From 1974ed90be0949da2f1ab1ae2226cfc3042ba12b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: godsfryingpan <sfrembling@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:29:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] second attempt

---
 src/app.rs | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index a6028ab..e996456 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -330,7 +330,19 @@ fn create_project<P: AsRef<Path>>(directory: P) -> std::io::Result<()> {
     std::fs::write("src/main.c", MAIN_C)?;
     std::fs::write(".gitignore", GITIGNORE)?;
 
-    let config = crate::config::Config::new(&pathdir.to_string_lossy());
+    let lossy = pathdir.to_string_lossy();
+
+    let app_name = if lossy == "." {
+        let root = std::env::current_dir()?;
+        root.file_name()
+            .expect("a valid file name")
+            .to_string_lossy()
+            .to_string()
+    } else {
+        lossy.to_string()
+    };
+
+    let config = crate::config::Config::new(&app_name);
 
     let serial = toml::to_string_pretty(&config).expect("a valid TOML structure");