+            plugin_configs = dict(configs.items(plugin_name))
+        project = plugin(path, configs=plugin_configs)
         if project.process():
             return project
     return None
diff --git a/packages/wakatime/wakatime/projects/base.py b/packages/wakatime/wakatime/projects/base.py
index 8e1b7a5..aeafdf7 100644
--- a/packages/wakatime/wakatime/projects/base.py
+++ b/packages/wakatime/wakatime/projects/base.py
@@ -22,18 +22,19 @@ class BaseProject(object):
     be found for the current path.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, path):
+    def __init__(self, path, configs=None):
         self.path = path
+        self._configs = configs
 
-    def type(self):
+    def project_type(self):
         """ Returns None if this is the base class.
         Returns the type of project if this is a
         valid project.
         """
-        type = self.__class__.__name__.lower()
-        if type == 'baseproject':
-            type = None
-        return type
+        project_type = self.__class__.__name__.lower()
+        if project_type == 'baseproject':
+            project_type = None
+        return project_type
 
     def process(self):
         """ Processes self.path into a project and
diff --git a/packages/wakatime/wakatime/projects/git.py b/packages/wakatime/wakatime/projects/git.py
index ef19a89..7670bc9 100644
--- a/packages/wakatime/wakatime/projects/git.py
+++ b/packages/wakatime/wakatime/projects/git.py
@@ -25,35 +25,32 @@ log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 class Git(BaseProject):
 
     def process(self):
-        self.config = self._find_config(self.path)
-        if self.config:
-            return True
-        return False
+        self.configFile = self._find_git_config_file(self.path)
+        return self.configFile is not None
 
     def name(self):
         base = self._project_base()
         if base:
-            return os.path.basename(base)
+            return unicode(os.path.basename(base))
         return None
 
     def branch(self):
-        branch = None
         base = self._project_base()
         if base:
             head = os.path.join(self._project_base(), '.git', 'HEAD')
             try:
-                with open(head) as f:
-                    branch = f.readline().strip().rsplit('/', 1)[-1]
+                with open(head) as fh:
+                    return unicode(fh.readline().strip().rsplit('/', 1)[-1])
             except IOError:
                 pass
-        return branch
-
-    def _project_base(self):
-        if self.config:
-            return os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(self.config))
         return None
 
-    def _find_config(self, path):
+    def _project_base(self):
+        if self.configFile:
+            return os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(self.configFile))
+        return None
+
+    def _find_git_config_file(self, path):
         path = os.path.realpath(path)
         if os.path.isfile(path):
             path = os.path.split(path)[0]
@@ -62,34 +59,4 @@ class Git(BaseProject):
         split_path = os.path.split(path)
         if split_path[1] == '':
             return None
-        return self._find_config(split_path[0])
-
-    def _parse_config(self):
-        sections = {}
-        try:
-            f = open(self.config, 'r')
-        except IOError as e:
-            log.exception("Exception:")
-        else:
-            with f:
-                section = None
-                for line in f.readlines():
-                    line = line.lstrip()
-                    if len(line) > 0 and line[0] == '[':
-                        section = line[1:].split(']', 1)[0]
-                        temp = section.split(' ', 1)
-                        section = temp[0].lower()
-                        if len(temp) > 1:
-                            section = ' '.join([section, temp[1]])
-                        sections[section] = {}
-                    else:
-                        try:
-                            (setting, value) = line.split('=', 1)
-                        except ValueError:
-                            setting = line.split('#', 1)[0].split(';', 1)[0]
-                            value = 'true'
-                        setting = setting.strip().lower()
-                        value = value.split('#', 1)[0].split(';', 1)[0].strip()
-                        sections[section][setting] = value
-                f.close()
-        return sections
+        return self._find_git_config_file(split_path[0])
diff --git a/packages/wakatime/wakatime/projects/projectmap.py b/packages/wakatime/wakatime/projects/projectmap.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77ac5ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/wakatime/wakatime/projects/projectmap.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+    wakatime.projects.projectmap
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+    Use the ~/.wakatime.cfg file to set custom project names by
+    recursively matching folder paths.
+    Project maps go under the [projectmap] config section.
+
+    For example:
+
+        [projectmap]
+        /home/user/projects/foo = new project name
+        /home/user/projects/bar = project2
+
+    Will result in file `/home/user/projects/foo/src/main.c` to have
+    project name `new project name`.
+
+    :copyright: (c) 2013 Alan Hamlett.
+    :license: BSD, see LICENSE for more details.
+"""
+
+import logging
+import os
+
+from .base import BaseProject
+
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class ProjectMap(BaseProject):
+
+    def process(self):
+        if not self._configs:
+            return False
+
+        self.project = self._find_project(self.path)
+
+        return self.project is not None
+
+    def _find_project(self, path):
+        path = os.path.realpath(path)
+        if os.path.isfile(path):
+            path = os.path.split(path)[0]
+
+        if self._configs.get(path.lower()):
+            return self._configs.get(path.lower())
+        if self._configs.get('%s/' % path.lower()):
+            return self._configs.get('%s/' % path.lower())
+        if self._configs.get('%s\\' % path.lower()):
+            return self._configs.get('%s\\' % path.lower())
+
+        split_path = os.path.split(path)
+        if split_path[1] == '':
+            return None
+        return self._find_project(split_path[0])
+
+    def branch(self):
+        return None
+
+    def name(self):
+        if self.project:
+            return unicode(self.project)
+        return None
diff --git a/packages/wakatime/wakatime/projects/subversion.py b/packages/wakatime/wakatime/projects/subversion.py
index 403f344..bc5e6b8 100644
--- a/packages/wakatime/wakatime/projects/subversion.py
+++ b/packages/wakatime/wakatime/projects/subversion.py
@@ -30,13 +30,12 @@ class Subversion(BaseProject):
         return self._find_project_base(self.path)
 
     def name(self):
-        return self.info['Repository Root'].split('/')[-1]
+        return unicode(self.info['Repository Root'].split('/')[-1])
 
     def branch(self):
-        branch = None
         if self.base:
-            branch = os.path.basename(self.base)
-        return branch
+            unicode(os.path.basename(self.base))
+        return None
 
     def _get_info(self, path):
         info = OrderedDict()
diff --git a/packages/wakatime/wakatime/projects/wakatime.py b/packages/wakatime/wakatime/projects/wakatime.py
index 1dd92ef..c558467 100644
--- a/packages/wakatime/wakatime/projects/wakatime.py
+++ b/packages/wakatime/wakatime/projects/wakatime.py
@@ -28,13 +28,12 @@ class WakaTime(BaseProject):
         return False
 
     def name(self):
-        project_name = None
         try:
             with open(self.config) as fh:
-                project_name = fh.readline().strip()
+                return unicode(fh.readline().strip())
         except IOError as e:
             log.exception("Exception:")
-        return project_name
+        return None
 
     def branch(self):
         return None
diff --git a/packages/wakatime/wakatime/stats.py b/packages/wakatime/wakatime/stats.py
index 85703b3..4c0e168 100644
--- a/packages/wakatime/wakatime/stats.py
+++ b/packages/wakatime/wakatime/stats.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ EXTENSIONS = {
     'j2': 'HTML',
     'markdown': 'Markdown',
     'md': 'Markdown',
+    'twig': 'Twig',
 }
 TRANSLATIONS = {
     'CSS+Genshi Text': 'CSS',