diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 70c53ca..f31fa94 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import retry from './retry';
 import bytes from 'bytes';
 import Agent from './agent';
 import EventEmitter from 'events';
-import { resolve } from 'path';
+import { basename, resolve } from 'path';
 import { stat, readFile } from 'fs-promise';
 
 // limit of size of files to find
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ export default class Now extends EventEmitter {
         method: 'POST',
         body: {
           forceNew,
+          name: pkg.name || basename(path),
+          description: pkg.description,
           files: Array.from(this._files).map(([sha, { data, name }]) => {
             return {
               sha,