diff --git a/src/tui/expansion.zig b/src/tui/expansion.zig
index c98ab39..d705078 100644
--- a/src/tui/expansion.zig
+++ b/src/tui/expansion.zig
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /// Expand variables in arg
 /// {{project}} - The path to the current project directory
+/// {{project_name}} - The basename of the current project directory
 /// {{file}} - The path to the current file
 /// {{line}} - The line number of the primary cursor
 /// {{column}} - The column of the primary cursor
@@ -76,6 +77,13 @@ const functions = struct {
         return try allocator.dupe(u8, tp.env.get().str("project"));
     }
 
+    pub fn project_name(allocator: Allocator) Error![]const u8 {
+        const project_ = tp.env.get().str("project");
+        const basename_begin = std.mem.lastIndexOfScalar(u8, project_, std.fs.path.sep);
+        const basename = if (basename_begin) |begin| project_[begin + 1 ..] else project_;
+        return try allocator.dupe(u8, basename);
+    }
+
     pub fn file(allocator: Allocator) Error![]const u8 {
         const mv = tui.mainview() orelse return &.{};
         const ed = mv.get_active_editor() orelse return &.{};