diff --git a/plugin/packages/wakatime/__about__.py b/plugin/packages/wakatime/__about__.py
index a4ec680..8208813 100644
--- a/plugin/packages/wakatime/__about__.py
+++ b/plugin/packages/wakatime/__about__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 __title__ = 'wakatime'
 __description__ = 'Common interface to the WakaTime api.'
 __url__ = 'https://github.com/wakatime/wakatime'
-__version_info__ = ('4', '0', '11')
+__version_info__ = ('4', '0', '13')
 __version__ = '.'.join(__version_info__)
 __author__ = 'Alan Hamlett'
 __author_email__ = 'alan@wakatime.com'
diff --git a/plugin/packages/wakatime/base.py b/plugin/packages/wakatime/base.py
index 30186c8..22085de 100644
--- a/plugin/packages/wakatime/base.py
+++ b/plugin/packages/wakatime/base.py
@@ -157,8 +157,10 @@ def parseArguments(argv):
     parser.add_argument('--proxy', dest='proxy',
                         help='optional https proxy url; for example: '+
                         'https://user:pass@localhost:8080')
-    parser.add_argument('--project', dest='project_name',
-            help='optional project name; auto-discovered project takes priority')
+    parser.add_argument('--project', dest='project',
+            help='optional project name')
+    parser.add_argument('--alternate-project', dest='alternate_project',
+            help='optional alternate project name; auto-discovered project takes priority')
     parser.add_argument('--disableoffline', dest='offline',
             action='store_false',
             help='disables offline time logging instead of queuing logged time')
@@ -444,16 +446,23 @@ def main(argv=None):
         if not args.notfile:
             project = find_project(args.targetFile, configs=configs)
         branch = None
-        project_name = args.project_name
+        project_name = args.project
         if project:
             branch = project.branch()
-            project_name = project.name()
+            if not project_name:
+                project_name = project.name()
+        if not project_name:
+            project_name = args.alternate_project
+
+        kwargs = vars(args)
+        if 'project' in kwargs:
+            del kwargs['project']
 
         if send_heartbeat(
                 project=project_name,
                 branch=branch,
                 stats=stats,
-                **vars(args)
+                **kwargs
             ):
             queue = Queue()
             while True: